Issue - meetings

To consider the attached report of the Director of Governance.

The Director of Governance presented the report on the Annual Governance Assurance Statement and Revised Corporate Governance Local Code 2016/17.

It was moved by Councillor M D Conolly, duly seconded and

RESOLVED: That the Annual Governance Assurance Statement 2016/17 and the revised Corporate Governance Local Code be approved.

To consider the attached report of the Director of Governance.

The Director of Governance presented the Annual Governance Assurance Statement 2016/17 and Revised Corporate Governance Local Code report to the Committee.

The Annual Governance Assurance Statement was an annual review to look at the effectiveness of the system of internal control and the extent, to which the Council complied with its own Local Code of Corporate Governance.

As a result of a recently published revised Delivering Good Governance in Local Government Framework (2016 Edition) a new Corporate Governance Local Code had been written to reaffirm the Council’s commitment to the principles of good governance which, with recommendations from the Governance committee, Cabinet and Council would be requested to adopt.

It was suggested by Councillor M R Eddy that a Reputational Risk should be included within the Risk Management Key Risk Areas as harm to the council’s reputation could impact on the running of the business and the ability to function effectively. In addition, inappropriate comments about councillors had been inputted by the public onto the planning portal website and that this could also harm the Council’s reputation. The Director of Governance advised that all departments ran training sessions on the holding of personal data and that the Head of Regeneration and Development would be asked to review this as part of the department’s training.

RESOLVED:   (a)        That the Annual Governance Assurance Statement alongside the 2016/17 Statement of Accounts be accepted.

(b)       That the Committee recommend to Council that the revised Corporate Governance Local Code, which reflects the Delivering Good Governance in Local Government Framework (2016 Edition), with the addition of the following text on page 29, be adopted: