Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2018/19

Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2018/19

Under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, and The Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015 (S1 234), the Parish Council makes available its Annual Governance and Accountability Return. The following documents can all be accessed by clicking on their name.

No.	Item	Download File
1	Notice of Exercise of Public Rights	1 Notice of excercise of Public Rights (88.16 kB)
2	Summary of Public Rights	2 A Summary of Public Rights (85.39 kB)
3	Certificate of Exemption	3 Certificate of Exemption (64.1 kB)
4	Internal Audit Report 2018/19	4 Internal Audit Report 18-19 (131.38 kB)
5	Annual Governance Statement 2018/19	5 Annual Governance Statement 18-19 (123.44 kB)
6	Accounting Statement 2018/19	6 Annual Accounting Statement 18-19 (89.36 kB)
7	Explanation of Significant Variances	7 Significant Variances (18.08 kB)
8	Bank Reconcilliation	8 Bank Reconciiliation 18-19 (9.88 kB)
9	Items of Expenditure	9 Items of Expediture 18-19 (11.91 kB)
10	End of Year Accounts 2018/19	10 Ballance Sheet 18-19 (36.64 kB)
11	Asset Register
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The Financial Regulations under which the Parish Council operates are reviewed annually.

PARISH BUDGET AND PRECEPT

The Parish Council annually reviews its income and expenditure at a full Parish Council meeting, held on the second Tuesday of December. At this Parish Council meeting the village precept is set which is then submitted to Durham County Council for inclusion in the county tax band calculations.

The village precept for the current year is £4037 which forms the bulk of the Parish Council income. The Parish Council strive to spend this money prudently on maintenance issues around the parish to maintain and enhance the aesthetics of the village.

Transparency Code Requirements

The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 sets out a new framework for local public authorities which are currently covered by the Audit Commission regime. Under the new framework, Local Councils with an annual turnover not exceeding £25,000 will be exempt from routine external audit.

All items of expenditure greater than £100 are minuted within the monthly Parish Council Minutes.

End of year accounts are shown.

An annual governance statement is produced in accordance with the format of the annual return audit form.

Internal annual audit report, an annual internal financial audit is carried out prior to current submission to the external auditing body.

Public Land and Building Assets to be identified.

Dog Fouling in Mickleton.

Dog Fouling in Mickleton.

Mickleton Parish Council has recently received a number of, well justified in our opinion, complaints regarding the increasing amount of Dog Fouling in the village.

Read more: Dog Fouling in Mickleton.

Mickleton Seats and Benches Report 2018

Mickleton Parish Council (MPC) has just completed a photographic report (6th May 2018) on the seats and benches around the village and it's environs. This report is avalable to download here  Mickleton Seats and Benches Report 2018 (5.63 MB) . As is quite evident from they photographs some of these seats and benches have degenerated into quite a deplorable state and are in need of urgent attention. Needless to say the owner of most of them is Durham County Council (DCC) who have been approached but are far from sympathetic. MPC is formulating a plan to make some improvements, but that of course takes time and money. Keep watching the MPC website and facebook page for developments.

Fly Tipping

Durham County Council (DCC) is taking a firm view on fly tipping (quite right too in the view of Mickleton Parish Council) and has produced 2 posters to highlight the penalties for fly tipping and what your responsibilities are when it comes to disposing of waste.To do it properly and legally 'aint rocket science and DCC provides the facilities to do it properly and legally just up the road

Read more: Fly Tipping