The Mayor informed the Committee that improvements have been made on the issues raised by the Auditor-General in its 2008/09 report. This included the establishment of the Internal Audit Committee and capacity building for officials. Value documents and records with supporting documentation are properly filed and secured in his office. Access to the filing room is firmly restricted and a document register detailing the trail of the movement of documents is in place. Assistance has also been sought from the Provincial Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Committee to second officials to the NLM. It was reported that projects that were budgeted for have been implemented. The Committee commended the Mayor on the monitoring and hands-on role he was playing.