Agenda and minutes

The Chair will draw attention to the emergency evacuation procedure as set out under Note 5.

The Democratic Services Officer drew attention to the Emergency Evacuation Procedure.

At this point in the meeting declarations of interest are received from Members in any of the agenda items under consideration at the meeting. Members are asked to indicate:

(a) The agenda item number in which they have an interest to declare.

(b) The nature of their interest.

(c) Whether their interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an other interest, (as defined in Part 4.4 Appendix B of the Code of Conduct and Rules for Registration of Interests)

Any Member who needs to clarify any matters relating to the declaration of interests is recommended to seek advice from the Council’s Monitoring Officeror a member of his staff before the meeting to expedite dealing with the item during the meeting.

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Councillor Paul Crossley informed the Democratic Services Officer that he had encountered a problem when trying to view the agenda for the meeting through the Modern Gov application.

The Panel RESOLVED that the minutes of the meetings held on 25th November 2022 and 8^th March 2023 (Informal) be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Panel, having been satisfied that the public interest would be better served by not disclosing relevant information, RESOLVED, in accordance with the provisions of the Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 that the public should be excluded from the meeting for this item of business, because of the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended.

The Panel, having been satisfied that the public interest would be better served by not disclosing relevant information, RESOLVED, in accordance with the provisions of the Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 that the public should be excluded from the meeting for this item of business, because of the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended.

This report sets out the forward agenda for the Panel for 2023. It is provisional as the Panel will respond to issues as they arise and as work is delegated from the Committee.

The Group Manager for Funding, Investment & Risk introduced the report to the Panel. She explained that dates for meetings in 2024 would be sourced soon now that the Panel was in place following the recent Local Elections.

John Finch commented that the Mercer Equity Protection Strategy analysis should be added as an agenda item for the meeting scheduled for 15^th September if possible.

The Group Manager for Funding, Investment & Risk informed the Panel that they had all been invited to the Brunel Investor Day via Teams on 20^th September and that on 19^th October there would be an in-person Climate Workshop.

The Head of Pensions commented that they intend to share their thoughts on climate policy with a range of stakeholders across the Local Authorities in due course.

The Panel RESOLVED to note their forward agenda.