Agenda and minutes

Mr D R Parsons was nominated Chairman elect at the Annual Meeting of the County Council held on 19 May 2010.

That Mr D R Parsons CBE CC be elected Chairman for the period ending with the date of the Annual Meeting of the County Council in 2011.

Mr D R Parsons CBE CC – in the Chair

That Mr N J Rushton CC be appointed Deputy Chairman for the period ending with the Annual Meeting of the County Council in 2011.

The minutes of the meeting held on 4 May 2010 were taken as read, confirmed and signed.

The Chief Executive reported that no questions had been received under Standing Order 35.

The Chief Executive reported that no questions had been received under Standing Order 7(3) and 7(5).

There were no urgent items for consideration.

The Chairman invited members who wished to do so to declare any interest in respect of items on the agenda for the meeting.

No declarations were made.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Corporate Resources which presented the 2009/10 Statement of Accounts for approval and informed the Committee of the key issues within the Accounts.  A copy of the report marked ‘B’ is filed with these minutes.

A supplementary report containing a number of pages which had been revised following an update in the figures supplied for the Collection Fund Adjustment Account was tabled at the meeting.  A copy of this report is also filed with these minutes.

It was noted that the deficit on the Income and Expenditure Account was mainly as a result of the impairment of fixed assets arising from the downturn in the value of land and buildings.

RESOLVED:

That the Statement of Accounts for 2009/10 be approved, subject to the Director of Corporate Resources being authorised to make such amendments which are not of a material nature as he considers appropriate following further discussions with the External Auditor.