Venue: Virtual Informal Meeting Via Teams
Contact: Angela Guest Email: angela.guest@surreycc.gov.uk
Note: Please note that this meeting has been changed to an Informal meeting and will NOT be held in public.
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS
Minutes: Apologies were received from Richard Tear and Stephen Cooksey. |
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MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING [13 JUNE 2022] PDF 254 KB
To agree the minutes as a true record of the meeting. Minutes: The Minutes of the previous meeting were noted but would need formal approval at the next formal meeting. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
All Members present are required to declare, at this point in the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter (i) Any disclosable pecuniary interests and / or (ii) Other interests arising under the Code of Conduct in respect of any item(s) of business being considered at this meeting NOTES: · Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest · As well as an interest of the Member, this includes any interest, of which the Member is aware, that relates to the Member’s spouse or civil partner (or any person with whom the Member is living as a spouse or civil partner) · Members with a significant personal interest may participate in the discussion and vote on that matter unless that interest could be reasonably regarded as prejudicial. Minutes: There were none. |
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DRAFT STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2021/22 PDF 157 KB
This report summarises the key aspects of the 2021/22 statement of accounts. Additional documents: Minutes: Speakers: Barry Stratfull, Chief Accountant Nikki O’Connor, Strategic Finance Business Partner
Key points raised: 1. The Chief Accountant Introduced the report which summarised key aspects of the Draft Statement of Accounts (SoA) and outlined its purpose. 2. In summary the Chief Accountant reported that: 3. In response to a Member query regarding making reference to the recent pay award in the narrative report the Strategic Finance Business Partner reports that the narrative report was focused on activity of 2021/22, so not necessary or appropriate to mention the recently agreed award but last year’s pay award could be referenced. 4. The Strategic Finance Business Partner agreed to: 5. There was much discussion about information relating to the number of employees, salary levels and other related figures and how these were reported or not reported. Members were concerned that the transparency on what the council was trying to achieve was being provided to residents. Further narrative would be provided in the final version of the accounts and figures would be confirmed. 6. There was some discussion about the main pensions fund being funded and the fire pension fund not ... view the full minutes text for item 43/22 |
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DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of Audit & Governance Committee will be on 12 September 2022. Minutes: It was noted that the next meeting of Audit & Governance Committee will be on 12 September 2022.
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