Governance Arrangements

The Council is committed to its core values of accountability, transparency, responsiveness, accessibility, equality, participation, service improvement & measurement, supporting an enhanced local democratic process & governance, community leadership & citizen engagement, accessibility, transparency, openness, participation and equality, responsiveness & efficiency, trust & integrity ,accountability & budgetary control and maximizing the use of scarce resources. The Council ensures that these values are embedded in the Organisations activities and are secured through the following governances measures:

• The Elected Council
• The Chief Executive
• Financial Accountability
• The Local Government Audit Service
• Internal Audit Unit
• The Audit Committee
• Corporate Risk
• Codes of Conduct & Behaviour-Ethics Registrar

(See individual links on left-hand side)