Issue - meetings

The Director for Law and Governance to submit a report seeking approval of the Annual Governance Statement (AGS) for 2018/19 which is a key component of the Council’s governance arrangements. It is required to meet the statutory requirement for the Council to approve an AGS alongside its published Statement of Accounts (SoA) for 2018/19.

RESOLVED that:

The Committee APPROVED the Council’s Annual Governance Statement (AGS) as set out in Appendix A.

A report was provided by the Monitoring Officer to seek Members’ approval of the Annual Governance Statement (AGS) for 2018-19.  The AGS was a Statutory requirement and  a key component of the Council’s governance arrangements.

The purpose of the AGS process is to provide a continuous review of the effectiveness of the Council’s internal control and risk management systems.

Appendix A showed the areas for focus identified last year and progress made against the issues. It also showed the improvement areas identified for 2019/20 which would be reviewed by the Senior Leadership Team on a quarterly basis.

RESOLVED that:

The Committee APPROVED the Council’s Annual Governance Statement (AGS) as set out in Appendix A.