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MINUTES OF RYDE TOWN COUNCIL’S EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING
HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 30 JULY 2021 AT 7.00PM
IN GARFIELD ROAD METHODIST CHURCH, RYDE
Members Present: Cllr M Lilley (Chair and Mayor), Cllr G Carter, Cllr S Cooke, Cllr J
Higgins, Cllr P Jordan, Cllr L Kirkby, Cllr J McLagan, Cllr R May, Cllr J
Park, Cllr M Ross, Cllr J Sabine
Also in Attendance: Jon Baker (Committee Co-Ordinator) and Gareth Hughes (RFO)
1 Member of the Public.
57/21 APOLOGIES
Apologies were received from Cllr Charles Chapman, Cllr Lisa Carter, Cllr Karen
Lucioni and Cllr Ian Stephens.
58/21 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
None declared.
59/21 REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATIONS
None requested.
60/21 ANNUAL GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN (AGAR)
The Responsible Finance Officer presented members with the following elements of
the AGAR:
i.
Section 1 Annual Governance Statement (AGS) 2020/21
Members considered the AGS, which ensured that there was a sound system of
internal control within the Town Council.
ii.
Section 2 Annual Accounts Statement (AAS) 2020/21
Members considered for approval the AAS and the RFO explained the
breakdown of the various areas of expenditure for year ended 31 March 2021.
RESOLVED:
THAT the Annual Governance and Accountability Return be agreed.
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