Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillors Allen, Gibbens, Hollick, Lambert, Pendlebury and Surtees with the following substitutions authorised in accordance with council procedure rule 10:

Councillor Stead-Davies for Councillor Pendlebury.

To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting.

It was moved by Councillor Webber-Jones, seconded by Councillor Flemming and

                        RESOLVED – the minutes of the meeting held on 24 April be                                    confirmed as a correct record.

To receive verbally from members any disclosures which they are required to make in accordance with the Council’s code of conduct or in pursuance of Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. This is in addition to the need for such disclosure to be also given when the relevant matter is reached on the agenda.

There were no interests declared at this meeting.

Members are presented with the draft financial statement for 2021/22 that are subject to external audit.

Members were presented with the draft financial statement for 2021/22 that were subject to external audit.

In response to questions from members, it was confirmed that it was expected that the auditors would give a modified opinion and would report back to committee any irregularities found.

It was moved by Councillor Webber-Jones, seconded by Cllr Williams, and

                        RESOLVED – the report be noted.

Members are presented with the draft financial statements for 2022/23 that are subject to external audit

Members were presented with the draft financial statement for 2022/23 that were subject to external audit.

In response to questions from members, it was confirmed that the draft set of accounts were reported to committee before they were audited. The auditors would then complete the audit and a draft statement would be prepared to be signed off by this committee.

It was moved by Councillor Webber-Jones, seconded by Cllr Williams, and

                        RESOLVED – the report be noted.

To inform members of the significant areas of accounting judgement and sources of estimation uncertainty which are likely to arise in relation to the 2023-24 Statement of Accounts.

Members were presented with this report that summarised the significant areas of accounting judgement and sources of estimation uncertainty which were likely to arise in relation to the 2023-24 statement of accounts.

Members noted this had been a challenging piece of work and thanked officers for the work done on this report.

It was moved by Councillor Flemming, seconded by Councillor Webber-Jones and

                        RESOLVED – the report be noted.

Report of the internal auditor.

Members were presented with this report that reviewed the section 106 planning obligations in the 2022-23 internal audit plan that had moderate assurance overall.

Members noted that the compliance officer had made significant improvements in that area.

A member asked for due consideration to be made when implementing the controls for parish councils and to monitor the situation to ensure this didn’t create a further problem.

It was moved by Councillor Williams, seconded by Councillor Webber-Jones and

                        RESOLVED – the report be noted.

Report of the Internal Auditor.

Members were presented with this annual report that incorporated the internal audit opinion that covered the work undertaken in respect of the internal audit plan for 2022/23.

It was moved by Councillor Flemming, seconded by Councillor Webber-Jones, and

                        RESOLVED – the report be noted.