Agenda and minutes

At this point, members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda.

Members were invited to declare at this point in the meeting any personal or prejudicial interests they might have in the business on the agenda.

No interests were declared.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting of the Urgency Committee held on 3 August 2007.

RESOLVED:That the minutes of the meeting of the Urgency Committee held on 3 August 2007 be approved and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered their wish to speak regarding an item on the agenda or an issue within the Committee’s remit can do so.  The deadline for registering is Thursday 27 September 2007, at 5.00 pm.

It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

This report sets out the changes that have been made to the Statement of Accounts since their approval at Council on 28 June 2007, explains the reasons they have occurred and seeks approval for the revised Accounts.

Members received a report which set out the changes that had been made to the Statement of Accounts since their approval at Council on 28 June 2007, explained the reasons they had occurred and sought approval for the revised Accounts.

The report and the Accounts had been brought to Urgency Committee because there was a statutory requirement that the representative of the Audit Commission, the District Auditor, gave his opinion on the latest set of Accounts that had been approved by Members, and the District Auditor had to give his opinion before 30 September 2007.  While normally the Accounts would be approved at full Council there was no meeting available that would meet these requirements and in such circumstances the Council’s constitution allowed for Urgency Committee to take the decision on Council’s behalf.

Annex 1 of the report provided details of all the changes made to the Statement of Accounts and copies of the revised Statement of Accounts had also been circulated to Members for consideration.

RESOLVED:(i) That the amendments set out in Annex 1 of the report be agreed and the revised Statement of Accounts for the financial year 2006/07 be approved;

(ii)               That the Chair of the Urgency Committee be authorised to sign and date page 18 of the Accounts as a formal record that Members have approved them.

REASON:(i) The revised Accounts have to be formally approved by Members before the District Auditor can give his opinion on them;

                        (ii) The Accounts must be signed and dated at their formal approval by the Chair of the meeting.