Komiti Tātari me te Mātai Raru Tūpono /

Audit and Risk Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Audit and Risk Committee held in Room 1, Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Friday, 1 February 2019 at 9.37am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Sue Sheldon, CNZM

 

Deputy Chairperson

Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore

 

Members

Paul Conder

 

 

Cr Richard Hills

 

 

ABSENT

 

Members

Cr Ross Clow

 

 

 

Bruce Robertson

 

 

Ex-officio

Mayor Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

 

 

 

IMSB Chair David Taipari

 

 

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Jo Smaill, Audit Director, Audit New Zealand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Audit and Risk Committee

01 February 2019

 

 

 

1          Apologies

  

Resolution number AUD/2019/1

MOVED by Chairperson S Sheldon, seconded by Member P Conder:  

That the Audit and Risk Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Member B Robertson and Cr R Clow for absence and from Mayor P Goff for absence on council business.

CARRIED

Note:   An apology was subsequently received from IMSB Chair D Taipari for absence.

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

4          Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

 

5          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

6          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

7

Potential Long-term Plan Amendment Consultation Document - risk and control update

 

Staff introduced this item.

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 9.42am and reconvened at 10.41am.

 


 

 

9          Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number AUD/2019/2

MOVED by Chairperson S Sheldon, seconded by Deputy Chairperson BC Cashmore:  

That the Audit and Risk Committee:

a)      exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.

b)      agree that Jo Smaill, Audit Director, Audit New Zealand be permitted to remain for Confidential Item C1 Office of the Auditor-General and Audit New Zealand briefing after the public has been excluded, because of her 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       Office of the Auditor-General and Audit New Zealand briefing

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

In particular, the report contains information regarding progress on the audit of the Long-term Plan amendment which is still ongoing.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

 

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.

CARRIED

 

 

10.42am          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.

 

 

10.55am          The public was re-admitted.

 


 

 

7

Potential Long-term Plan Amendment Consultation Document - risk and control update

 

Resolution number AUD/2019/4

MOVED by Chairperson S Sheldon, seconded by Member P Conder:  

That the Audit and Risk Committee:

a)      receive the report on the key controls and risks relating to the potential Long-term Plan Amendment Consultation Document

b)      advise the Governing Body that effective internal control and risk management processes have been followed during the preparation of the Consultation Document and supporting information

c)      delegate authority to the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee to advise the Governing Body, once Audit New Zealand confirm that they have completed their audit, that there are no outstanding audit issues.

CARRIED

  

 

8          Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

C1

Office of the Auditor-General and Audit New Zealand briefing

 

Resolution number AUD/2019/3

MOVED by Chairperson S Sheldon, seconded by Member P Conder:  

That the Audit and Risk Committee:

a)      receive the information provided by the Auditor-General’s representative, Audit Director, Audit New Zealand Jo Smaill and thank her for her attendance.

Restatement

b)      agree the agenda report, attachments and any tabled documents will remain confidential, but the decisions be restated in the open minutes.

  

 

11.04am                                             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

 

 

DATE:.........................................................................

 

 

 

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