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REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

For the Committee to approve the audited Statement of Accounts for 2020/21.

RESOLVED:

(1)  That the draft 2020/21 Annual Statement of Accounts, as set out in Appendix A, be approved based on the draft Audit Results report.

(2) That, subject to the final Audit Results report not requiring any substantial changes, the Committee delegates to the Chair of the Committee the final approval of the 2020/21 Annual Statement of Accounts. This will include confirming that the Chair of the Committee can sign the Statement of Accounts to confirm that they have been approved by the Committee.

REASON FOR DECISION: To ensure that the Council abides by the Audit and Account Regulations 2015, which require the approval and publication of audited Statement of Accounts.

Audio Recording: 18:47

The Service Director – Resources presented the report entitled Statement of Accounts 2020/21 along with Appendix A – Draft Statement of Accounts 2020/21 (current version at the time of writing the report)

Councillor Keith Hoskins proposed and following a vote, it was:

RESOLVED:

(1)  That the draft 2020/21 Annual Statement of Accounts, as set out in Appendix A, be approved based on the draft Audit Results report.

(2) That, subject to the final Audit Results report not requiring any substantial changes, the Committee delegates to the Chair of the Committee the final approval of the 2020/21 Annual Statement of Accounts. This will include confirming that the Chair of the Committee can sign the Statement of Accounts to confirm that they have been approved by the Committee.

REASON FOR DECISION: To ensure that the Council abides by the Audit and Account Regulations 2015, which require the approval and publication of audited Statement of Accounts.