Agenda and minutes
Venue: Conference Room A - Tŷ Hywel. View directions
Contact: Clerk of the Remuneration Board
Expected timing | No. | Item |
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(13.30 - 14.45) |
Chair's introduction Minutes: 1.1
The Chair welcomed the Board members to the meeting. On behalf of the Board,
the Chair congratulated Ronnie Alexander on his appointment to the Board and
welcomed him to his first Board meeting. 1.2 The
Chair welcomed Lleu Williams who had been appointed the new Clerk of the
Remuneration Board. The Chair also offered the Board’s thanks to Dan Collier
for his work on behalf of the Board and congratulated him on a recent
promotion. 1.3
The Board agreed the minute of the meeting on 24 May 2017. 1.4
The Board noted its work programme for the remainder of 2017 and its meeting
dates up to March 2019. The Board agreed to use both the October and November
2017 meeting dates. 1.5
The Board agreed to formally invite the Chair of the Expert Panel on Assembly
Electoral Reform to its meeting in October 2017 to discuss the issues which may
relate to the Board’s future work in developing a Determination which is fit
for the Sixth Assembly. 1.6
The Secretariat informed the Board a paper outlining the process Members
Business Support use in administrating claims would be provided at the Board’s
October meeting. 1.7
The Board discussed the process for reviewing the security of Members’ offices
and homes and asked the Secretariat to remind Members of the services available
to them. 1.8
The Board passed on their condolences to the families of Sam Gould, Senior
Advisor to Nathan Gill AM, and Ben Davies, Deputy Chief of Staff for the Welsh
Conservatives, following their loss. 1.9
The Board noted the question which was asked to the Assembly Questions on 5
July and agreed to consider the role of paid internships with Assembly Members
as part of its wider review of support for Members Action points: The
secretariat to -
publish
the minutes of the 24 May meeting; -
invite
the Chair of the Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform to the Board’s
meeting in October 2017; -
prepare
a paper outlining the process Members Business Support use in administrating
claims; and -
remind
Members of the services available to them with regard to security reviews.
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(14.45 - 15.30) |
Item for decision: Review of the Actuarial Valuation of the Assembly Members' Pension Scheme Minutes: 2.1
The Board considered the paper on the review of the Actuarial Valuation of the
Assembly Members' Pension Scheme. 2.2
The Board confirmed they were content with the higher Commission contribution rate
and agreed to inform the Scheme Actuary, who has sets the Commission
contribution rate. Action point: The
secretariat to inform the Scheme Actuary of the Board’s views. |
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(15.45 - 17.00) |
Item for discussion: Consider the results of the survey to Members and Support Staff on the effectiveness of the Determination Minutes: 3.1
The Board considered the results of the survey to Members and Support Staff on
the effectiveness of the Determination and agreed to: -
publish
a summary of the results to the Board’s website and bring this summary to the attention
of the Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform; and -
consider
the results of the survey as part of its review into Assembly Member Support
Staff career structure and their terms and conditions. Action points: The
secretariat agreed to: -
incorporate
the relevant results into future scoping papers, for the example the review
into Assembly Member Support Staff career structure; and -
publish
a summary report of the results. |