A little late, as the meeting is tomorrow, but anyone with a spare couple of hours (!) might want to spend it poring over the agenda of the Audit and Governance Committee.
A rather thorough going over after their appointment as auditors has seen KPMG out EDDC under the microscope.
Too many to list here, it has identified numerous financial and procedural weaknesses.
For quick reference the agenda is here:
Click to access 290617agcombined-agenda.pdf
and Owl found the following pages most interesting:
Pages 84-88 detailing financial weaknesses
Page 103 on weaknesses in contract Standing Orders and procurement procedures
Appendix A Risk Review – page 86
Click to access 290617bpauditgovernanceoperationalrisk.pdf
which contains this intriguing comment:
“Risk: [Identified as medium BOLD type is Owl’s]
Incapacitation of all staff for protracted period re Elections
In the event that all election staff were absent for a prolonged period the Council would fail to complete the canvass, fail to publish a revised register and fail to produce accurate data and registers for elections. In the event that the Electoral Services Officer/Manager was absent for a prolonged period it is unlikely that existing staff resources would accept managerial responsibilities.”
and finally – another coruscating reminder of the Section 106 scandal
Click to access item-12-management-of-s106-contributions-report.pdf
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