Issue - meetings

          The Board considered a report of the Director - Finance, which sought approval of the 2023/24 Annual Governance Statement (AGS). A copy of the draft Statement was appended to the report.

The AGS provided an overview .

Once approved the AGS would be signed by the Council Leader and Chief Executive and published on the Council’s website.

Members made the following comments:

·       The Council’s new Corporate Plan priorities would need to be incorporated in future statements; and

·       Would there be a cost to provide the new Corporate Complaints Procedure and the CIPFA Financial Code which were included in the action plan? Officers advised that it was expected that these would be provided through existing resources.

          RESOLVED: That the Annual Governance Statement 2023/24 be approved.