Decision details

The Clerk introduced this item which was to approve the Annual Governance Statement for submission to the Charter Trustee’s external Auditors, PKF Littlejohn LLP. The Clerk advised that he had had to place a negative in Box 5 which was about an undertaking of an assessment of risks, and an explanation had been provided for the External Auditors and how this would be addressed. This explainer document had also been attached to the Agenda.

RESOLVED to approve:

a)    the Annual Governance Statement 2021/2022 for submission to the Taunton Charter Trustees External Auditors, PKF Littlejohn LLP.

b)   That a Draft Action Plan and Draft Risk Register is circulated to the Charter Trustees and then taken to a Special Meeting of the Charter Trustees in July 2022 to ensure compliance for the 2022/23 Municipal Year.