Agenda item - Annual Governance Statement 2017-18

Report of the Executive Director, Finance & Resources

1)           That Committee note the outcome of the annual review of the effectiveness of the Council’s system of internal control reported here and formally approve the Annual Governance Statement in draft form at Appendix 1. 

2)           That the Committee note the Leader of the City Council and the Chief Executive will be asked to confirm their agreement to the Annual Governance Statement by signing a hard copy of Appendix 1 which will be stored securely. 

3)           That the Committee note that the Annual Governance Statement once signed by the Leader of the City Council and Chief Executive will be published on the Council’s website alongside the council’s Annual Accounts.

11.1      RESOLVED-

1)           That Committee note the outcome of the annual review of the effectiveness of the Council’s system of internal control reported here and formally approve the Annual Governance Statement in draft form at Appendix 1. 

2)           That the Committee note the Leader of the City Council and the Chief Executive will be asked to confirm their agreement to the Annual Governance Statement by signing a hard copy of Appendix 1 which will be stored securely. 

3)           That the Committee note that the Annual Governance Statement once signed by the Leader of the City Council and Chief Executive will be published on the Council’s website alongside the council’s Annual Accounts.