Category: Council

The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held in the Duns Tew Village Hall on Monday 1st July 2019, 19:30 – 21:30.

The agenda is available here

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2019

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27 The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

1. Date of announcement: 19th June 2019

2. Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd. The unaudited AGAR has been published with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed
auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review.

Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31st March 2019, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:
Jean Ralfe, Duns Tew Parish Clerk and RFO.
Email: dunstewparishcouncil@aol.com or clerk@dunstew.com
Phone: 01869 349012

commencing on: Friday 20th June 2019
and ending on: Friday 2nd August 2019

3. Local government electors and their representatives also have:

• The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and
• The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.

The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address in paragraph 4 below for this purpose between the above dates only.

4. The smaller authority’s AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 and the NAO’s Code of Audit Practice 2015. The appointed auditor is:

Moore Stephens, (Ref SW/cc)
Rutland House, Minerva Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough
PE2 6PZ

5. This announcement is made by Jean Ralfe.

You can download a copy of this notice below:

Duns Tew Village Hall – Monday 17th June 2019 – 19:30-21:30

MEMBERS OF THE PARISH AND PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND

AGENDA

1. Apologies for absence
2. Declarations of Pecuniary Interest and Dispensations:
   1. To receive any declarations of pecuniary interest from Councillors relating to items on the agenda, in accordance with the Council’s code of conduct and consider any requests for dispensations.
   2. To review and update the record of members interests.
3. Finance
   1. To receive and note the Internal Auditors Report
   2. To receive and agree the Annual Accounts, Annual Return and Statement of Internal Controls
   3. To receive and agree the Asset Register
   4. To receive and agree the Effectiveness of the internal Audit report
   5. To receive and agree the Risk Assessment
4. Public Participation – To receive questions from members of the public relating to items on the agenda, in accordance with the Council’s code of conduct & standing orders
5. Date of next meeting – 1st July 2019

The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Tuesday 7th May, from 19:30 to 20:00, in the Duns Tew village hall.

This will be immediately followed by the Annual Parish Council Meeting, from 20:00 to 21:30.

The public and press are invited to be present

19:30 – 21:00

The public and press are invited to be present