Issue - meetings

That the Annual Governance Statement be approved.

The Democracy and Governance Manager introduced the Annual Governance Statement (AGS) and explained that the preparation of the draft AGS had been co-ordinated by the Corporate Governance Working Group who had reported to the Chief Executive, the Section 151 Officer and the Monitoring Officer on its work.  Details of the core membership of the Corporate Governance Working Group were provided in Appendix 1 of the report. 

            The Democracy and Governance Manager drew Members attention to pages 113 to 127 of the agenda which detailed the Annual Governance Statement part of the Statement of Accounts 2011/12.  

            Councillor R.C. Bithell suggested that a bullet point be added before the words ‘Planning Protocol Working Group’ at the bottom of page 120 of the agenda.  The Head of Finance confirmed that this amendment would be carried out following the meeting.

            Councillor W. Mullin proposed that the County Council approve the Annual Governance Statement and this was seconded by Councillor J.B. Attridge.     

RESOLVED:

That the Annual Governance Statement be approved.