Business Operations and Partnerships Department
Director of Business Operations & Partnerships: Louise Pringle
Council Headquarters, Eastwood Park, Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, G46 6UG
Phone: 0141 577 3000
website: www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Date: 11 February 2025
When calling please ask for: Linda Hutchison (Tel. No 0141 577 8388)
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TO: Councillor Andrew Morrison (Chair), Tony Buchanan (Vice-Chair), Provost Mary
Montague and Councillors Paul Edlin, Annette Ireland, David Macdonald and Gordon
Wallace.

MEETING OF AUDIT AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
A meeting of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee will be held in the Council Chamber,
Council Headquarters, Eastwood Park, Giffnock, G46 6UG on

Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 2.00pm.

The agenda of business is as listed below.
Yours faithfully
Louise Pringle
LOUISE PRINGLE
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

AGENDA
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Members are requested to give notice of any declarations of interest in respect of items of business on the Agenda.

3. CHAIR’S REPORT

4. TACKLING DIGITAL EXCLUSION – CLARIFICATION
Report by Clerk (copy attached, pages 3 - 6).

5. TREASURY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 2025/26
Report by Head of Finance (Chief Financial Officer)(copy attached, pages 7 - 52).

6. NATIONAL EXTERNAL AUDIT REPORT – TRANSFORMATION IN COUNCILS
Report by Clerk (copy attached, pages 53 - 60.

7. INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN 2024/25 – IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS - OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2024 (QUARTER 3)
Report by Chief Auditor (copy attached, pages 61 - 72).

A recording of the Committee meeting will be available following the meeting on the
Council’s YouTube Channel

www.youtube.com/user/eastrenfrewshire/videos

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in alternative formats such as large print and Braille. For further information,
please contact Customer First on 0141 577 3001 or email

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You can read Papers/Reports on Council webpage here -

www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/audit-and-scrutiny-committee-200225