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Resolved that Ian Guy be elected Chair for the 2025-2026 Municipal Year. (Ian Guy presided)
Resolved that Councillor C R Doyle be appointed Vice-Chair for the 2025-2026 Municipal year.
In accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the City & County of Swansea, the following interests were disclosed: Councillor C R Doyle and R Broad declared personal interests in the agenda as a whole. Officers: J Dong, H Evans, S Jenkins and S Williams declared personal interests in the agenda as a whole.
Resolved that the Minutes of the Local Pension Board meeting held on 26 March 2025 be approved and signed as a correct record.
Jeff Dong, Deputy Chief Finance Officer / Deputy 151 Officer presented the City and County of Swansea Pension Fund – Audit Plan 2025. The report outlined the high level areas and approach Audit Wales would adopt during 2025 to discharge its statutory responsibilities as external auditor and to fulfil its obligations under the Code of Audit Practice to examine and certify whether the Pension Fund accounting statements were ‘true and fair’. The purpose, proposed work (including timescales and costs) was detailed and it was noted that the findings of the audit would be reported in the ISA 260 report in November 2025.
The Deputy Chief Finance Officer / Deputy S151 Officer presented a ‘for information’ report, as required by the Pension Regulator to report to those charged with governance any operational breaches in the period. The Board noted the details of breaches that had occurred as outlined in Appendix A.
The Deputy Chief Finance Officer / Deputy S151 Officer presented a ‘for information’ report which detailed the admitted body status for all employers undertaking school cleaning services subject to due diligence and the completion of satisfactory admission agreement.
The Deputy Chief Finance Officer / Deputy S151 Officer provided a ‘for information’ report which outlined amendments to the published Overpayment and Underpayment of Pension Policy.
The Deputy Chief Finance Officer / Deputy S151 Officer provided a ‘for information’ report and presentation which outlined the progress of the implementation of The WPP Fit for the Future Business case approved by Westminster Government.
Part of an issue followed across 5 meetings
The Deputy Chief Finance Officer / Deputy 151 Officer provided an overview of the Pensions Dashboard. Details provided included: - · Introduction to Pensions Dashboards. · Agenda. · What are pensions dashboards and how will they work? · Considerations and concerns. · Key roles and next steps.
The Board was requested to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the item(s) of business identified in the recommendation(s) to the report on the grounds that it / they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as set out in the exclusion paragraph of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007 relevant to the item(s) of business set out in the report. The Board considered the Public Interest Test in deciding whether to exclude the public from the meeting for the items of business where the Public Interest Test was relevant as set out in the report. Resolved that the public be excluded for the following items of business. (Closed Session)
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