Agenda

Local Pension Board - Tuesday 11 February 2025 10.00 am

Venue: Kennet Room - County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, BA14 8JN. View directions

Contact: Stuart Figini  01225 718221

Items
Note No. Item

Part 1

Items to be considered when the meeting is open to the public.

10.00am

1.

Membership

To noteanychangesto themembershipof the Board:

 

·       Welcome to new Chair

·       Appointment of a new Vice Chair

·       LPB Vacancy update

2.

Attendance of non-members of the Board

To note the attendance of any non-members of the Board present.

3.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence.

4.

Minutes and Action Tracking

To confirm as a true and correct record the minutes of the previous meeting held on 7 November 2024.

 

The Board’s action log is also attached for members’ information.

Supporting documents:

5.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee or monitoring Officer.

6.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements through the Chairman.

7.

Public Participation

The Board welcomes contributions from members of the public.

 

Statements

If you would like to make a statement at this meeting on any item on this agenda, please register to do so at least 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Up to 3 speakers are permitted to speak for up  ...  view the full agenda text for item 7.

8.

Minutes and Key Decisions of the Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee

To consider the Part I (public) minutes of the Wiltshire Pension Fund Committees held on 21 November 2024 and 12 December 2024.

Supporting documents:

10:15am

9.

Headlines & Monitoring (HAM) Report

A report for the Board’s ongoing oversight of:

·       Scheme, Regulatory, Legal and Fund Update

·       Valuation timetable summary

·       Health Check Dashboard – To 31 December 2024

·       Risk Register

·       Administration KPIs – 1 October 2024 to 31 December 2024

a)    Strategic projects update – PASA, McCloud & Pension Dashboard

·       Audit update – Progress  ...  view the full agenda text for item 9.

Supporting documents:

10:35am

10.

KPI Improvement Plan

An update by the Administration Team Lead concerning progress against the KPI Improvement Plan.

10:45am

11.

LBP Budget

LPB to endorse its budget 2025/26 as part of the recommendation to be submitted to the Pension’s Committee. To be presented by the Investment and Accounting Team Lead.

Supporting documents:

10:55am

12.

Key Financial Controls

An update by the Investment and Accounting Team Lead concerning the operational accounting arrangements, monitoring of the quarterly budget.

Supporting documents:

11:05am

13.

Pension Administration Strategy

The Pension Administration Lead will provide an update to members.

11:15am

14.

Payroll system update

The Pension Administration Lead will present a “integrated payroll system” update concerning Altair, including a transfer update to Oracle of unfunded pensions and the project management of the annual pension increase exercise.

11:25am

15.

General Code of Practice Plan

An update by the Fund Governance Manager on the progress for implementing changes to the Fund’s internal controls as a result of the new general code of practice.

Supporting documents:

11:35am

16.

Employer Update

The Employer Funding & Risk Lead will update the members on employer related activities including the Employer Scorecard and on-boarding on i-Connect.

Supporting documents:

11:45am

17.

Urgent Items

Any other items of business which, in the opinion of the Chairman, should be considered as a matter of urgency. Urgent items of a confidential nature may be considered under Part II of this agenda.

11:50am

18.

Date of Next Meeting and Forward Work Plan

The next meeting of the Board will be held on 22 May 2025.

 

The Board to review its Scheme Year Forward Work Plan which is attached for members’ consideration.

Supporting documents:

19.

Exclusion of the Public

To consider passing the following resolution:

 

To agree that in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public from the meeting for the business specified in Item Numbers 20-24 because it is likely that if members of the public were present there would be  ...  view the full agenda text for item 19.

Part II

Item(s) during consideration of which it is recommended that the public should

be excluded because of the likelihood that exempt information would be

disclosed.

11:55am

20.

Minutes and Key Decisions of the Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee

To consider the Part 2 (confidential) minutes of the Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee held on 21 November 2024 and 12 December 2024.

12:05pm

21.

Pension Reforms & Brunel Governance update

An update from officers on the ongoing Brunel governance arrangements.

12:15pm

22.

Training

An understanding of the requirements of the consultation process with Scheme Employers. To be presented by the Employer Funding and Risk Lead.

12:35pm

23.

LPB Minutes

To confirm the Part 2 (confidential) minutes of the meeting held on 7 November 2024.

12:40pm

24.

Urgent Items

Any other items of business of a confidential nature which, in the opinion of the Chairman,should be considered as a matter of urgency.