Komiti Tātari me te Mātai Raru Tūpono / Audit and Risk Committee
OPEN MINUTES
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Minutes of a meeting of the Audit and Risk Committee held in Room 1, Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Monday, 26 February 2018 at 2:16pm.
Chairperson |
Sue Sheldon, CNZM |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Cr Greg Sayers |
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Members |
Paul Conder |
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Bruce Robertson |
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Ex-officio |
Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP |
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IMSB Chair David Taipari |
Until 3.30pm, Item C1 |
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ABSENT
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Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore |
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Cr Richard Hills |
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ALSO PRESENT
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Cr Dr Cathy Casey |
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IN ATTENDANCE
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Greg Schollum, Deputy Auditor-General, Office of the Auditor-General |
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Sarah Markley, Sector Manager, Local Government, Office of the Auditor-General |
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Jo Smaill, Audit Director, Audit New Zealand |
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Audit and Risk Committee 26 February 2018 |
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Resolution number AUD/2018/7 MOVED by Chairperson S Sheldon, seconded by Member B Robertson: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) accept the apologies from Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore and Cr R Hills for absence and from IMSB Chair D Taipari for early departure. |
There were no declarations of interest.
Resolution number AUD/2018/8 MOVED by Chairperson S Sheldon, seconded by Member P Conder: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Monday, 12 February 2018, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record. |
There were no petitions.
There was no public input.
There was no local board input.
There was no extraordinary business.
There were no notices of motion.
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Resolution number AUD/2018/9 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson Cr G Sayers, seconded by IMSB Chair D Taipari: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) reconfirm its forward work programme. |
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Resolution number AUD/2018/10 MOVED by Chairperson S Sheldon, seconded by Member B Robertson: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) note the update on Enterprise Risk Management. b) note the update on Insurance activities. c) endorse the proposed indicative Insurance Renewal Strategy. |
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Resolution number AUD/2018/11 MOVED by IMSB Chair D Taipari, seconded by Member B Robertson: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) receive the Monitoring of Treaty Audit Response Work Programme report b) note the monitoring work that has been performed to date by the Internal Audit department c) note that the Internal Audit department will report on a six-monthly basis to this committee in accordance with the approved Internal Audit work plan d) note that in relation to action group 24 Performance Framework, staff will consider and report back on the inclusion of the Independent Maori Statutory Board in future Long-term Plan planning processes. |
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Resolution number AUD/2018/12 MOVED by Member P Conder, seconded by Mayor P Goff: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) receive this report on the second quarter of 2017/2018 about health, safety and wellbeing b) refer this report to the Governing Body for its consideration c) note that this report will also be provided to all local boards for their information. |
13 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
Resolution number AUD/2018/13 MOVED by Chairperson S Sheldon, seconded by Member B Robertson: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting. b) agree that Greg Schollum, Deputy Auditor-General, Office of the Auditor-General, Sarah Markley, Sector Manager, Local Government, Office of the Auditor-General and Jo Smaill, Audit Director, Audit New Zealand be permitted to remain for all the Confidential Items after the public has been excluded, because of their knowledge of matters which will help the Audit and Risk Committee in its decision-making. The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution follows. This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public, as follows: C1 Financial release of the Half Year New Zealand Stock Exchange Announcement and Interim Report
C2 Office of the Auditor-General and Audit New Zealand briefing
C3 Council-controlled organisations - Quarterly Risk Reports
C4 Update on Holidays Act Compliance
C5 Internal Audit and Integrity Progress Report
The text of these resolutions is made available to the public who are present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting. |
3.25pm The public was excluded.
Resolutions in relation to the confidential items are recorded in the confidential section of these minutes and are not publicly available.
5.25pm The public was re-admitted.
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It was resolved while the public was excluded:
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Financial release of the Half Year New Zealand Stock Exchange Announcement and Interim Report |
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Resolution number AUD/2018/14 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson Cr G Sayers, seconded by Member P Conder: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) note that there are no significant outstanding issues arising from the half year 31 December 2017 review and process of preparing the Interim Report for the Auckland Council group. b) recommend the release of the New Zealand Stock Exchange Announcement, media release and Interim Report for the half year ended 31 December 2017 to the chair and deputy chair of the Finance and Performance Committee. c) recommend that the chair and deputy chair of the Finance and Performance Committee authorise the mayor and the chief executive to approve and release the items identified in clause b above to the New Zealand Stock Exchange on 28 February 2018. Restatement: d) agree that the report remain confidential, but the decisions be restated in the open minutes. |
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Office of the Auditor-General and Audit New Zealand briefing |
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Resolution number AUD/2018/15 MOVED by Member B Robertson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson Cr G Sayers: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) receive the information provided by the Auditor-General’s representatives, Greg Schollum, Deputy Auditor-General, Sarah Markley, Sector Manager, Office of the Auditor-General and Jo Smaill, Audit Director, Audit New Zealand. b) thank the Deputy Auditor-General, Greg Schollum, Sarah Markley, Sector Manager, Office of the Auditor-General and the Audit Director, Jo Smaill, for their attendance. Restatement c) agree that the report and attachments will remain confidential, but the decisions be restated in the open minutes. |
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Resolution number AUD/2018/16 MOVED by Member B Robertson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson Cr G Sayers: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) note the written risk updates provided by Auckland Transport, Panuku Development Auckland Limited and Watercare Services Limited b) note the risk update presented by Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development Limited. c) request the lack of reporting by Regional Facilities Auckland be followed up by staff. Restatement d) agree that the decisions be restated in the open minutes but that this report and attachments remain confidential. |
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Resolution number AUD/2018/17 MOVED by Member P Conder, seconded by Member B Robertson: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) receive this report on Auckland Council’s compliance with the Holidays Act 2003 b) note the work that has been performed to date to identify non-compliance with the Holidays Act 2003, and to reconfigure our payroll systems. c) note that updates will continue to be reported to the committee regularly throughout the course of this review. Restatement: d) agree that the decisions be restated in the open minutes but that this report and attachments remain confidential. |
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Resolution number AUD/2018/18 MOVED by Member P Conder, seconded by Member B Robertson: That the Audit and Risk Committee: a) note the progress made by the Internal Audit and Integrity units of the Internal Audit department in delivering against the internal audit programme b) note the verbal updates on CRL Limited and America’s Cup procurement provided by staff Restatement c) agree that the decision be restated in the open minutes, but the Internal Audit and Integrity Activity report and attachments remain confidential.
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5.25pm The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.
CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Audit and Risk Committee HELD ON
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