Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the Annual Governance Statement 2011-12.

The Council was required to prepare and publish an Annual Governance Statement (AGS) to meet the statutory requirement set out in Regulation 4 of the Accounts and Audit Regulations. The purpose of the AGS process was to provide a continuous review of the organisation’s performance arrangements to give assurance on the effectiveness of the processes and address identified weaknesses.

A Member workshop on the draft AGS and supporting documentation had been held prior to the Committee’s meeting.

The AGS had been amended to take account of Members’ comments at the previous meeting and to address feedback received in the interim period from Members and Officers. Once finalised, the AGS would be published on the Council’s website, along with the Statement of Accounts, for members of the public, Members, Officers and other stakeholders to view.     

Regular updates on progress on the AGS Action Plan would be brought to the Committee during 2012/13.

RESOLVED

That the Annual Governance Statement 2011-12 be approved subject to the following amendments agreed by the Committee:

Page 54 – correct date of Council from 17^th July to 19^th July.

Page 60 – define FOI

Page 61 – define SLE

Pages 61/65 – insert ‘and Project’ in ‘Financial Management’