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Appointment of External Auditors

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To consider the appointment of an External Auditor for East Sussex County Council.

Decisions:

58.1     The Cabinet considered a report by the Chief Operating Officer

58.2     It was RESOLVED to recommend the County Council to:

1.             approve that the Council opts into the national scheme for the appointment of an External Auditor to the Council for 2018/19;

2.             approve the adoption of Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA) as the appointing persons for the Council; and

3.             approve the inclusion of a request for a collaborative auditor appointment with Orbis partners (Surrey County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council) in the prescribed acceptance form

Reason

 

58.3     Opting into the national scheme is one choice open to the Council. The PSAA have the support of the LGA, which has worked to secure the option for principal local government bodies to appoint auditors through a dedicated sector-led national procurement body. Appointing an External Auditor via a national collective scheme has some clear advantages, which are outlined in paragraph 3.3 of this report. There are also benefits to the Council in requesting a collaborative auditor appointment with the other Orbis partners.

Report author: Phil Hall

Publication date: 09/11/2017

Date of decision: 24/01/2017

Decided at meeting: 24/01/2017 - Cabinet

Effective from: 01/02/2017

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