Agenda item - Formal approval of the Annual Governance Statement 2024-2025

RESOLVED –

That the Audit, Standards, and General Purposes Committee approve the Annual Governance Statement 2024-2025 as set out in Appendix 1 of the report. Once approved, the AGS will be signed by the City Council’s Leader and the Chief Executive before publication alongside the City Council’s Accounts.

12.1    The committee considered the Formal approval of the Annual Governance Statement 2024-2025, the council is required to conduct a review of its system of internal control and prepare an Annual Governance Statement to report publicly on the extent to which it complies with its own code of governance.

12.2    Councillors Hewitt, Meadows and West asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

12.3    RESOLVED –

That the Audit, Standards, and General Purposes Committee approve the Annual Governance Statement 2024-2025 as set out in Appendix 1 of the report. Once approved, the AGS will be signed by the City Council’s Leader and the Chief Executive before publication alongside the City Council’s Accounts.