Minutes:
The Finance Manager (Revenue, Pensions and Technical) provided an update on publication of the Annual Report and Accounts, and the requirement to approve the Council’s Draft Statement of Accounts, which include the Pension Fund Accounts by 31 July 2022, and then final accounts via a target date (rather than statutory deadline) by 30 November 2022.
It was explained that the draft accounts were approved by the Corporate Director of Resources on 21 June 2022 and were published on the Council’s website that day. The Finance Manager (Revenue, Pensions and Technical) added the accounts including the Pension fund were being reviewed by Mazars, the External Auditor, and these would be presented to the Audit Committee along with Audit completion reports on 28 November 2022. It was expected that subject to National Infrastructure Assets and WGA queries the updated Pension Fund Annual Report and Accounts would be published by 1 December 2022 onto the Council’s website.
Resolved:
That the information given be noted.