Agenda item

Changes to the arrangements for appointment of External Auditors

To consider the report of the Head of Finance outlining options for the appointment of the Council’s External Auditor for the 2018/19 statement of accounts.

Minutes:

48.1    Council considered the report of the Head of Finance outlining options for the appointment of the Council’s External Auditor for the 2018/19 statement of accounts.

 

48.2    Councillor Gravells moved the recommendations as outlined in the report, advising that the report had been approved for recommendation by the Audit and Governance Committee at their meeting on the 13th September 2016. He apologised for the abbreviations used within the recommendations, explaining that PSAA stood for Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd and SLB stood for Sector Led Body.

 

48.3    Councillor Melvin seconded the motion.

 

48.4    RESOLVED to opt-in to the PSAA as the SLB for the

appointment of the Council’s External Auditors from 2018/19.

 

 

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