Venue: Committee Room, Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 8EF
Contact: Joss Butler Email: joss.butler@surreycc.gov.uk
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS
Additional documents: Minutes: The Chairman welcomed officers and the new Vice-Chairman, Sally Wilson, to the Board. The Chairman thanked the previous Vice-Chairman, Dan Quin, for his service to the Board.
No apologies for absence were received.
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MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING: 8 February 2024 PDF 119 KB
To agree the minutes as a true record of the meeting. Additional documents: Minutes: The minutes from the meeting on 8 February 2024 were agreed as an accurate record of the meeting.
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.
Notes: · In line with the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012, declarations may relate to the interest of the member, or the member’s spouse or civil partner, or a person with whom the member is living as husband or wife, or a person with whom the member is living as if they were civil partners and the member is aware they have the interest. · Members need only disclose interests not currently listed on the Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests. · Members must notify the Monitoring Officer of any interests disclosed at the meeting so they may be added to the Register. · Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest.
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QUESTIONS AND PETITIONS
To receive any questions or petitions.
Notes:
1. The deadline for Member’s questions is 12.00pm four working days before the meeting (22 April 2024). 2. The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (19 April 2024) 3. The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received. Additional documents: Minutes: There were none. |
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SURREY FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION BOARD ACTION AND RECOMMENDATION TRACKER PDF 158 KB
The Board to note the Action and Recommendation Tracker. Additional documents: Minutes: Witnesses: Danni Lamaignere, Scheme Manager Gary Bartliff, Senior Pensions Advisor
Key points raised during the discussion:
Action A7/23 – The Vice-Chairman asked whether the pensions regulator had been updated in regard to the completion of Annual Benefit Statements. A discussion was had on whether this was necessary, as it was an internal breech, which had been remidied, and, following discussion, officers were asked to provide members with an update at the next meeting.
Actions/ further information to be provided:
None.
Resolved:
The Board noted the Actions and Recommendations Tracker.
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SCHEME MANAGEMENT UPDATE REPORT PDF 196 KB
The Board has requested an update on Scheme management activities. Additional documents: Minutes: Witnesses:
Key points raised during the discussion:
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XPS - SURREY FIRE & RESCUE AUTHORITY PENSION BOARD REPORT PDF 470 KB
To note the XPS – Surrey Fire and Rescue Authority Pension Board report. Additional documents: Minutes: Witnesses: Paul Mudd, XPS
Key points raised during the discussion:
Actions/ further information to be provided:
A3/24 - A Member of the Board stated that he was aware of members of the pension scheme who had not received their pension forecast figures on time and further stated that members of the scheme were frustrated with the lack of information. The Chairman requested the detail be shared with XPS allowing an investigation.
A4/24 – The Chairman asked for detail on data included within the ‘general’ section within the tables under Completed Cases by Month. The representative from XPS would seek more information to be shared with the Board and the Pensions Team.
A5/24 - it was agreed that it would be beneficial for XPS and the Pension Team to liaise further in order to better understand each other’s processes.
Resolved:
The Board noted the report.
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The Pensions Board has adopted a procedure to ensure that any FPS Bulletins released by LGA are reviewed and any necessary actions are noted and tracked through to completion. Additional documents: Minutes: Witnesses: Danni Lamaignere, Scheme Manager Gary Bartliff, Senior Pensions Advisor
Key points raised during the discussion:
1. The Board noted the fire bulletins.
Actions/ further information to be provided:
None.
Resolved:
The Board noted the fire bulletins.
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The Board to consider relevant risk registers. Additional documents: Minutes: Witnesses:
Key points raised during the discussion:
1. The Board noted the risk registers.
Actions/ further information to be provided:
None.
Resolved:
The Board noted the risk register.
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DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be on 25 July 2024 Additional documents: Minutes: The Board noted that the date of the next meeting was 25 July 2024.
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