Governance Committee – 26 June 2008

County Hall at 10am

Agenda

Minutes

Item 5 - Statement of Accounts 2007/08

To present the County Council's Statement of Accounts 2007/08.

Item 5 - Addendum

Item 6 - Triennial Valuation of the East Sussex Pension Fund

To inform the Governance Committee of the results of the recent actuarial valuation of the East Sussex Pension Fund.

Item 7 - Assessment of the Corporate Governance Framework for 2007-2008

To (1) provide information on compliance with the Council’s code of corporate governance and any changes to it that may be necessary to maintain it and ensure its effectiveness in practice; and (2) gain approval of the Council’s Annual Governance Statement in compliance with the requirements of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2006 in relation to statements of internal control.

Item 8 - Local Government Ombudsman's Annual Letter, Summary of Complaints and Freedom of Information Requests 2007/08

To submit to the Committee the Local Government Ombudsman’s Annual Letter and information about the level of complaints and Freedom of Information requests received in 2006–07

Item 9 - Member Training and Development: annual update

To provide details of current and future provision of training and development activities for Members.