Issue - meetings

Members of the Committee heard from the Monitoring Officer who introduced the report. It was highlighted that the Council was required to publish an Annual Governance Statement alongside the Statement of Accounts, with the first draft of the document included within the report pack. Members of the Committee were invited to provide comments either during the meeting or subsequently to the Monitoring Officer or the Section 151 Officer. It was stated that a revised draft would be produced following feedback, reviewed by the Management Team, and brought back before the Committee in the autumn for further consideration.

The Monitoring Officer then drew attention to Section 6 of the statement, which looked ahead to the coming year. It was noted that reference to the Greater Lincolnshire Mayoral Combined Authority and its implications for the District Council had not yet been included. It was proposed that this reference would be added prior to the statement’s return to the Committee.

A Committee Member raised a point regarding the group composition of Councillors listed on page 217, noting that the representation of the ‘Consensus Independents’ group appeared to be missing. The Monitoring Officer reiterated that the Annual Governance Statement represented a snapshot in time aligned with the Statement of Accounts, but the composition detail would be revisited before the document was returned to the Committee.

Having been proposed and seconded, and voted upon, it was

RESOLVED that Members reviewed the DRAFT Annual Governance Statement and provided any comments.