Local Code of Corporate Governance 2007 (First Renewal)
Governance comprises systems and processes for the direction and control of local authorities through which they account to, engage with, and lead their communities.
In other words, it is about how local authorities ensure that they are doing the right things, in the right way, for the right people in a timely, inclusive, open, honest and accountable manner.
The Council is committed to the highest standards of corporate governance both at a political and managerial level. It has therefore adopted a new Local Code of Corporate Governance, following a review against the revised national framework.
The Council will measure the continued effectiveness of the Code and it will do this as a single exercise every three years. It will also periodically publicise selected actions from the Code, by highlighting these in the working copy on this web page.
The Council will produce an annual governance statement confirming that the systems and processes are in place to review the effectiveness of the governance arrangements and setting out any actions to address significant governance issues.
This will be monitored by the Governance and Audit Board.
