Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Governance Group.

The final Annual Governance Statement has been considered by Corporate

Leadership Team and the Corporate Governance Group.  There has been no

material change in governance issues from production of the draft AGS in April

2019 up to the date of this meeting.

The Committee is requested to approve the Annual Governance

Statement.

Officer Contact: John Pearsall on Tel: 0161 474 4033 or email:

john.pearsall@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Governance Group submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing for comment the final version of the Council’s Annual Governance Statement 2018/2019.

Councillors discussed the effectiveness of the budget setting process in respect to Children’s and Adult Services and heard about the process used by managers to monitor those budget areas. The Committee further discussed the continued evolution of the governance arrangements for Health and Social Care integration.

RESOLVED – That the Annual Governance Statement 2018/2019 be approved in so far as the Committee is concerned.