Issue - meetings

Report of the Executive Manager – Finance and Corporate Services.

The Executive Manager – Finance and Corporate Services presented the Annual Governance Statement 2019/20, and advised the Group that in accordance with the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, the Council is required to publish the Annual Governance Statement alongside the Council’s Statement of Accounts.

The Annual Governance Statement was attached as an Appendix to the report and the Governance Scrutiny Group, by reviewing the statement, scrutinises the Council’s governance arrangements.

It was RESOLVED that the Governance Scrutiny Group approve the 2019/20 Annual Governance Statement and associated recommendations.