Agenda and minutes

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2018 as an accurate record.

The minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2018 were agreed as an accurate record. It was noted that the attendance of the Pensioner Representatives would move to the section recording those who were present at the meeting.

In accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct and the statutory provisions of the Localism Act, Members and co-opted Members of the Council are reminded that it is a requirement to register disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) and gifts and hospitality to the value of which exceeds £50 or multiple gifts and/or instances of hospitality with a cumulative value of £50 or more when received from a single donor within a rolling twelve month period. In addition, Members and co-opted Members are reminded that unless their disclosable pecuniary interest is registered on the register of interests or is the subject of a pending notification to the Monitoring Officer, they are required to disclose those disclosable pecuniary interests at the meeting. This should be done by completing the Disclosure of Interest form and handing it to the Democratic Services representative at the start of the meeting. The Chair will then invite Members to make their disclosure orally at the commencement of Agenda item 3. Completed disclosure forms will be provided to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion on the Register of Members’ Interests.

There were none.

To receive notice of any business not on the agenda which in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

There were no items of urgent business.

Cllr Hall, Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources, stated that whilst the Pension Board could comment on and provide feedback on the policy documents listed in paragraph 3.4 of the report, it was for the Pension Committee alone to review and amend these.

RESOLVED: The Pension Committee resolved to defer consideration of the report to allow for the reference of the report to the Pension Board for their comments.

RESOLVED: The Pension Committee resolved to note the report and to request that M&G Investments be invited to a future meeting.

RESOLVED: The Pension Committee resolved to note the report.

RESOLVED: The Pension Committee resolved to note the report.

A formal vote of thanks to Richard Simpson, Executive Director of Resources, was agreed in recognition of his contribution to the work of the Committee.

The following motion is to be moved and seconded where it is proposed to exclude the press and public from the remainder of a meeting:

“That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.”

The following motion was moved by Councillor Pelling and seconded by Councillor Hall to exclude the press and public:

“That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.”

The motion was put and it was agreed by the Committee to exclude the press and public for the remainder of the meeting.

To approve the minutes (Part B) of the meeting held on 21 November 2018 as an accurate record.

The minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2018 (Part B) were agreed as an accurate record.

RESOLVED: The Pension Committee resolved to note the report.