To receive a report from Sarah Broadley, Finance Buisness Partner
i) To approve the Annual Return for the 2014/15 financial year and for the Annual Return to be signed by the Chair of the Committee.
ii) To approve the proposed budget for the 2015/16 financial year.
iii) To note the indicative budgets for 2016/17 and 2017/18.
iv) To approve the proposed approach to funding of the proposed and indicative budgets.
v) To note the ECC Internal Audit costs that have been charged.
vi) To note the estimated External Audit costs expected to arise.
vii) To confirm that, subject to no material issues being raised by the external auditor, the external audit report can be accepted, the management letter issued endorsed by the Chair of the Joint Committee and the decision to publish the accounts made without the need to reconvene the full committee before the end of September 2015.