Issue - meetings

REPORT OF THE POLICY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

For the Committee to approve the Annual Governance Statement (AGS) for the year 2020/21 and Action Plan

RESOLVED: That the Committee is recommended to approve the amended AGS and Action Plan (Appendix A)

REASON FOR DECISION: The AGS must be considered and approved by this Committee before the Statement of Accounts under Regulation 6(4)(a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations (‘AAR’) 2015/234.

Audio Recording: 2:25

The Policy and Community Engagement Manager presented the report entitled Annual Governance Statement 2020/21 along with Appendix A – Annual Governance Statement for 2020-21 and Action Plan for 2021-22 and drew attention to the following:

·         This report had been brought to the Committee last July for comments;

·         The statement sets out the Council’s Governance arrangements for the 2021 period and proposes an Action Plan for the next financial year;

·         The statement received comments from SAFS and Ernst & Young and changes were made subsequent to those comments.

Councillor Keith Hoskins proposed and following a vote it was:

RESOLVED: That the Committee is recommended to approve the amended AGS and Action Plan (Appendix A)

REASON FOR DECISION: The AGS must be considered and approved by this Committee before the Statement of Accounts under Regulation 6(4)(a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations (‘AAR’) 2015/234.