Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Brian Grocock as the Chair for the municipal year 2017/18.

Councillor Michael Payne and Councillor Andrew Brown were nominated for appointment as Vice-Chair.  When put to the vote, the following votes were received for Councillor Michael Payne (10):

 

Councillor Liaqat Ali

Councillor Nicki Brooks

Councillor Eunice Campbell

Councillor John Clarke

Councillor Sybil Fielding

Councillor Brian Grocock

Councillor Patience Ifediora

Councillor Jackie Morris

Councillor Michael Payne

Councillor Malcolm Wood

 

The following votes (6) were received for Councillor Andrew Brown

 

Councillor Andrew Brown

Councillor Vaughan Hopewell

Councillor John Longdon

Councillor Francis Purdue-Horan

Councillor Mike Quigley MBE

Councillor Phil Rostance

 

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Michael Payne as Vice-Chair.

Councillor Tony Harper.

None.

Of the meeting held on 24 February 2017.

The minutes of the meeting held on 24 February were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting, in particular, the new Members of the Authority.  He outlined the following points:

 

·  A new Member induction meeting will take place at the riding of the Finance and Resources Committee on 7 July for new Members and old;

 

·  The Chair paid tribute to past Members and will write to them and thank them on behalf of the Fire Authority;

 

·  Those Members who have served a full term of 4 years will be invited back in September to receive a certificate of service.  Special mentions went to John Allin, Chris Barnfather, Roger Jackson, Dave Liversidge, Mike Pringle, Darrell Pulk, Ken Rigby, Gordon Wheeler and Liz Yates;

 

·  The past Chair, Darrell Pulk served on the Authority for 14 years, 12 of those years as the Chair.  The Chair recommended that the Chief Fire Officer considered this through the internal awards process;

 

·  Since the meeting in February, there have been three terrorist incidents in the UK, in Westminster, Manchester and London Bridge, with the loss of 30 lives and more than 100 injured.  Thoughts were with those affected along with their families and friends.  Thanks went to those who responded, both from the Emergency Services and the general public.

 

Everyone present then stood in a minute’s silence.

Report of the Clerk and the Monitoring Officer

RESOLVED to:

 

(1)  note the following appointments to the Fire Authority:

 

City Council Members

 

Councillor Liaqat Ali

Councillor Eunice Campbell

Councillor Brian Grocock

Councillor Patience Uloma Ifediora

Councillor Jackie Morris

Councillor Malcolm Wood

 

County Council Members

 

Councillor Nicki Brooks

Councillor Andrew Brown

Councillor John Clarke

Councillor Sybil Fielding

Councillor Tony Harper

Councillor Vaughan Hopewell

Councillor John Longdon

Councillor Michael Payne

Councillor Francis Purdue-Horan

Councillor Mike Quigley MBE

Councillor Phil Rostance

Councillor Jason Zadrozny; 

 

(2)  approve the committee structure;

 

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

 

Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority (10:30am)

 

22 September 2017

15 December 2017

16 February 2018

8 June 2018 (AGM)

 

Policy and Strategy Committee (10:00am)

 

21 July 2017  Councillor Brian Grocock (Chair)

10 November 2017  Councillor Sybil Fielding

2 February 2018  Councillor Michael Payne

11 May 2018  Councillor Malcolm Wood

  Councillor Andrew Brown

  Councillor Tony Harper

 

Human Resources Committee (10:00am)

 

14 July 2017  Councillor John Clarke (Chair)

20 October 2017  Councillor Liaqat Ali

26 January 2018  Councillor Jackie Morris

4 May 2018  Councillor Vaughan Hopewell

  Councillor John Longdon

 

Councillor John Clarke and Councillor John Longdon were nominated for appointment as Chair of the Human Resources Committee.  When put to the vote, the following votes were received for Councillor John Clarke (10):

 

Councillor Liaqat Ali

Councillor Nicki Brooks

Councillor Eunice Campbell

Councillor John Clarke

Councillor Sybil Fielding

Councillor Brian Grocock

Councillor Patience Ifediora

Councillor Jackie Morris

Councillor Michael Payne

Councillor Malcolm Wood

 

The following votes (6) were received for Councillor John Longdon:

 

Councillor Andrew Brown

Councillor Vaughan Hopewell

Councillor John Longdon

Councillor Francis Purdue-Horan

Councillor Mike Quigley MBE

Councillor Phil Rostance

 

Councillor Jason Zadrozny abstained from voting.  Councillor Tony Harper had given apologies.

