Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Audit Partnership setting out the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee Annual Report 2016/17.  It was noted that:

·  The report represented a retrospective review of the activity of the Committee and reflected its terms of reference.  It provided assurance that important internal control, governance and risk management issues were being monitored and addressed by the Committee and provided additional assurance to support the Annual Governance Statement.

·  The report also included a refreshed programme of development briefings, to be delivered prior to each meeting of the Committee, designed to complement and provide insight into the types of issues that the Committee would be considering over the course of the year.

The Committee asked the Officers to consider whether the proposed briefing on understanding local authority accounts could be brought forward.

RESOLVED:

1.  That the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee Annual Report 2016/17 be approved.

2.  To RECOMMEND to the COUNCIL:  That the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee Annual Report 2016/17, which demonstrates how the Committee discharged its duties during 2016/17, provides assurance that important internal control, governance and risk management issues are being monitored and addressed by the Committee and provides additional assurance to support the Annual Governance Statement, be noted.

3.  That the proposed programme of Member development briefings be approved subject to the Officers considering whether the proposed briefing on understanding local authority accounts could be brought forward.