Agenda and minutes

There were no declarations of interest on this occasion.

The Director of Finance and Resources updated Members with regard to the recruitment of a Trade Union representative to serve on the Board following the resignation of Susan Lees.  They were informed that a letter had been sent to the regional offices of the Trade Unions representing members of the Fund inviting their nominations but, to date, no nominations had been forthcoming.  It was therefore intended that an approach would be made to Staffordshire Unison to enquire as to whether they wished to submit a nomination.

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 21 October 2016 be confirmed and signed by the Chairman.

·         Pensions Committee – Minutes of meeting held on 21 October 2016 (including the minutes of the meeting of the Pensions Panel held on 19 July and 8 September 2016)

·         Pensions Committee – Meeting on 9 December 2016

There were no matters arising

The Board received a presentation from Lian Stubbs from the County Council’s Information Governance Unit in relation to Data Protection.  The presentation covered a range of matters including:

·         The role of the ICO

·         The scope of the Data Protection Act

·         The rights of the Individual

·         The Freedom of Information Act

·         Common Exceptions

·         Data Breaches

·         What happens if things go wrong

RESOLVED – That Ms. Stubbs be thanked for her presentation.

·         Friday, 17 March 2017 at 1:00 pm

·         Friday, 17 March 2017 at 1:00 pm

PART TWO

(All reports in this section are on pink paper)

RESOLVED - That the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business which involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraphs of Part 1 of schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 indicated below

PART TWO

The Committee then proceeded to consider reports on the following issues:

(Exemption paragraph 3)

(Exemption paragraph 3)

(Exemption paragraph 3)

·         Pensions Committee – Minutes of meeting held on 21 October 2016 (including the minutes of the meeting of the Pensions Panel held on 19 July and 8 September 2016)

·         Pensions Committee – Meeting on 9 December 2016

(Exemption paragraph 3)