Issue - meetings

The Internal Audit Consortium Manager submitted a report to present Members with the Annual Governance Statement and associated Action Plan, and to review Council compliance with the Code of Corporate Governance during 2017/18.

The Annual Review of the Code of Corporate Governance, as attached at Appendix A to the officer’s report, showed that compliance had largely been achieved in 2017/18, with areas of partial compliance addressed in the Annual Governance Statement Action Plan, as attached at Appendix D to the officer’s report.

The Director of Finance and Resources proposed that the paragraph within the Internal Audit Opinion 2017/18 section of the Annual Governance Statement relating to limited and inadequate assurance reports be supplemented by the table set out in paragraph 3.1 of the Internal Audit Consortium Annual Report 2017/18, to give context for these conclusions and to better reflect the full audit picture.

The Director of Finance and Resources proposed the wording of the action stating that the “Council will consolidate its contracts registers to enable the register of contracts over £5,000 to be published on its website,” to better reflect that the Council had existing contracts registers.

The Committee agreed to both proposed amendments of the Annual Governance Statement.

*RESOLVED –  

1.   That, subject to the proposed amendments being made to the Annual Governance Statement, the Annual Governance Statement and Action Plan be approved.

2.   That a review of the Code of Corporate Governance be undertaken in 12 months’ time.

3.   That progress on the Action Plan be monitored by the Corporate Management Team.