The Audit Committee gave consideration to the Statement of Accounts and Annual Governance Statement. In response to a member’s question it was noted that staff absence was monitored by managers and the process led by Human Resources, and members acknowledged that there had been a reduction in sickness absence.
RESOLVED – the report be endorsed and RECOMMENDED to Council.
Consideration was given to the draft Annual Governance Statement and Statement of Accounts and it was reported that no control issues were highlighted. It was explained that the unaudited accounts would be published the same week. Attention was drawn to the new layout of the document.
RESOLVED – the draft Annual Governance Statement and unaudited Statement of Accounts be approved for publication.