City of York Council’s Statement of Accounts

City of York Council will open its unaudited accounts for public inspection from Wednesday 1 July to Tuesday 11th August.

The annual inspection gives members of the public and local government electors certain rights in the audit process.

Any person may inspect the accounts of the council for the year ended 31 March 2020 on the City of York Council website at https://www.york.gov.uk/StatementOfAccounts, and on reasonable notice, can request access to certain related documents (comprising books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts) or a printed copy of the accounts.

Application should be made initially to Debbie.Mitchell@york.gov.uk

The council’s accounts are subject to external audit by Mazars LLP. For the same period Wednesday 1st July to Tuesday 11th August electors can question the auditor about, or make objections to, the accounts before they are signed off by the Audit & Governance Committee on 14th September 2020.

Further details of the inspection process, elector rights and contact details can be found in the inspection notice on the council’s website at https://www.york.gov.uk/StatementOfAccounts

York parking account reveals £4.8 million surplus

Draft accounts published by the City of York Council for 2016/17 reveal that the Authority made a substantial surplus on its car parking activities.

Out of a total income of £7.3 million, nearly £5.5 million came from charges levied at off street car parks.

Residents parking schemes brought in £806,000 and penalty charges £600,000 while on-street machines took £466,000. The balance came from coach parks.

The Council spent over £1.3 million on its off street car parks with £1.2 million apportioned to enforcement and administration.

This meant that a surplus of over £4.7 million accrued.

Legally the Council must reinvest any parking profits in transport.

Most of the surplus was spent on highway maintenance (£4 million) and subsidised bus services (£670,000)  The rest went on community transport and shopmobility.

Some drivers may wonder why more has not been invested in resurfacing Council car parks, several of which are now in very poor condition.

The inaccurate “on line” parking space availability map has also been a source of criticism.

York Council accounts open for inspection

City of York Council will open its accounts for public inspection from Monday 27 July to Monday 24 August between 8.30am and 5pm daily.

The annual inspection gives members of the public and local government electors certain rights in the audit process.

Any person may inspect the accounts of the council for the year ended 31 March 2015 and certain related documents (comprising books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts) at West Offices. They may also make copies of the accounts and documents.

The council’s accounts are subject to external audit by Mazars LLP.

Following this period of public inspection residents can, from 24 August, question the auditor about, or make objections to, the accounts before they are signed off by Audit & Governance Committee on the 23 September 2015.