Issue - meetings

The Director of Finance and Support Services submitted a report setting out the measures in the 2013/14 Annual Governance Statement to enhance the Council’s internal control framework during 2014/15.

The Head of Governance and Risk Management provided a summary of the current position.

Councillor M Pope asked for an update in relation to the Section 106 monies.  The Director of Finance and Support Service stated that Corporate Management Team (CMT) had agreed that it could take another full year before this became fully embedded as there was a need to ensure that there was complete clarity of process. 

The Chairman reminded Members that there had been a situation in the past, whereby Section 106 agreements had not been drafted sufficiently wide enough which had had the effect that developers were legally entitled to walk away from previously agreed conditions and could claw back monies paid to the Council.  The Director of Finance and Support Services stated that there was now a lot more monitoring undertaken and links made between services and community groups so that schemes were maximised to achieve greater value for money for the community.

The Committee received the report.

RESOLVED – that the progress made against implementing the action plan contained in the 2013/14 Annual Governance statement be noted.