Subject: Re-procurement and Appointment of External Auditors - Extract from the Proceedings of the Audit & Standards Committee meeting held on the 25 January 2022

Date of meeting: 3 February 2022

Report of: Executive Director for Governance, People & Resources

Contact Officer: Name: Mark Wall

Tel: 01273 291006

Email: mark.wall@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Ward(s) affected: All

For general release

Action Required of the Committee / Council:

To receive the report from the Audit & Standards Committee for consideration and the recommendations for approval.

Recommendations:

1. That the Council’s opt-in to the national scheme and its adoption of PSAA as the appointing person for the Council for the appointment of auditors for the period 2023/24 to 2027/28 be approved; and

2. That the Chief Finance Officer be granted delegated authority to take all steps necessary or incidental to give effect to the decision in (1) above.

Brighton & Hove City Council

AUDIT & STANDARDS Committee

4.00pm 25 January 2022

DRAFT MINUTES

Present Councillors Yates (Chair), Hugh-Jones (Group Spokesperson), Hamilton, Meadows, Moonan, Peltzer Dunn, Phillips and Shanks.

PART ONE<AI1>

39 Re-procurement and Appointment of External Auditors

39.1 Resolved:

(1) That the requirements relating to the appointment of an External Auditor to the Council for the 2023/24 audit be noted;

(2) That the letter of invitation from PSAA for the Council to opt-in to the national scheme for auditor appointments (Appendix 1) be noted;

(3) That the Council be recommended to formally agree to opt-in to the national scheme and adopt PSAA as the appointing person for the Council for the appointment of auditors for the period 2023/24 to 2027/28; and

(4) That the Council delegates to the council’s Chief Finance Officer the authority to take all steps necessary or incidental to give effect to the decision in para (3) above.