Decision details

The Committee noted that the Report had not been notified for inclusion on the agenda within the statutory deadline.  The Chairman agreed to accept the item onto the agenda as a matter requiring urgent consideration to enable consideration of the pre-audit statement of accounts, which would be signed by the responsible financial officer and be published by the 31 May 2018.

The Committee additionally noted that this Report was open to the public and did not contain and Exempt Appendix as stated on the Agenda for the meeting.

The Committee requested at a further briefing on the Annual Financial Report be held before the next meeting of the Committee on 31 July 2018.

Following questions from Members on the content of the Report and its appendix, the Committee requested that consideration be given to moving the first meeting of the Audit Committee for the 2019/2020 Municipal Year to early June to allow Members additional time to give advance consideration to the content of the Annual Financial Report.

RESOLVED:

1.          That the Statement of accounts for 2017/18 be noted.

2.               That the draft Annual Governance Statement in the Annual Financial Report for 2017/18 be noted.

3.               That consideration be given to moving the first meeting of the Audit Committee for the 2019/2020 Municipal Year to early June.