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 Tuesday, 22 June 2021 at 10.07am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Sue Sheldon, CNZM

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Daniel Newman, JP

 

Members

Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

Paul Conder, CA

 

 

Bruce Robertson

 

Ex-officio

Mayor Phil Goff

until 10.50am – Item C1

 

ABSENT

 

Members

Cr Shane Henderson

 

 

Ex-officio

IMSB Chair David Taipari

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr Angela Dalton

 

 

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Greg Schollum, Deputy Auditor-General

 

 

Andrea Reeves, Assistant Auditor-General – Local Government

 

 

Athol Graham, Audit Director, Audit New Zealand

 

 

 


Audit and Risk Committee

22 June 2021

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number AUD/2021/36

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

That the Audit and Risk Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr S Henderson for absence and ex-officio members Mayor P Goff for early departure on council business and IMSB Chair D Taipari for absence.

CARRIED

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Note:   Item 7 - Update on Key Controls and Risks related to the Recovery Budget (10-year Budget 2021-2031) was considered after the public were re-admitted to the meeting.

 

 

 

8          Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

 


 

 

9          Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number AUD/2021/37

MOVED by Chairperson S Sheldon, seconded by Deputy Chairperson Cr D Newman:  

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, Athol Graham, Audit Director, Audit New Zealand and Andrea Reeves, Assistant Auditor-General – Local Government, be permitted to remain for the confidential part of the meeting 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       CONFIDENTIAL: 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)(c)(ii) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where the making available of the information would be likely to damage the public interest.

In particular, the report contains findings of the audit review engagement for the Recovery Budget (10-year Budget 2021-2031).

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

 

10.09am          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.

 

11.02am          The public was re-admitted.

 


 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

C1

CONFIDENTIAL: Office of the Auditor-General and Audit New Zealand Briefing

 

Resolution number AUD/2021/38

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 representatives Deputy Auditor-General Greg Schollum, Assistant Auditor-General – Local Government Andrea Reeves and Audit New Zealand Audit Director Athol Graham, and thank them for their attendance

Restatement:

b)      agree that the report and attachment will remain confidential, but the decisions be restated in the open minutes.

 

 

7

Update on Key Controls and Risks related to the Recovery Budget (10-year Budget 2021-2031)

 

 

 

Resolution number AUD/2021/39

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson Cr D Newman, seconded by Member B Robertson:  

That the Audit and Risk Committee:

a)      receive the report on the key controls and risks relating to the development of the Recovery Budget (10-year Budget 2021-2031)

b)      advise the Governing Body that effective internal control and risk management processes have been followed during the preparation of the Recovery Budget (10-year Budget 2021-2031)

c)      advise the Governing Body that there are no significant outstanding audit issues other than in relation to land transport funding

d)      delegate authority to the Audit and Risk Committee chair to advise the Governing Body on any significant audit issues that may arise between this meeting and the Governing Body meeting on 29 June 2021.

CARRIED

 

 

11.07am                                             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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