Agenda item

Report of the Chief Finance Officer

Purpose of report

To report the Annual Governance Statement. The Annual Governance Statement will be considered at the same time as the Statement of Accounts for 2016/17. 

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended:

1.1       The Committee is recommended to consider and endorse the Annual Governance Statement 2016/17 (Appendix 1).

Resolved

(1)          That, having given due consideration, the Annual Governance Statement 2016/17 (annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be endorsed.

(2)          That the carry forward of budget underspends from 2016/17 to 2017/18 (annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be approved.

(3)          That the balances on capital schemes which have slipped in 2016/17 to be carried forward into the 2017/18 capital programme (annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be approved.

(4)          That the outcomes from the informal review of the Statement of Accounts undertaken on 28 June immediately prior to the formal meeting at 5.00pm be noted.

The Chief Finance Officer submitted a report which presented the Annual Governance Statement which would be considered at the same time as the Statement of Accounts for 2016/17.

Resolved

(1)          That, having given due consideration, the Annual Governance Statement 2016/17 (annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be endorsed.

(2)          That the carry forward of budget underspends from 2016/17 to 2017/18 (annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be approved.

(3)          That the balances on capital schemes which have slipped in 2016/17 to be carried forward into the 2017/18 capital programme (annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be approved.

(4)          That the outcomes from the informal review of the Statement of Accounts undertaken on 28 June immediately prior to the formal meeting at 5.00pm be noted.