Agenda item

(1)          Mr Scholes moved and Mr Daley seconded the following motion:

          “Council is asked to agree:

a)    That authority is delegated to the Corporate Director Finance and Procurement, in consultation with the Chairman of the Superannuation Fund Committee to agree the approach to pooling that County Council will take, based upon the Government’s responses to the two options put forward by the ACCESS Pool and the views of the local authorities that make up the ACCESS Pool.

b)     the Corporate Director Finance and Procurement, in consultation with the Chairman of the Superannuation Fund Committee agrees to adopt pooling based on the use of a Collective Investment Vehicle (CIV) Operator, then authority is delegated to the Corporate Director Finance and Procurement in consultation with the Chairman of the Superannuation Fund Committee, to finalise and agree the terms of an Inter-Authority Agreement (IAA) to implement this model, and the Council resolves to delegate the functions to the Joint Committee as specified in Appendix 2 with effect from the date of execution of the IAA;

c)    If the Corporate Director Finance and Procurement, in consultation with the Chairman of the Superannuation Fund Committee agrees to adopt pooling based on Collaborative Joint Procurement, then authority is delegated to the Corporate Director Finance and Procurement in consultation with the Chairman of the Superannuation Fund Committee to finalise and agree the terms of an IAA to implement this model and the Council resolves to delegate the functions to the Joint Committee as specified in Appendix 3 with effect from the date of execution of the IAA; and

d)    That authority is delegated to the General Counsel to make consequential amendments to the County Council’s Constitution to reflect the agreed approach to pooling and the creation of the Joint Governance Committee.  Any amendments to the Constitution will be reported to a future meeting of the County Council.”

(2)          Following the debate the Chairman put the motion as set out in paragraph 1 to the vote and the voting was as follows:

For (59)

Mrs A Allen, Mr M Angell,  Mr M Balfour, Mr N Bond, Mr D Brazier, Mr L Burgess, Miss S Carey, Mr P Carter, Mr N Chard, Mrs P Cole, Mr G Cooke, Mr G Cowan, Mrs M Crabtree, Mr A Crowther, Mrs V Dagger, Mr D Daley, Mr M Dance, Dr M Eddy, Mrs M Elenor, Mr T Gates, Mr G Gibbens, Mr R Gough, Mr P Harman, Ms A Harrison, Mr M Hill, Mr S Holden, Mr P Homewood, Mr E Hotson, Mr M Horwood, Mr A King, Mr J Kite, Mr G Koowaree, Mr R Latchford, Mr G Lymer, Mr B MacDowall, Mr T Maddison, Mr S Manion, Mr A Marsh, Mrs D Marsh, Mr M Northey, Mr P Oakford, Mr J Ozog, Mr C Pearman, Mr L Ridings, Mrs E Rowbotham, Mr J Scholes, Mr T Shonk, Mr C Simkins, Mr J Simmonds, Mr C Smith, Mr D Smyth, Mrs P Stockell, Mr B Sweetland, Mr N Thandi, Mr R Truelove, Mrs C Waters, Mr M Whybrow, Mr A Wickham, Mrs Z Wiltshire 

Against (1)

Mr C Hoare

Abstain (4)

Mrs P Brivio, Mr B Clark, Mrs T Dean, Mrs J Whittle

Motion carried

(3)          RESOLVED that:

a)    authority be delegated to the Corporate Director Finance and Procurement, in consultation with the Chairman of the Superannuation Fund Committee, to agree the approach to pooling that the County Council will take, based upon the Government’s responses to the two options put forward by the ACCESS Pool and the views of the local authorities that make up the ACCESS Pool.

b)     if the Corporate Director Finance and Procurement, in consultation with the Chairman of the Superannuation Fund Committee, agree to adopt pooling based on the use of a CIV Operator, then authority be delegated to the Corporate Director Finance and Procurement in consultation with the Chairman of the Superannuation Fund Committee, to finalise and agree the terms of an IAA to implement this model and the functions as specified in Appendix 2 of the report be delegated to the Joint Committee with effect from the date of execution of the IAA;

c)    if the Corporate Director Finance and Procurement, in consultation with the Chairman of the Superannuation Fund Committee agrees to adopt pooling based on Collaborative Joint Procurement, then authority be delegated to the Corporate Director Finance and Procurement in consultation with the Chairman of the Superannuation Fund Committee to finalise and agree the terms of an IAA to implement this model and the functions as specified in Appendix 3 of the report be delegated to the Joint Committee with effect from the date of execution of the IAA; and

e)     authority be delegated to the General Counsel to make consequential amendments to the County Council’s Constitution to reflect the agreed approach to pooling and the creation of the Joint Governance Committee.  Any amendments to the Constitution will be reported to a future meeting of the County Council.