Issue - meetings

Annual Governance Statement 2013/14

Meeting: 22/07/2014 - Cabinet (Item 78)

78 Annual Governance Statement 2013/14

Report by Ian Gibbons, Associate Director of Law and Governance, and Monitoring Officer.

 

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Dick Tonge presented a report which requested Cabinet to consider and provide any comment on the draft Annual Governance Statement  (AGS) for 2013-14.

 

This process formed part of the Council’s annual review of the effectiveness of its governance arrangements.  Taking into account any comments from   Cabinet and the Standards Committee,  the AGS would be signed by the Leader of the Council and the Corporate Directors after final approval by the Audit Committee on 31 July 2014. The AGS would also form part of the Annual Statement of Accounts for 2013-14.

 

Resolved:

 

That Cabinet notes the draft Annual Governance Statement  which together with ongoing work by the Governance Assurance Group would be presented for final approval to the Audit Committee on 31 July 2014 and thereafter published with the Statementof Accounts.

 

Reason for decision:

 

To prepare the Annual Governance Statement for 2013/14 for publication in accordance with the requirements of the Audit and Accounts Regulations 2011.