Agenda

Meeting

Pension Board

Venue:

The Brierley Room, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD.

Date:

Thursday, 9 January 2025

Time:

10.00 am

Independent Chair: Mr David Portlock (Chairman - Independent Member (Non-voting))

 

Employer Representatives: Councillor Steve Watson (NYC), Councillor Martin Rowley, BEM (City of York Council) and Emma Barbery (Askham Bryan College)

 

Scheme Member Representatives: Eddie Brass (Deferred members), David Houlgate (Unison), Simon Purcell (Unison - retired members), and Sam Thompson (NYC)

 

 

 

Business

 

<AI1>

1.  

Welcome, introductions and apologies

 

 

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2.  

Exclusion of Public and Press

 

 

 

To consider the exclusion of the public and press from the meeting during consideration of item 7(b) - Confidential Minutes of the Pension Fund Committee, 22 November 2024,on the grounds that these include the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to

information) (Variation) Order 2006.

 

</AI2>

<AI3>

3(a)  

Minutes of Previous Meeting - 24 October 2024

 

(Pages 3 - 12)

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<AI4>

3(b)  

Progress on Issues raised at Previous Meetings

 

(Pages 13 - 14)

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<AI5>

4.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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<AI6>

5.  

Public Questions and/or Statements

 

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they

have given notice (including the text of the question/statement) to Steve Loach of

Democratic Services (contact details below) by midday on Monday 6 January 2025.

Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item. Members of the public

who have given notice will be invited to speak:-

 

• at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which

are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes);

 

• when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a

matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.

 

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

 

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<AI7>

6.  

Review of Terms of Reference

 

(Pages 15 - 24)

</AI7>

<AI8>

7(a)  

Minutes of Pension Fund Committee held on 22 November 2024

 

(Pages 25 - 32)

</AI8>

<AI9>

7(b)  

Confidential Minutes of the Pension Fund Committee held on 22 November 2024

 

(Pages 33 - 36)

</AI9>

<AI10>

8.  

Pensions Administration

 

(Pages 37 - 116)

</AI10>

<AI11>

9.  

Review of Risk Register

 

(Pages 117 - 134)

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<AI12>

10.  

Internal Audit

 

(Pages 135 - 148)

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<AI13>

11.  

Budget and Cashflow

 

(Pages 149 - 156)

</AI13>

<AI14>

12.  

Government Pensions Review and Pooling Update

 

(Pages 157 - 164)

</AI14>

<AI15>

13.  

Training

 

(Pages 165 - 168)

</AI15>

<AI16>

14.  

Work Plan

 

(Pages 169 - 172)

</AI16>

<AI17>

15.  

Other business that, in the opinion of the Chair, should be considered as a matter of urgency

 

 

 

 

For enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Stephen Loach Tel: 01609 532216

or e-mail stephen.loach@northyorks.gov.uk

Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk</AI17>

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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

County Hall

Northallerton

 

Friday 20 December 2024

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