Issue - meetings

Report by the Executive Directors

Cllr Richard Clewer presented the draft Annual Governance Statement for 2018/19 for comment before final approval is sought from the Audit Committee on 24 July 2019.

Cllr Whitehead reported that the Audit Committee, at its meeting on 26 June 2019, had considered the draft Statement and made a number of comments which would be incorporated in the final document and considered further by the Audit Committee on 24 July 2019.

Resolved:    To note the draft Annual Governance Statement 2018/19 and that it will be revised in the light of the comments made by the Audit Committee on 26 June 2019, prior to final approval by the Audit Committee and publication with the Statement of Accounts and Senior Information Risk Owner Annual Report at the end of July 2019.

Reason for Decision:

The Council is required, as part of its annual review of the effectiveness of its governance arrangements, to produce an Annual Governance Statement (AGS) for 2018/19. This will be signed by the Leader of the Council and the Corporate Directors after final approval by the Audit Committee on 24 July 2019. The AGS will form part of the Annual Statement of Accounts for 2018/19.