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Meeting documentation

Meeting documents

Audit and Governance Committee
Wednesday, 26th May, 2010 6.30 pm

ItemDescriptionResolution
Declaration of interests - members are reminded that following the adoption by Council of the new Code of Conduct, any declaration of interest should be made having regard to the new code. In particular, members must make clear the nature of the interest and whether it is 'personal' or 'prejudicial'.

The Monitoring Officer would like to remind members that when they are considering whether the following items are exempt information under the relevant paragraph under part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 they must have regard to the public interest test. This means that members must consider, for each item, whether the public interest in maintaining the exemption from disclosure outweighs the public interest in making the item available to the public.
1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors D J Stevenson and C Timmis.
  
2 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
There were no declarations of interest.
  
3 INTERNAL AUDIT ANNUAL REPORT 2009/10
The Senior Auditor presented the report to Members which highlighted the work of Internal Audit for the past year. The Senior Auditor clarified a number of points within the report at the request of members.
 RESOLVED THAT:

The report be noted.
4 ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 2009/10
The Corporate Director presented the report to Members. The Members congratulated the officers for a thorough and comprehensive report.
 RESOLVED THAT:

The report be noted.
5 ARRANGEMENTS IN RESPECT OF FRAUD AND CORRUPTION
The Corporate Director presented the report to Members and gave his assurances that in his opinion adequate arrangements exist for dealing with fraud and corruption. Members commented that if the Corporate Director was satisfied with the arrangements in place, they would be happy to support him.
 RESOLVED THAT:

The opinion of the Section 151 Officer that adequate arrangements exist to ensure effective legal compliance and effective arrangements for dealing with fraud and corruption be endorsed.
6 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS - KEY FEATURES
The Corporate Director presented the report to Members and detailed each of the accounts in turn.

In response to a question from a Member, the Corporate Director stated that the new government were still committed to changing the Housing Subsidy Scheme as was proposed by the previous government.

The Corporate Director confirmed that the valuations of Council assets were undertaken by a qualified surveyor and a certificate was issued for the accounts.

In response to a question from a Member regarding the Council's long term borrowing, the Corporate Director explained that the debt was pooled which meant that the individual assets could not be focused on. He also reported that the Council does look at repaying debt early but it has to be assessed against the penalty charges for doing so, a recent review proved that it was not in the Council's interest to make any early re-payments at this stage.

 RESOLVED THAT:

The report be noted.
Published on Monday, 14th June, 2010
The Chairman announced that Lynn Gill, Head of Finance was leaving the Council after over 20 year's service. He thanked her for all her contributions and wished her well.

The meeting closed at 7.11pm.

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor G Allman(Chairman) (In the Chair)

Councillors F R D Fenning, T Gillard, P Holland, J Hoult, I Meller, V Richich and J B Webster.

Officers: Mr A Davies, Miss R Levy and Miss A Wright.

In attendance: Councillor G Partner.