Agenda and minutes

AGREED to appoint Councillor Darrell Pulk as Chair of the Authority for the municipal year (2014/2015).

 

AGREED to appoint Councillor Brian Grocock as Vice-Chair of the Authority for the municipal year (2014/2015).

 

Councillor Eunice Campbell

Councillor Ian Campbell

 

None

 

Last meeting held on 28 February 2014 (for confirmation)

The Authority confirmed the minutes of the meeting held on 28 February 2014, as a correct record and they were signed by the Chair.

 

The Chair reported on the following matters:

 

(a)  the Chair apologised for the last minute distribution of the report for agenda item 7, Membership of the Authority, Review of Committees, Appointment to Committees and Boards and dates of Future Meetings and thanked Malcolm Townroe, the Clerk for his assistance in completing the report;

 

(b)  the Chair and ACFO Craig Parkin had attended the Annual International Service of Thanksgiving at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on Sunday, May 11. The event had also been attended by the Fire Minister, Brandon Lewis;

 

(c)  the Chair and the Chief Fire Officer were in the midst of a tour of all fire stations in the County talking to every watch. The Chair had noted that morale amongst fire-fighters was good despite the ongoing industrial relations issues with the Government. The Chair stated that he is anxious to improve member/workforce engagement during the coming year;

 

(d)  the Chair has written to Nottinghamshire’s MP’s to introduce John Buckley as the new Chief Fire Officer and to talk about budget demands placed on Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) over the coming months. The Chair also hopes to engage leaders of local councils in discussions about budget issues and their implications for local authorities;

 

(e)  the Chair welcomed County Councillor Jon Allin to the Authority and confirmed that he would be writing to Councillor Colleen Harwood to thank her for her hard work over the past year;

 

Report of Clerk and Monitoring Officer

Councillor Wheeler requested an adjournment to allow Members the opportunity to read the Clerk’s report which had only been distributed at the beginning of the Meeting.

 

The Chair adjourned the meeting for 15 minutes. The Meeting resumed at 10.47 am.

 

Malcolm Townroe, the Clerk and Monitoring Officer introduced his report noting the appointments to the Authority, reviewing the committee structure, requesting nominations to committees and boards, including Chairs, and seeking confirmation of dates of meetings.

 

The Clerk advised Members that the proposed changes to the committee structure involved three strands;

 

·   the removal of the Performance Monitoring Committee, which, over the last year had only considered one overall performance report at each meeting. This work was to be subsumed into the work of the Policy and Strategy Committee and the terms of reference of the Policy and Strategy Committee would be amended to reflect this change;

 

·   the removal of the requirement for the Policy and Strategy Committee to include a member from the Human Resources, Finance and Resources and Community Safety Committees;

 

·   the removal of the Best Value Revue Board which had not met for several years.

 

Members welcomed the opportunity for the Authority to be able to contribute towards the overall savings having to be made by NFRS. Councillor Wheeler thanked the officers involved in producing the performance reports for the Performance Monitoring Committee over the last few years. Councillor Wheeler requested that Special Responsibility Allowances (SRA’s) be reviewed with a view to making further savings for the Service if possible. This should involve a cross party discussion. Councillor Wheeler also expressed his disappointment that the chairs of the Committees were all Labour Members.

 

RESOLVED

 

(1)  to appoint the membership of the Fire and Rescue Authority for the municipal year 2014/15 as follows:

 

  City Council appointments:

 

Councillor Eunice Campbell

Councillor Jon Collins

Councillor Brian Grocock

Councillor David Smith

Councillor Tim Spencer

Councillor Malcolm Wood

 

  County Council appointments:

 

Councillor Jon Allin

Councillor Chris Barnfather

Councillor Ian Campbell

Councillor John Clarke

Councillor Stephen Garner

Councillor Michael Payne

Councillor Darrell Pulk

Councillor Tony Roberts

Councillor Ken Rigby

Councillor Gordon Wheeler

Councillor John Wilmott

Councillor Liz Yates

 

(2)  to approve the revised committee structure;

 

(3)  (a)  to appoint the membership and Chairs to Committees and Boards, as follows:

 

Policy and Strategy Committee

 

Councillor D Pulk  (Chair)

Councillor C Barnfather

Councillor J Collins

Councillor B Grocock

Councillor G Wheeler

Councillor J Wilmott

 

Human Resources Committee

 

Councillor M Payne  (Chair)

Councillor E Campbell

Councillor I Campbell

Councillor S Garner

Councillor L Yates

 

Community Safety Committee

 

  Councillor D Smith  (Chair)

Councillor B Grocock

Councillor K Rigby

Councillor T Roberts

Councillor J Wilmott

 

Finance and Resources Committee

 

Councillor M Wood    (Chair)

Councillor J Allin

Councillor C Barnfather

Councillor J Clarke

Councillor G Wheeler

 

Personnel Committee

 

Councillor E Campbell

Councillor S Garner

Councillor M Payne

Councillor T Spencer

Councillor J Wilmott

Councillor L Yates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appointments Committee

 

Councillor D Pulk  (Chair)

Councillor J Allin

Councillor B Grocock

Councillor K Rigby

Councillor G Wheeler

Councillor M Wood

 

Strategic Equalities  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

The Chairs of the following committees, produced reports which included the minutes of those meetings:

 

(a)  Performance Monitoring Committee 11 April 2014;

 

(b)  Finance and Resources Committee  4 April 2014;

 

(c)  Community Safety Committee 28 March 2014;

 

(d)  Human Resources Committee 11 April 2014;

 

(e)  Policy and Strategy Committee 18 April 2014.

 

RESOLVED to note the reports and the business undertaken by the Committees.

 

Report of the Chair of the Performance Monitoring Committee 
 

Report of the Chair of the Finance and Resources Committee 

Report of the Chair of the Community Safety Committee 

Report of the Chair of the Human Resources Committee 

Report of the Chair of the Policy and Strategy Committee 

TO CONSIDER EXCLUDING THE PUBLIC FROM THE MEETING DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE REMAINING ITEM(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 100A(4) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 ON THE BASIS THAT, HAVING REGARD TO ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN MAINTAINING THE EXEMPTION OUTWEIGHS THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN DISCLOSING THE INFORMATION

The Authority decided to exclude the public from the meeting to discuss the exempt minutes of the last meeting held on 22 February 2013 in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the basis that, having regard to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information, as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.  The minutes are a record of the decision made in private at the meeting.

 

Report of the Chief Fire Officer

John Buckley, the Chief Fire Officer presented his report updating the Authority on the arrangements and plans in place for dealing with the on-going industrial dispute.

 

RESOLVED

 

(1)  to note the latest update from the Chief Fire Officer and continue to support the activities in place to maintain operational cover;

 

(2)  to accept further update reports to either the full Fire Authority or Policy and Strategy Committee, as appropriate.