Archived decisions
Hampshire County Council | ||
Governance Committee 27 March 2008 |
Item 8 | |
Cabinet 12 May 2008 |
Item 8 | |
County Council 15 May 2008 |
Item | |
Review of Financial Regulations | ||
Report of the County Treasurer | ||
Contact: Bevis Ingram, (01962) 84 7508; [email protected]
1.1 The County Council's Financial Regulations are included in Part 3:E of the constitution. The County Treasurer is responsible for maintaining a continuous review of the regulations (paragraph 1.7, Financial Regulations).
1.2 In May, the County Council approved new streamlined decision processes and associated financial limits. These limits affect Financial Regulations and Contract Standing Orders. The limits have been applied to Financial Regulations. At the same time, the opportunity has been taken to review Financial Regulations as a whole and update or clarify specific areas, although no material changes have been made. The revised Financial Regulations will now link directly to the new decision processes. A full review of Contract Standing Orders will come to the Committee in a future cycle.
1.3 The revised Financial Regulations are attached to this note. Only the parts of Financial Regulations that have been amended have been submitted - these are part A - Financial management, part B - Financial Planning, and Part D Financial systems and Procedures. Parts C (Risk management and control of resources) and E (External arrangements) have not been changed and have not been submitted. The amendments made to the regulations are clearly highlighted in the document; additions are shown in italics and deletions are highlighted. The revised Financial Regulations are now submitted to Cabinet for confirmation and approval of the changes made.
Recommendation
1 That it be a recommedation to Cabinet and Council that the revised Financial Regulations be confirmed and approved.
This proposal does not link to the Corporate Strategy but, nevertheless, requires a decision because revisions are required to maintain high standards and governance and to reflect previous decisions of the County Council. |
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