Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Executive Director Corporate Services detailing the Draft Annual Governance Statement 2022/23 in accordance with the requirements of the Accounts and Audit Regulations that required the Council to develop and publish an Annual Governance Statement (AGS).

The Committee referred to the Governance Issue raised in 2022 when the Council through the Local Government Association commissioned the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny to undertake an informal peer review to assist the Council to consider how it might enhance its approach to Governance and Decision Making.  The final report was presented in November 2022 which following that a 10-point Action Plan was formulated and agreed in February 2023 by political Group Leaders to be implemented incrementally over the next 6 months with target for completion being Autumn 2023.  Considering this the Committee requested a report detailing the progress and position update to the next meeting.

RESOLVED:

(i)  That the draft 2022-23 AGS as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report be noted;

(ii)  That the status of the agreed actions from the 2021-22 AGS as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report be noted; and

(iii)  That an update report detailing the progress and position regarding the 10-point Action Plan following the informal peer review be presented to the next meeting.