Issue - meetings

1.1.        The Board considered a report on the ESPF’s Governance Policy Statement.

1.2.        SM asked whether the Governance Policy Statement would be amended to take account of the governance changes resulting from ACCESS becoming operational in April 2018. OO confirmed that it would be revised after April 2018 to include the finalised role of the ACCESS Joint Governance Committee in relation to the Board and Committee.

1.3.        BR asked for clarification about the role of Vice Chair of the Pension Board. OO said that discussions were ongoing about how best to appoint a Vice Chair. Any appointment would need to be made by the Governance Committee

1.4.        Tony Watson (TW) asked that the Membership of the Pension Board (paragraph 13 of appendix 1) reflect that the employer representatives represented Brighton & Hove City Council, the University of Brighton, and the district/borough councils; and that the employee representatives list that they are a Unison, GMB, and pension representative respectively.

1.5.        The Board resolved to:

1) note the report; and

2) request the amendment set out in paragraph 7.4 above.

8.1       The Committee considered a report by the Chief Operating Officer containing the Governance Policy Statement and the Compliance Statement to the Pension Regulator Code of Practice.

8.2       The Committee RESOLVED to approve:

1)            the amendments to the Governance Policy Statement; and

2)            the Compliance Statement to the Pension Regulator Code of Practice.

4c.1     There were no comments on this item.