Decision details

The Shadow Executive will be asked to consider recommendations of the SEBC and FHDC Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committees for recommending to Shadow Council regarding a preferred option for appointing external auditors for the new West Suffolk Council.

RECOMMENDED TO SHADOW COUNCIL (25 September 2018):

West Suffolk Council

(1)     Option 3, to ‘opt-in’ to the sector led body (Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited) for the independent appointment of the Council’s External Auditor, beginning with responsibilities for the financial year 2019-2020, as set out in Report Nos: PAS/SE/18/025 and PAS/FH/18/024, be approved. 

West Suffolk Shadow Authority

(2)     Agreement be given for the External Audit of the West Suffolk Shadow Authority Accounts to be prepared under the Smaller Authority audit procedures, as set out in Attachment A of Report No: EXC/SA/18/009; and

(3)     approval be given for the S151 Officer to write to the Smaller Authorities' Audit Appointments (SAAA) informing them that the West Suffolk Shadow Authority would like to be treated as ‘opted in’ to the smaller authorities scheme and as such the auditor would be PKF Littlejohn (the appointees for Suffolk).