Agenda

Meeting

Pension Board

To:

David Portlock (Independent Chair – non-voting).

Scheme Member Representatives – Eddie Brass, David Houlgate, Simon Purcell and Sam Thompson.

Employer Representatives – Councillor Steve Watson (NYC), Councillor Martin Rowley BEM (CoYC), Andrew Robinson and Emma Barbery.

Date:

Thursday, 2 April 2026

Time:

10.00 am

Venue:

Brierley Room - County Hall

 

Business

 

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1.  

Welcome by the Chair

 

 

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2.  

Apologies for absence

 

 

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3.  

Declarations of interest

 

 

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<AI4>

4.  

Exclusion of the public

 

 

Members are recommended to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of each of the items of business listed in column 1 of the following table on the grounds that they each involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraph(s) specified in column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to information)(Variation) Order 2006.

 

 

Item number on the agenda

 

Paragraph Number

Item 8b

3

Item 14

3

 

 

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<AI5>

5a

Minutes of the meeting held on 15 January 2026

 

(Pages 5 - 12)

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5b

Progress on issues raised at previous meetings

 

(Pages 13 - 14)

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<AI7>

6.  

Public questions and statements

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice and provided the text to Democratic Services (DemocraticServices.Central@northyorks.gov.uk) no later than midday on Monday, 30 March 2026, three working days before the meeting takes place.  Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item. Each speaker should limit themselves to three minutes on any item.

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chair who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

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7.  

Annual discussion with the Treasurer of the Pension Fund

 

 

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<AI9>

8a

Draft minutes of the Pension Fund Committee meeting held on 6 March 2026

 

(To Follow)

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<AI10>

8b

Draft confidential minutes of the Pension Fund Committee meeting held on 6 March 2026

 

(To Follow)

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<AI11>

9.  

Pension Fund Administration Report

 

(Pages 15 - 58)

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<AI12>

10.  

Internal Audit Progress Report

 

(Pages 59 - 64)

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<AI13>

11.  

Internal Audit 2026/27 Audit Plan

 

(Pages 65 - 70)

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<AI14>

12.  

Training

 

(Pages 71 - 72)

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<AI15>

13.  

Work programme

 

(Pages 73 - 76)

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<AI16>

14.  

Investment Pooling and Governance Arrangements

 

(Pages 77 - 90)

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<AI17>

15.  

Any other items

 

 

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16.  

Date of next meeting

 

 

Thursday, 2 July 2026 at 10:00am.

 

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Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. You may be interested in subscribing to updates about this or any other North Yorkshire Council committee.

 

Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public. Please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

 

Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact the Democratic Services Officer (details below) prior to the start of the meeting.

 

Contact Details

 

For enquiries relating to this agenda and meeting please contact:

David Smith, Senior Democratic Services Officer

E-mail: David.Smith1@northyorks.gov.uk

E-mail: DemocraticServices.Central@northyorks.gov.uk

Tel: 01756 706235

Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk

 

 

Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

Legal and Democratic Services

County Hall

Northallerton

 

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

 

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