Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Rowse.

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting on 26 September 2022 (Circulated separately).

The minutes of the meeting held on the 26^th September 2022 were agreed as a correct record.

To note declarations of Members’ disclosable pecuniary interests, non-disclosable pecuniary interests and non-pecuniary interests in respect of items on this Agenda.

Councillor Kingsbury and Councillor Zukowskyj declared a non-pecuniary interest as County Councillors.  

There are no items of urgent business to be considered under agenda item 6.

Report of the Chief Executive on the Annual Governance Statement for 2022/23.

Report of the Chief Executive on the draft Annual Governance Statement (AGS) for the financial year 2022/23. The draft AGS, as attached in the report had been compiled in accordance with best practice set out in the CIPFA/SOLACE Guidance Framework ‘Delivering Good Governance in Local Government’.

The Senior Governance Officer highlighted that the AGS sets out the systems, processes and values the Council adheres to and is run by.

Councillors provided the following comments in response to the report and presentation:

·        The Member Information Hub was noted as a good resource for councillors;

·        The positive comments from the LGA Peer review were noted; and

·        It was useful to know that Member Decision Notices had sped up decision making, in particularly in relation to procurement.

Councillor Zukowskyj informed the Committee that following the change in administration work would take place to mirror the Cabinet Panels to the Cabinet portfolios. Any amendments to the Constitution would be taken to the Constitution Review Group.

RESOLVED:

The Standards Committee noted the draft Annual Governance Statement and agreed for the draft AGS to be submitted to the next meeting of the Audit Committee.

There were no items of urgent business.