Annual Report of the Audit and Governance
Committee
The audit and governance committee
comprises 7 non executive councillors and may include an
independent person who is not a councillor.
The purpose of the audit and governance
committee is to provide independent assurance on the adequacy of
the risk management framework together with the internal control of
the financial reporting and annual governance
processes. The committee do this
by
(a)
ensuring the effective and fully
compliant governance of the council and in particular to ensure
that all aspects of the financial affairs of the council are
properly and efficiently conducted;
(b) reviewing and
approve the council’s annual governance statement, annual
statements of account, the contract procedure rules and financial
procedure rules;
(c) scrutinise the
effectiveness of, and management compliance with, the systems
identified in the annual governance statement framework;
(d) monitor
the progress made by management in implementing improvements to
elements of that framework identified by external or internal audit
review; and.
(e) reviewing the
constitution and recommending any necessary amendments to Council
as appropriate.
The
public can be involved by asking
questions at audit and governance committee.
