Issue - meetings

To consider the Annual Governance Statement 2015-16.

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.