Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Financial Officer seeking approval of the assurance gathering process to support development of the 2019-20 Annual Governance Statement, attached.

The Committee considered the report of the Service Director Finance detailing the Annual Governance Statement 2019-20 and in particular noted paragraphs 6 and 7 of the report which detailed key elements of the assurance gathering process.

The Committee also recognised the restructuring that was taking place in the authority and that there would be a number of new senior members of staff and recommended that an all Member Briefing was provided in order to share the detail and effect of the restructure.

RESOLVED:

(i)  That the assurance gathering process to support the developments of the 2019 -20 Annual Governance Statement as detailed in appendix 1 of the report be approved; and

(ii)  That an all Member Briefing be recommended to share the detail of the restructuring that was taking place in the authority.