Agenda item

To consider the report of the Borough Treasurer.

Consideration was given to the report of the Borough Treasurer contained on pages 311-418 of the Book of Reports. The purpose of the report was to approve the Council's annual Statement of Accounts.

The Borough Treasurer outlined the report and requested delegated authority in consultation with the Chairman, to approve the Statement of Accounts providing no material alterations were made to the draft Audit Findings Report.

Andrew Jones from Grant Thornton confirmed that the draft Audit Findings Report was actually the final version. It was confirmed that the words "draft" across the report would be removed after the meeting. Other wording within the report indicating that the report was not final were simply an error and had not been removed. It was re-iterated that the report provided to the Committee was the final report.

Comments and questions were raised in respect of the following:

·         Re-charging in relation to Ormskirk Market

RESOLVED: That the Statement of Accounts set out at appendix 1 be approved.