Audit and Scrutiny Committee - 25 September 2025

Membership

• Chair - Councillor Andrew Morrison
• Councillor Tony Buchanan
• Councillor Paul Edlin
• Councillor Annette Ireland
• Councillor David Macdonald
• Provost Mary Montague
• Councillor Gordon Wallace

Notice of meeting

View the notice of meeting for 25 September 2025. (PDF, 164 KB)(opens new window)

Agenda

1. Apologies for absence.
2. Declarations of interest.
3. Chair's Report.
4. Impact of Taxation and Minimum Unit Pricing on Drug and Alcohol Use Amongst Young People; Debtor Movements Between Years; and Investment Returns Regarding Strathclyde Pension Fund - Clarification Received on Queries Raised at Previous Meetings. Read the Clerk's report. (PDF, 243 KB)(opens new window)
5. 2024/25 Annual Accounts and Draft Annual Audit Report for East Renfrewshire Council. Read the Head of Finance (Chief Financial Officer)'s report. (PDF, 7 MB)(opens new window)
6. Amendment to Treasury Management Strategy for 2025/26. Read the Head of Finance (Chief Financial Officer)'s report. (PDF, 353 KB)(opens new window)
7. Annual Sickness Absence Report 2024/25. Read the Director of Business Operations and Partnerships report. (PDF, 292 KB)(opens new window)
8. Summary of Early Retirement/Redundancy Costs to 31 March 2025. Read the Director of Business Operations and Partnerships report. (PDF, 262 KB)(opens new window)
9. Review of Strategic Risk Register. Read the Chief Executive's report. (PDF, 859 KB)(opens new window)
10. Local External Audit Report - Best Value Thematic Report - Transformation: How Council's are Redesigning and Delivering More Effecient Services to Achieve Planned Outcomes. Read the report by Ernst & Young. (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)
11. National External Audit Report - Sustainable Transport- Reducing Car Use. Read the Clerk's report. (PDF, 342 KB)(opens new window)

Meeting papers

Read the Audit and Scrutiny Committee papers for 25 September 2025 (PDF, 6 MB)(opens new window) 

Meeting Recording

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Minute

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Clerk

For more information phone 0141 577 8388 or email linda.hutchison@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk.

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