Agenda item

The Head of Corporate Assurance submitted a report presenting the draft Local Code of Corporate Governance.

There was no legal or statutory requirement for the Council to produce a Local Code of Corporate Governance however it remained best practice.

The code was substantially updated in 2020 and was approved by the Audit and Governance Committee in July 2020. The Code had been reviewed and continued to reflect the corporate position.

Member discussion arose regarding how organisations behave when things go wrong and whether this could be reflected in the Local Code of Corporate Governance. It was agreed that the wording of the code would be reworked to reflect this and re-circulated outside of the Committee to Members.

RESOLVED:

(i)            That the Committee considered the Local Code of Corporate Governance

(ii)          That the report be recommended  for approval and publication on the Council’s website (subject to the amendments noted above).