Issue - decisions

The Corporate Governance Committee APPROVED the Statement of Accounts, subject to the following minor amendments:

• On page 21 the 7^th bullet point under the heading The Corporate Governance Committee was amended to read “To receive reports from the External Auditors”.
• On page 38, under the heading Cash Inflows the amount in column 2008/09 for Other Government Grants was increased by £683,065 to £2,467,402, whilst the amount in the same column for Cash received for goods and services was decreased by the same amount to £7,352,877.
• On page 38 the heading Revenue expenditure funded from capital under statute was moved to be under the heading Revenue Activities - Cash Outflows.
• On page 38 the heading Net cash inflow before financing was amended to read Net cash outflow before financing.
• On page 50 the figure for Sundry Debtors for 31 March 2008 was to be amended.
• On page 76 the heading Adjustment for 2006/07 was amended to Adjustment for previous year.

The Committee requested that in future underspends should be in both percentage and absolute terms.

The Committee

AGREED that

A)     Members of the Committee should provide the Principal Solicitor with any suggested amendments to the Annual Governance Statement by 18 May 2009;

B)    Delegated authority be given to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman to submit the Annual Governance Statement to the Leader of Council and Chief Executive for their approval.