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RESOLVED

That  (i)    subject to the receipt of advice satisfactory to
the Section 151 Officer and Members from King’s Counsel with
respect to the Council’s Chief Financial Officer’s
Statement of Responsibilities for the Statement of Accounts and the
position of Members in relation to this, Full Council approves and
submits the accounts to the External Auditors, BDO, in line with
the statutory backstop requirements noting that this is done in the
knowledge that they are based on the accounting policies and
practices of the time and the information that was available at
that time, additionally noting that this recommendation is made on
the basis that

(a)        
the Council’s
Section 151 Officer’s via his explanatory statement to Full
Council on 26 September 2024, has confirmed that the accounts are
based on the best information available and the policies and
conventions in place for the year that the specific accounts refer
to; and

(b)        
Officers have
confirmed that there are no further matters relevant to the above
accounts as of the date of this meeting  [4 December 2024]
that should be brought to the Committee’s
attention.”

        
(ii)   the accounts for the
financial year 2022/23 are approved and submitted to the
Council’s external auditors, BDO, in line with the statutory
backstop requirements, noting that this is done in the knowledge
that they are based on the accounting policies and practices of the
time and the information that was available at that time,
additionally noting that:

(a)     the
Council’s Section 151 Officer, via his explanatory statement
to Full Council on 26 September 2024, has confirmed that the
accounts are based on the best information available and the
policies and conventions in place for the year that the specific
accounts refer to; and

(b)     Officers
have confirmed that there are no further matters relevant to the
above accounts as of the date of the Full Council meeting on 12
December that should be brought to the attention of members;
and

(iii)  it be noted that the Audit and Governance
Committee (in respect of the final accounts for years 2019/20,
2020/21 and 2021/22) and the Council’s Section 151 Officer
(in respect of the final accounts for the year 2022/23) have
themselves noted the support of the Commissioners in the approach
taken.