Issue - meetings
Annual Governance Statement
Meeting: 25/07/2018 - Audit Committee (Item 5)
5 Annual Governance Statement PDF 90 KB
Additional documents:
- Annual Governance Statement 2017-18 Fina lDraft, item 5 PDF 485 KB
- LBTH Draft Code of Corp Governance V9, item 5 PDF 163 KB
Minutes:
Steven Tinkler, Interim Head of Audit and Risk Management presented the Annual Governance Statement and stated this was a requirement as part of the Annual Accounts and in accordance with the principles of the CIPFA/SOLACE Delivering Good Governance in Local Government Framework.
Mr Tinkler informed members that the Council was required to undertake a review of its corporate governance processes, systems and the assurances on the governance framework to support the creation of an annual governance statement.
The draft Annual Governance Statement was appended at appendix 1 and the updated Code of Corporate Governance was appended in the supplementary agenda.
Members of the Committee made the following comments and asked questions in relation to the report.
· In reference to decision making chart – page 98 main agenda, the explanation box states “As a general rule, Executive Decisions are most decisions of the Council and are taken by the Mayor/Cabinet or Officers” –should it not say ‘Mayor in Cabinet’
Members of the Audit Committee AGREED to:
1. Approve the draft 2017/18 Annual Governance Statement and Action Plan attached to appendix 1 of the report.