To receive any apologies for absence

There were no apologies for absence.

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 5 September 2018 and the Minutes of the Extraordinary meetings held on 6 September and 4 October 2018.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Board held on 5 September 2018 and the Minutes of the Extraordinary meetings held on 6 September and 4 October 2018 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To receive any declarations of interest

There were no declarations of interest received.

To answer any public questions

A period of 30 minutes will be allowed for members of the public to ask questions submitted under notice.

The Council welcomes questions from members of the public about the work of this committee.

Subject to meeting certain timescales, questions can relate to general issues concerned with the work of the Committee or an item which is on the Agenda for this meeting.  For full details of the procedure for submitting questions please contact the Democratic Services Section on the numbers given below or go to www.wokingham.gov.uk/publicquestions

There were no public questions.

To answer any member questions

There were no Member questions.

That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act (as amended) as appropriate.

RESOLVED:  That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act (as amended) as appropriate.

To receive a report requesting the exercise of Pension Discretions.

The Board received a report regarding the exercising of pension discretions.

RESOLVED:  That the recommendations contained within Part 2 of the report be agreed.