Issue - meetings

To endorse the Council’s Annual Governance Statement in order to confirm its inclusion in the 2019/20 Statement of Accounts.

The Interim Head of Finance introduced the Final Annual Governance Statement 2019/20 and explained that a draft had previously been considered by this Committee and by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, whose feedback had been taken into account.

Approval of the document was sought in order to confirm its formal incorporation within the Statement of Accounts 2019/20.

The Committee was reminded that this report considered governance arrangements relating to the year prior to the formation of this Committee and for that reason, the Overview and Scrutiny Committee had taken responsibility for reviewing it.

RESOLVED that the Annual Governance Statement at Annex 1 be endorsed.