Agenda and minutes

Pension Fund Committee - Friday, 6th March, 2009 10.00 am

Venue: Medway Room, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone. View directions

Contact: Mary Cooper  01622 694354

Items
No. Item

1.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were none.

2.

Minutes - 21 November 2008 pdf icon PDF 71 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2008 are correctly recorded and that they be signed by the Chairman.

3.

Matters Arising

Minutes:

Pensions Administration

 

Mr J Scholes referred to paragraph 43 (b) and reported that Mr P Luscombe (Pensions Manager) had met with Mr T Crossley at DCLG and that the issue relating to the vesting period had been dealt with that way.

4.

External Audit Plan pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Minutes:

Mr J Jacobs and Mr D Wells of the Audit Commission were in attendance for this item)

 

(1)               Mr D Wells advised the Committee that the Audit Commission required a formal response to the request for information set out in paragraph 13, page 16 of the report.

 

(2)               Mr N Vickers agreed to circulate information to the Members and that their responses be reported at the next meeting.

 

(3)               RESOLVED that:-

 

(a)               the report be noted; and

(b)               a report including the Members responses be presented to the next meeting.

5.

Fund Position Statement pdf icon PDF 35 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report by Director of Finance)

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

6.

Application for Admission to the Fund pdf icon PDF 46 KB

Minutes:

Report by the Director of Finance)

 

RESOLVED that the admission to the Fund of Ridge Crest Cleaning Limited be approved.

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7.

Minutes - 21 November 2008

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2008 are correctly recorded and that they be signed by the Chairman.

8.

DTZ

Minutes:

(Mr M Callow, Mr P O’Gorman and Mr C Sim were in attendance for this item)

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

9.

Alliance Bernstein

Minutes:

(Mr M Palmer and Ms J Segal were in attendance for this item)

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

10.

Actuarial Services

Minutes:

(Report by Director of Finance)

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

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11.

Fund Structure

Minutes:

Report by Director of Finance)

 

The Committee agreed a number of issues relating to the structure and management of the Fund.