Issue - meetings

10:25

In a response to a request from the Chairman of Pension Fund Committee to have a dedicated item on each Committee agenda for the work of the Local Pension Board, attached at (PF6) is the report by the Independent Chairman of the Local Pension Board.  It invites the Committee to respond to the key issues raised by the Pension Board at is most recent meeting on 17 July 2020.

The Committee is RECOMMENDED to note the comments of the Board as set out below, and confirm whether they are happy to have their draft minutes available to the Board in advance of them being agreed by the next meeting of the Committee itself.

Recommendations Agreed, subject to the Committee officer checking the requirements surrounding draft minutes.

The Committee had before it the latest report by the Independent Chairman of the Local Pension Board.  Councillor Bob Johnston, Local Pension Board Member, spoke to the report on the board’s behalf, which invited the Committee to respond to the key issues contained within it.

Councillor Johnston highlighted the issues set out in the report, including the agreement that the risk register should go to all future meetings of the Board and that in future, the Board wished to receive the unconfirmed minutes of the Committee.

The Committee, whilst agreeing to the idea of the Local Pension Board receiving the minutes, expressed some reservation around the Local Pension Board receiving the unconfirmed minutes of the Committee prior to the Committee seeing and agreeing them.  They asked the Committee Officer to investigate the issue.

RESOLVED:to note the comments of the Board and agree that they were happy to have their draft minutes made available to the Board in advance of the them being agreed by the next meeting of the Committee itself, subject to the Committee officer checking the requirements surrounding draft minutes.