2015-11-16 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            16 NOVEMBER 2015


The Report is divided into the following sections:

     Mayor’s Message;
     Chief Executive Officer’s Message;
     The Year in Review;
     Reportable Disclosures;
     Community Financial Report; and
     Financial Statements 2014-15.

Council’s Financial Statements were signed by Debra Stolz, Director of the Queensland Audit
Office (as Delegate of the Auditor-General of Queensland) on 27 October 2015, and in
accordance with the Auditor-General Act 2009, confirm as follows:

 “The prescribed requirements in relation to the establishment and keeping of accounts have
   been complied with an all material respects; and
 The financial report presents a true and fair view, in accordance with the prescribed
   accounting standards, of the financial performance and cash flows of Noosa Shire Council for
   the financial year 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015 and of the financial position as at the end of
   that year.”

2. Publication requirements

Pursuant to section 182 of the Regulation, a local government must:

 Adopt its annual report within 1 month after the day the Auditor-General gives the Auditor
   General’s audit report about the local government’s financial statements for the financial year
   to the local government; and
 Publish its annual report on its website within 2 weeks of adopting the annual report.

In light of the above timeframes, the Report must be adopted by Council by 27 November 2015.


Previous Council Consideration

Nil.

Finance & Risk

Nil.

Consultation

External Consultation - Community & Stakeholder

Nil.

Internal Consultation

The development of the Report is the end product of extensive internal consultation in terms of
collecting and confirming the information disclosed in it. Prior to this recommendation for
adoption of the Report by Council, a draft version has been reviewed by Council’s Audit and Risk
Committee members, the Mayor, CEO, Director Corporate Services, Council’s Executive
Manager, and a number of Council Managers and Officers.



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