Dear Member,

 

A meeting of the Highland and Western Isles Valuation Joint Board will be held in Committee Room 3, Council Offices, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Thursday 23 November 2006 at 10.30 a.m.

 

Your attendance at the meeting is invited and I append a note of the business to be transacted.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

R Pieroni

Clerk to the Board

 

 

Business

 

Declarations of Interest – Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting. Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.    

 

1.           Apologies for Absence

 

2.           Minutes of Last Meeting

 

There are circulated for confirmation Minutes of Meeting on 15 August 2006.

 

3.           Annual Internal Audit Report 2005/06

 

There is circulated Report No. VAL15/06 dated 1 November 2006 by the Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management, The Highland Council, comprising his Annual Report for 2005/06, summarising the operations undertaken by the Internal Audit Section on behalf of the Board.

 

The Board is invited to raise any relevant points of issue and approve the detail therein, if in agreement.

 

4.           Report on the 2005/06 Audit

 

i.              Auditor’s Report

        There is circulated for noting Report No. VAL16/06 by the Senior Audit 
         Manager, Audit Scotland on the 2005/06 Audit.

 

        There is also circulated for noting Report No. VAL17/06  comprising the
        Statement of Accounts for 2005/06.

 

        Ms M Bruce, Senior Audit Manager, Audit Scotland, will be present at the
        meeting to present the report.

 

ii.            Treasurer’s Response

 

        There is circulated for noting Report No. VAL18/06  dated 24 October
        2006 comprising the treasurer’s response to the Audit Scotland Report.

 

5.           Revenue Expenditure 2006/07 – Monitoring Statement

 

There is circulated for noting Report No. VAL19/06  dated 6 November 2006 comprising a statement on Revenue Expenditure and Income for the period to 31 October 2006 and the projected year end position.

 

6.           Draft Annual Budget 2007/08

 

There is circulated Report No. VAL20/06 dated 14 November 2006 by the Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer containing a set of draft budget proposals for consideration prior to the Board’s budget meeting in January 2007.

 

7.           Departmental Report

 

There is circulated Report No. VAL21/06  dated 14 November 2006 by the Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer advising on the current position of the main activities of the Department.