Agenda item

The Service Director Finance will submit a report providing an update of the Annual Governance Review process that has been determined for 2017/18 which will be used to influence and assist in the preparation of the Council’s statutory Annual Governance Statement for 2017/18.

The Service Director Finance submitted a report providing an update of the Annual Governance Review Process that had been determined for 2017/18 which would be used to influence and assist in the preparation of the Council’s statutory Annual Governance Statement for 2017/18.

It was noted that this report had been submitted earlier than in previous years because of changes to the regulations governing the approval of the Annual Governance Statement and Final Accounts all of which would be submitted to the Council in July, 2018 rather than in September.

The report gave details of the background to the Annual Governance Review Process and the Local Code of Corporate Governance which provided the overall statement of the Council’s Corporate Governance arrangements. 

Appendices to the report provided the Annual Governance Review Process Map together with the Local Code of Corporate Governance Evidence Framework 2017/18.

RESOLVED:-

(i)            That the Annual Governance Review Process for 2017/18 be noted;

(ii)          That the revised Local Code of Corporate Governance be noted; and

(iii)         That outputs from the Annual Governance Review process for 2017/18 be reported to the Committee, where consideration can be given as to whether the process provides sufficient and suitable evidence and assurances upon which the Committee can refer the Annual Governance Statement for Full Council approval in July, 2018.