Issue - meetings

Report of Assistant Director of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer

Purpose of report

To review the Local Code of Corporate Governance. The Code is part of the overall system of internal control at the Council and supports the provision of the Annual Governance Statement (AGS) which is approved annually by the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee.

Recommendations

The Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee resolves:

1.1    To approve the reviewed Local Code of Corporate Governance (Appendix 1).

Resolved

(1)    That the Council’s Local Code of Corporate Governance be approved.

The Assistant Director Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer submitted a report to review the Local Code of Corporate Governance. The code was part of the overall system of internal control at the Council and supported the provision of the Annual Governance Statement (AGS) which was approved annually by the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee.

In introducing the report, the Assistant Director Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer advised the Committee that although it was not a legal requirement, it was best practice for local authorities to have a Local Code of Corporate Governance based on the CIPFA / Solace Framework for Corporate Governance in Local Government

The Code set out and described the Council’s commitment to corporate governance and identified arrangements that would ensure its effective implementation and application in all aspects of the Council’s work

Resolved

(1)    That the Council’s Local Code of Corporate Governance be approved.