Agenda and minutes

The Chair will announce details of the arrangements in case of fire or other events that might require the meeting room or building’s evacuation.

The Chairman advised memebers of actions to take if they are disconnected from the vdeo call.

The Board members then introduced themselves to the new members.

(if any) – receive.

There were no apologies for absence.

Members are invited to disclose any interest in any items on the agenda at this point of the meeting.

Members may still disclose any interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

There were no disclosures of interests.

To approve as correct the minutes of the meeting held on 28^th September 2021 (attached) and authorise the Chair to sign them.

The minutes of the meeting held on 28^th September 2021 were agreed as a correct record.

The Board were presented with a brief overview of the previous Pensions Committee meeting.

Report attached

Board Members were advised that they had met all deadlines so were fully compliant for Section A. Members noted that section B was subject to external factors. Section C was partially yellow due to the additional of the new members and section D raised questions regarding what contact information should be published on the website for members.

The Board noted the report.

Reports attached

The Board noted that of the 383 leavers, 380 had not yet been processed, members also noted that the active members had increased by 5%. Otherwise the Board noted there were no areas of major concern.

The Board noted the report.

Report and appendix attached

It was explained to the Board that an LPP representative would attend a future meeting to go through the report in detail.

Register attached

The Board noted the risk register had been presented to the Pensions Committee with before and after impact scores. Members also noted there were no new risks and the only amber risk was the MATs consolidation and transferring to LPPA.

The Board noted the register.

Verbal update to be given

The Board noted an external representative would attend a future meeting to present the full Project PACE report.

Verbal update to be given

The Board noted the roles and responsibilities had been agreed and an advert had been sent out with the view to have a Chair in place by the new financial year.

Verbal update to be given

It was explained to the Board that fundamentals training was upcoming but there was no planned CIPFA/ Barnett & Waddington seminar. It was explained that Hymans run online training but this would need to be purchased from the Board’s budget.