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DRAFT 2014/15 ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT

Meeting: 24/09/2015 - Accounts and Audit Committee (Item 19)

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To receive a report of the Audit and Assurance Manager.

Minutes:

The Committee received a report of the Audit and Assurance Manager providing a final version of the Annual Governance Statement for 2014/15. The only notable change to the draft report received by the Committee on 30 June 2015, was the addition regarding the provision of leisure services in the Borough going forward.

 

It was confirmed that the report had been signed off by the Chief Executive and the Leader.

 

RESOLVED: That the 2014/15 Annual Governance Statement be approved.


Meeting: 30/06/2015 - Accounts and Audit Committee (Item 12)

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To receive a report of the Audit and Assurance Manager.

Minutes:

The Audit and Assurance Manager submitted a report setting out the Draft 2014/15 Annual Governance Statement (AGS) following its review by the Corporate Management Team (CMT) and a sub-group of the Accounts and Audit Committee, namely, the Chairman (Councillor Mitchell), Vice-Chairman (Councillor Butt) and Opposition Spokesperson (Councillor Ross).

 

The report advised that the AGS would take into account any feedback or further developments through June to September 2015. The final version, signed off by the Leader of the Council and Chief Executive, would be presented for approval by the Committee in September 2015 to accompany the Council’s Accounts.

 

RESOLVED: That the Committee notes that:

 

(a)        the delegated Sub-Group of the Accounts and Audit Committee has reviewed the content of the 2014/15 Annual Governance Statement and also the additional detail added within the Corporate Governance Code; and

 

(b)        the final version of the Annual Governance Statement, signed off by the Chief Executive and Leader, will be presented for approval by the Accounts and Audit Committee in September 2015.