Issue - meetings

To consider the Annual Report of the Chair of the Audit Committee 2015/16.

The Chair of the Audit Committee (Councillor Stuart Corris) submitted the Audit Committee Annual Report for 2015/16 (copies of which had been circulated) summarising the work of the Audit Committee during the 2015/16 Municipal Year.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

To consider a report of Councillor David Sedgwick (Chair of the Audit Committee 2015/16).

The aim of the report is to demonstrate how the Audit Committee has fulfilled its terms of reference during the financial year and how it is fully committed to helping to improve the Council’s governance and control environments during the year ahead.

Also to outline how the committee’s activities during the financial year are designed to make a positive contribution to the continual improvement of governance arrangements across the Council, as well as performing the statutory roles as identified in the Constitution.

The Audit Committee is asked to approve the Annual Report prior to it being submitted to the Council Meeting for final approval.

The Chair of the Audit Committee submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) demonstrating how the Audit Committee had fulfilled its terms of reference during the financial year and how it had fully committed to helping to improve the Council’s governance and control environments during the year ahead. The report also outlined how the Committee’s activities during the financial year were designed to make a positive contribution to the continual improvement of governance arrangements across the Council, as well as performing the statutory roles as identified in the Constitution.

RESOLVED – That the report be approved and referred to the Council Meeting for consideration.