SPECIAL COUNCIL
MEETING
27TH
JUNE 2007
PRESENT: The
Worshipful the Mayor, Councillor M R Jones;
Deputy Mayor, Councillor M A Martin,
Councillors T E Ankers, R A Bailey, W T Beard, J A Beech, J D
Bratherton, D Brickhill, M Campbell, D J Cannon, R Cartlidge, D H D
Charlesworth, S Conquest, A Crawford, H W Curran, W S Davies, R E
Dodd, J V Dwyer, B H Dykes, B Evans, M Grant, G Griffiths, P A
Hallett, J Hammond, J K Hatfield, K Healey, S W Hogben, M A
Hollins, E Howell, A C Johnson, J Jones, J Lewis, W S McGinnis, A
Moran, S J S Mottram, R W Parker, A Richardson, M Roberts, S
Roberts, R Salmon, B G Silvester, M J Simon, R Stafford, D J
Straine-Francis, J I Stockton, C G Thorley, M J Weatherill, R
Westwood, L T Wood and J Wright
COMMITTEE OF FULL COUNCIL
55
RESOLVED: That the Council now sit as a Committee of Full
Council.
APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
56
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors G Fenton, R
Jones, S Z Krizanac, C Goff and C Waling.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
57 No
Member made any declaration of interest in any item of business on
the agenda.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS –
2006-2007
58 The
Board, at its meeting held on 27th June 2007, considered
the report of Councillor John Hatfield, Portfolio Holder for
Finance, which presented the Statement of Accounts for
2006-2007.
The Committee of Council considered the
Portfolio Holder’s report, together with the Statement of Accounts
which were recommended for approval, prior to the audit of accounts
in July-August 2007.
A number of issues were raised by Members and
these were responded to by the Portfolio Holder and the Assistant
Director (Treasury and Corporate Support) as appropriate.
RECOMMENDED: (a) That the
Statement of Accounts 2006-2007 be approved; and
(b) That receipt of the Auditor’s
Communication of Audit Matters (ISA 260) report be
delegated to the Audit Committee.
STATEMENT ON INTERNAL
CONTROL
59 The
Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003 had established requirements
relating to systems of internal control and the review and
reporting of those systems. It was a requirement that a Statement
on Internal Control be published with the Statement of
Accounts.
At its meeting held on 27th June
2007, the Board considered the report of Councillor John Hatfield,
Portfolio Holder for Finance, which presented the Statement on
Internal Control; and this was considered by the Committee of
Council.
RECOMMENDED: That the
Statement on Internal Control be approved.
BEST VALUE PERFORMANCE PLAN -
2007/2008
60 At
its meeting held on 27th June 2007, the Board considered
the report of Councillor Brian Silvester, Leader of the Council,
which presented the Best Value Performance Plan 2007-2008 and
satisfied the statutory requirement to set out the way in which the
Council intended to deliver its key policy priorities and its
proposals for continuous improvement in its standards of
performance.
An addendum to the report which detailed a
number of minor technical changes to the Plan had also been
provided.
RECOMMENDED: (a) That the
contents of the Best Value Performance Plan 2007/2008 be approved;
and
(b) That delegated authority be granted to the
Chief Executive to make any further technical amendments and
corrections to the document prior to publication on 30th
June 2007.
COUNCIL CONVENOR
61 It
was reported that Councillor Derek Bebbington had resigned as
Council Convenor.
RECOMMENDED: That Councillor
A Moran be appointed Council Convenor.
RECONVENING OF FULL COUNCIL
62
RESOLVED: That Full Council be now reconvened.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE OF FULL
COUNCIL
63
RESOLVED: That the recommendations of the Committee
of Full Council be approved and adopted.
PRESENTATION – PUBLIC ART
64
Council received a presentation from Cathy Newbery, a Public Art
Curator and Consultant who had been commissioned to write the
Borough Council’s Strategy on Public Art.
……………………………………………Mayor