 

Community Safety Committee (10:00am)

 

30 June 2017  Councillor Eunice Campbell (Chair)

6 October 2017  Councillor Nicki Brooks

12 January 2018  Councillor Patience Uloma Ifediora

20 April 2018  Councillor Andrew Brown

  Councillor Tony Harper

  Councillor Jason Zadrozny

 

Councillor Eunice Campbell and Councillor Andrew Brown were nominated for appointment as Chair of the Community Safety Committee.  When put to the vote, the following votes were received for Councillor Eunice Campbell (10):

 

Councillor Liaqat Ali

Councillor Nicki Brooks

Councillor Eunice Campbell

Councillor John Clarke

Councillor Sybil Fielding

Councillor Brian Grocock

Councillor Patience Ifediora

Councillor Jackie Morris

Councillor Michael Payne

Councillor Malcolm Wood

 

The following votes (6) were received for Councillor Andrew Brown:

 

Councillor Andrew Brown

Councillor Vaughan Hopewell

Councillor John Longdon

Councillor Francis Purdue-Horan

Councillor Mike Quigley MBE

Councillor Phil Rostance

 

Councillor Jason Zadrozny abstained from voting.  Councillor Tony Harper had given apologies.

 

Finance and Resources Committee (10:00am)

 

7 July 2017  Councillor Malcolm Wood (Chair)

13 October 2017  Councillor John Clarke

19 January 2018  Councillor Brian Grocock

27 April 2018  Councillor Francis Purdue-Horan

  Councillor Mike Quigley MBE

 

Councillor Malcolm Wood and Councillor Mike Quigley MBE were nominated for appointment as Chair of the Finance and Resources Committee.  When put to the vote, the following votes were received for Councillor Malcolm Wood (9):

 

Councillor Liaqat Ali

Councillor Nicki Brooks

Councillor Eunice  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

Report of the Clerk to the Fire Authority

John Buckley, Chief Fire Officer informed Members of the request from the Police and Crime Commissioner to become a Member of the Fire and Rescue Authority.

 

RESOLVED to:

 

(1)  invite the Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) to attend Combined Fire Authority and all Committee meetings; and;

 

(2)  allow the PCC to contribute to the debates and discussions that take place at those meetings, although recognising that they do not have the power to vote;

 

(3)  ask the Clerk to provide a future report to the Authority to consider the request of the PCC to be fully represented on the Fire Authority, when the required amendments to legislation make this possible.

Report of the Chief Fire Officer

John Buckley, Chief Fire Officer at Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue provided feedback to Members on the work undertaken by the Thomas Review Task and Finish Working Group. 

 

There were also recommendations from the Policy and Strategy Committee to be considered.

 

The report was concluded in around three months, around 18 months after it was submitted to government.

 

The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has responded, and from the 1 April the Chair of the NFCC will be providing operational and technical advice to Government.

 

RESOLVED to:

 

(1)  adopt the final version of the draft gap analysis attached at Appendix B of the report;

 

(2)  request that the Chief Fire Officer put into place work-streams to address areas identified within scope, and report back through the normal governance processes;

 

(3)  submit the gap analysis to the Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service, to support the work of Government in determining their response to the Review.

Report of the Clerk to the Fire Authority

Malcolm Townroe, Clerk to the Fire Authority proposed an amendment to the Authority’s Standing Orders to bring in a new procedure for the disciplining and potential dismissal of the Head of Paid Service, Monitoring Officer and Chief Finance Officer (Treasurer).

 

RESOLVED to:

 

(1)  adopt the procedures set out in paragraphs 2.3 to 2.5 of the report, which are in relation to disciplinary matters affecting the Head of Paid Service (Chief Fire Officer), Monitoring Officer and Chief Finance Officer (Treasurer);

 

(2)  amend the Standing Orders of the Authority and the terms of reference of any affected committee to include these provisions.  The Clerk to the Authority be authorized to make any and all necessary amendments;

 

(3)  have any decision to suspend the Head of Paid Service (Chief Fire Officer), Monitoring Officer or Chief Finance Officer (Treasurer) be taken by the Chair or Vice Chair of the Authority in consultation with the Monitoring Officer or one of the other 2 statutory officers in the event that the officer proposed to be suspended is the Monitoring Officer.

Report of the Chief Fire Officer

RESOLVED to note the contents of the report.

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 in 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.

Report of the Chief Fire Officer

John Buckley, Chief Fire Officer at NFRS introduced a report on amendments to the permanent establishment.

 

RESOLVED to accept the recommendations in the report.