Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Darrell Pulk as the Chair for the municipal year 2016/17.

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Brian Grocock as Vice-Chair.

Councillor Ali  ) 

Councillor Liversidge  )  annual leave

Councillor Zadrozny  ) 

None.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 26 February 2016.

Councillor Wheeler asked the Chair for an update on minute 66, point ‘n’.  The Chair informed the Authority that there had been discussions with three of the Police and Crime Commissioner candidates, followed by presentations from them.  

After this update, the minutes of the meeting on 26 February were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Chair made the following announcements:

·  Councillors Liaqat Ali and Patience Ifediora were welcomed to the authority.  There was also a ‘welcome back’ for Councillor Sybil Fielding;

·  a letter of thanks was sent to Councillors Jon Collins, Neghat Khan and Yvonne Woodhead, all of whom had stood down;

·  following his move to the Home Office, Dan Greaves, Senior Civil Servant, visited Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue;

·  The Home Secretary had given a speech on fire reform (this document was circulated to Members present);

·  the Chair attended a Westminster briefing with Matt Wrack (FBU) and Lord Rosser, alongside the Chief Fire Officer (CFO).  He also attended the CFOA Spring Conference in Nottingham with Councillor Brian Grocock;

·  the CFO briefed Members at a seminar in April 2016 on Police and Crime Commissioner legislation and upcoming events;

·  there has been a request for procurement information, and this will go to the Finance and Resources Committee for information;

·  the Policing and Crime Bill is now in the House of Lords;

·  a Health Summit was held at Bestwood Lodge HQ to explore where the Fire Authority can have greater impact on the Health agenda.  Outcomes will be developed through the City and County Health and Wellbeing Boards;

·  the ’50 years of Stockhill Fire Station’ open day went well, and included a history of the service, along with some vintage engines;

·  the Firefighters’ Memorial celebrations took place in Nottingham.  There are also some future events planned (information sheets circulated to Members);

·  the CFO and his team are raising money for the Firefighters’ Charity throughout the year.  They are undertaking a range of activities during the summer based on a theme of 10,000, with the aim of raising £10,000.  Already completed are:

-  100km dummy carry at the Nottinghamshire County Show in Newark (the CFO did 3km!);

-  10km of hose was run out at Misterton;

-  230km on an exercise bike at Lidl in Arnold.

Report of the Clerk and the Monitoring Officer.

During consideration of this item, Councillor Wheeler highlighted the attendance record at a sub-committee during 2015/16 of a member.  In response, the member concerned outlined their reasons for not being able to attend every meeting and assured the Authority of their commitment to the role they have been given previously, and their continued commitment to the role for the coming municipal year.

RESOLVED

(1)  to note the appointments to the Fire and Rescue Authority for the municipal year 2016/17:

City Council members:

County Council members:

Councillor John Allin

Councillor Chris Barnfather

Councillor John Clarke

Councillor Sybil Fielding

Councillor Roger Jackson

Councillor Michael Payne

Councillor Mike Pringle

Councillor Darrell Pulk

Councillor Ken Rigby

Councillor Gordon Wheeler

Councillor Liz Yates

Councillor Jason Zadrozny

(2)  to approve the committee structure of the Fire and Rescue Authority;

(3)  to approve the following appointments, Chairs and dates of meetings:

Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority (10.30am)

23 September 2016

16 December 2016

24 February 2017

9 June 2017 AGM

Policy and Strategy Committee (10.00am)

Human Resources Committee (10.00am)

Community Safety Committee (10.00am)

Finance and Resources Committee (10.00am)

Personnel Committee

Appointments Committee

John Buckley, Chief Fire Officer, informed members of the business and actions of the Fire Authority sub-committee meetings which took place during April 2016.

RESOLVED to note the information.

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

RESOLVEDto exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining item 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, as defined in paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 12 A to the Act.

Report of the Chief Fire Officer

John Buckley, Chief Fire Officer, introduced a report regarding a voluntary redundancy application.

RESOLVED to approve the recommendations as set out in the report.