Venue: Council Chamber
Contact: Bernie Carr
No. | Item |
---|---|
Apologies for Absence |
|
Declarations of Interest To receive
any declarations of interest. |
|
Request for Extraordinary Council Meeting to discuss the External Audit report produced by Ernst and Young regarding Middlesbrough Council in which the Council's accounts were qualified Request for
Extraordinary Council Meeting from all Members of the Labour
Group: We, the
undersigned, read with grave concern the External Audit report produced by
Ernst and Young regarding Middlesbrough Council in which the Council’s accounts
were qualified due to multiple serious governance failings. We wish to
request an urgent Extraordinary General Meeting of Middlesbrough Council to
allow members to debate and discuss the External Audit report and the
implications and consequences that flow from it. This includes the
unprecedented decision of the Chief Executive and Section 151 Officer to refuse
to sign off an Annual Governance statement and the request that has been made
to central government for the Department of Levelling up and Housing and
Communities to intervene in Middlesbrough Council’s governance processes. We believe
that a full and frank discussion of these issues by elected members is
essential. |