Agenda item

Decisions:

1.           That the work undertaken by the Corporate Governance Group to develop the draft Addendum, be noted.

2.           That the draft Addendum attached at Appendix 1 to the circulated report, containing the revised improvement work table for 2020/2021, be agreed.

3.           That the replacement of the improvement work table for 2020/2021 contained in the Annual Governance Statement 2019/2020 (approved by Cabinet on 21 May 2020) with the improvement actions set out in the Addendum herewith, be approved.

Reasons for Decisions:

1.           To ensure the Annual Governance Statement meets the requirements of Regulation 5(2) of the Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014 in relation to an annual review of the effectiveness of the Council’s systems of internal control and the preparation and approval of an Annual Governance Statement. 

2.           To meet the request made by Cabinet on 21 May 2020 to review the improvement work outlined for action during 2020/2021.

3.           To ensure consideration of the matters set out in the CIPFA Better Governance Forum briefing paper.

Implementation of Decisions:

The decisions will be implemented after the three day call in period.