Decision details
APPOINTMENT OF EXTERNAL AUDITOR
Decision Maker: Council
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To recommend to council the appointment of
Grant Thornton as its external auditor from April 2018.
Decisions:
Council considered a report by the Chairman of the Audit and Governance Committee to appoint an external auditor. The report was moved by Councillor PD Newman OBE, Chairman of the Audit and Governance Committee, who advised Council that the Committee recommended that the appointment proposed by Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited (PSAA) be accepted.
Council voted to accept the recommendation set out in the report and appoint Grant Thornton as the external auditor for a period of five years from April 2018 at fees to be determined by the PSAA.
Resolved – that Grant Thornton is appointed as external auditor for a period of five years from April 2018 at fees determined by PSAA.
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Contact: Josie Rushgrove, Head of corporate finance Email: jrushgrove@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 261867.
Report author: Josie Rushgrove
Publication date: 03/10/2018
Date of decision: 13/10/2017
Decided at meeting: 13/10/2017 - Council
Accompanying Documents:
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