Agenda

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items of unrestricted urgent business will be considered under agenda item 14, and new items of exempt urgent business will be considered under agenda item 18.

A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at the commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member’s judgement of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, license, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

To approve the unrestricted minutes of the meeting held on 22 February 2011.

Report of the Director of Corporate Resources to consider the audit plan prepared by the external auditors, Grant Thornton.

Report of the Director of Corporate Resources to consider a proposed treasury management strategy statement for the investment of pension fund cash during 2011/12.

Report of the Director of Corporate Resources to inform the Committee of key issues arising from the final report of the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission.

Report of the Director of Corporate Resources to present to the Committee the results of the formal assessment of effectiveness to enable full compliance with the Myners Principles.

TO FOLLOW

Report of the Director of Corporate Resources to consider the draft work plan for the 2011-12 municipal year.

Report of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Chief Executive – People Organisational Development.

Report of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Chief Executive – People Organisational Development.

Report of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Chief Executive – People Organisational Development.

The following items are likely to be the subject of a motion to exclude the press and public from the meeting as they contain exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972; namely information relating to the business or financial affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding that information).

To approve the exempt minutes of the meeting of the Pensions Committee held on 22^nd February 2011.

Report of the Director of Corporate Resources to set out proposals for the implementation of the investment strategy decisions made at the Pensions Committee on 22 February 2011.