Agenda

The Chair will consider the admission of any late reports, related to any items for consideration under those agenda items. This being a special meeting of the Sub Committee, under Part Four, Section B, Paragraph 17 of the Council’s Constitution, no other business shall be considered at the meeting.

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 judgment 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.

Report of the Chief Financial Officer to inform members of the procurement process undertaken to appoint providers for Investment advice and Actuarial advice to the Pension Fund from 1^st August 2008, and to obtain approval from Members to award the contracts.

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

Note from the Head of Local Democracy and Member Services

The following item allows for consideration of exempt information (if required) in relation to item 4 which appears earlier on this agenda.

Report of the Chief Financial Officer – exempt appendix A. To inform members of the procurement process undertaken to appoint providers for Investment advice and Actuarial advice to the Pension Fund from 1^st August 2008, and to obtain approval from Members to award the contracts.