Issue - meetings

Further Provision of the Internal Audit Service

Meeting: 27/01/2022 - Cabinet (Item 62)

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To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Finance

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

i)          To agree to secure the provision of the internal audit service through a local authority partnership with East Sussex County Council for 5 years from 1 April 2022.

 

ii)         To delegate to the Director of Corporate Services the negotiations to finalise the legal documentation with East Sussex County Council in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and the Monitoring Officer.

 

REASON

 

i)       The new agreement retains the current good quality service with price £20,000 lower for each year and no risk or costs of change.

Minutes:

Councillor Hogben explained the background to this item, as set out in the report.  The current partnership with Orbis Partnership, a local authority partnership, would expire on 1 April.  A review of the service found the current arrangement to be of good quality but more expensive than alternative options. Following discussions with Orbis a lower price had been agreed for a new five year agreement.  

 

RESOLVED

 

i)          To agree to secure the provision of the internal audit service through a local authority partnership with East Sussex County Council for 5 years from 1 April 2022.

 

ii)         To delegate to the Director of Corporate Services the negotiations to finalise the legal documentation with East Sussex County Council in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and the Monitoring Officer.

 

REASON

 

iii)        The new agreement retains the current good quality service with price £20,000 lower for each year and no risk or costs of change.