Agenda item

The Service Director Finance will submit a report providing the Committee with an update regarding the revised Annual Governance Review Process that has been determined for 2015/16 which will be used to influence and assist in the preparation of the Council’s statutory Annual Governance Statement for 2015/16.

The Service Director Finance submitted a report which was presented by the Risk and Governance Manager providing the Committee with an update regarding the revised Annual Governance Review Process that had been determined for 2015/16 which would be used to influence and assist in the preparation of the Council’s statutory Annual Governance Statement for 2015/16.

The report provided information on the background to the previous Annual Governance Review Process together with the reasons for change and gave details of the revised process together with the Local Code of Corporate Governance.  It was noted that whilst there was no requirement to have a Local Code, its underlying purpose was to demonstrate the Council’s commitment to high standards of corporate governance through the ARG process and also gave an assurance that the arrangements were effective.

RESOLVED:

(i)            That the revised Annual Governance process for 2015/16 be noted;

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

(iii)         That outputs from the Revised Annual Governance Review process for 2015/16 be reported to the Committee later in the year 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 September.