Issue - meetings

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which presented the Audited Annual Report and Accounts for the North East Scotland

Pension Fund (NESPF) and the Aberdeen City Council Transport Fund

(ACCTF) for consideration and signing.

The Committee heard from Mr Belford in respect of the report.  Mr Belford stated that he wished to record his thanks to the NESPF team and to External Audit for the work undertaken in the production of the annual report and accounts.

Members asked a number of questions of officers in respect of the report.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      consider and approve the Audited Annual Report and Accounts for the North East Scotland Pension Fund and the Aberdeen City Council Transport Fund; and

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer – Finance, as the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 – Section 95 Officer, to sign the accounts on behalf of the Funds.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to thank staff for the work in preparing the annual report and accounts;

(ii)       to note that the annual training report contained high level information on upcoming training, but to request that officers provide further detail where possible to set out the programme for Member training for the year;

(iii)      to note that officers would work to develop a programme to address where further training might be helpful to Members, with the possible inclusion of personal development plans;

(iv)      to request that officers give consideration to providing training on environment, social and governance matters to Members; and

(vv)     to approve the recommendations.