RESOLVED that:
(i) The Annual Financial Report, including the Statement of Accounts and Annual Governance Statement, for the year ended 31 March 2019 be noted.
(ii) Once all final amendments, agreed with the external auditor, have been implemented and when the external auditor has issued their audit opinion, the Leader of the Council and Chief Finance Officer, in consultation with the Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Finance, be authorised to sign the Statement of Accounts for 2018/19 by the 31 July 2019 statutory deadline.