Agenda item

Joint report of the Town Clerk & Chief Executive and the Chamberlain.

Members considered a joint report of the Town Clerk & Chief Executive and the Chamberlain relative to the Annual Governance Statement 2019/20 (AGS). Members agreed the AGS subject to amendments with respect to fire enforcement notices referenced at paragraph 68; and, an additional paragraph regarding the COVID-19 crisis.

RESOLVED, that Members:

1.    approve the AGS set out in Appendix 1 for signing by the Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee and the Town Clerk and Chief Executive;

2.    note that the AGS will be published alongside the 2019/20 City Fund and Pension Funds Statement of Accounts;

3.    note the future work programme in paragraph 105 of the AGS to improve the governance framework; and,

4.    delegate authority to the Town Clerk and Chief Executive, in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairmen of this Committee, to amend the AGS for any significant events or developments relating to the governance arrangements that occur prior to the date on which the Statement of Accounts is signed by the Chamberlain.