13 Annual Governance Statement 2015-2016 PDF 94 KB
To consider the Annual Governance Statement 2015-16.
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The Committee considered the Draft Annual Governance Statement (AGS) which had been produced by the Corporate Leadership Team following consideration of a number of Management Assurance Statements produced by the Council’s four Directors and two Heads of Services.
During the discussion of this item the following points were made:
· The Annual Governance Statement covered the following key aspects of the governance environment in place at the Council during 2015/16: establishing and monitoring the achievement of the Council’s objectives, facilitation of Policy and Decision-making, Financial Management, Performance Management and Risk Management.
· With the increasing number of major infrastructure projects being commenced further clarity of project management governance structures and procedures had been introduced.
· Health integration had also been identified as a significant governance issue.
· The Chief Executive had identified actions required to strengthen the aforementioned areas of governance and that their implementation would be monitored.
RESOLVED: That the Committee approve the Annual Governance Statement on behalf of the Council, prior to it being included in the final Statement of Accounts.