Agenda and minutes

Nottinghamshire & City of Nottingham Fire & Rescue Authority
Friday, 26th May, 2023 10.30 am

Venue: Joint Fire / Police HQ, Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8PP

Contact: Cath Ziane-Pryor Governance Officer

Items
No.	Item
1.	Appointment of Chair Minutes: Resolved to appoint Councillor Michael Payne as Chair of the Authority for the 2023/24 municipal year.
2.	Appointment of Vice-Chair Minutes: Resolved to appoint Councillor Patience Ifediora as Vice-Chair of the Authority for the 2023/24 municipal year.
3.	Apologies for Absence Minutes: None.
4.	Declarations of Interest Minutes: None.
5.	Minutes PDF 409 KB Of the meeting held on 24 February 2023 (for confirmation) Minutes: The minutes of the last meeting held on 24 February 2023 were confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.
6.	Chair's Announcements Minutes: The Chair welcomed newly appointed members and welcomed back previous members, highlighting that a Member’s Seminar is to be held on 5 June and provides a valuable insight into the Service and requesting that all members attend. Details will be circulated to members. The Bereaved Families Charter has been approved and adopted by the Service. Following the meeting a photograph will be taken of members with the signed charter in the memorial garden. The initiative, which ensures that post tragedy support is available, has come about as a result of the Hillsborough tragedy.
7.	Membership of the Authority, Appointments to Committees and Boards, and Dates of Future Meetings Report of the Clerk and Monitoring Officer Additional documents: Fire Membership Report AGM 2023 , item 7. PDF 172 KB Minutes: Malcolm Townroe, Clerk and Monitoring Officer, presented the report which sets out the appointments to the Authority by both the City and County councils, confirms the numbers of places on committees with regard to political balance, requests political group nominations to those places and the approval of the committee structure and schedule of dates, as listed in the report. Resolved (1) to note the following appointments: The City Council has appointed the following members: Councillor Liaqat Ali (Labour) Councillor Patience Ifediora (Labour) Councillor Anwar Khan (Labour) Councillor Gul Nawaz Khan (Labour) Councillor Devontay Okure (Labour) Councillor Nick Raine (Labour) The County Council has appointed the following members: Councillor Callum Bailey (Conservative) Councillor Richard Butler (Conservative) Councillor John Clarke (Labour) Councillor Robert Corden (Conservative) Councillor Sybil Fielding (Labour) Councillor Tom Hollis (Independent Alliance) Councillor Johno Lee (Conservative) Councillor Michael Payne (Labour) Councillor Nigel Turner (Conservative) Councillor Roger Upton (Conservative) Councillor Jonathan Wheeler (Conservative) Councillor Jason Zadrozny (Independent Alliance) (2) to approve the Committee Structure; (3) to approve the following appointments to Committees, Chairs and meeting dates: a) Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority (10.30 am unless otherwise stated) 14 July 2023 (to be held at Highfields Fire Station) 22 September 2023 15 December 2023 23 February 2024 24 May 2024 (AGM) b) Policy and Strategy Committee i. Meeting dates(10.00 am unless otherwise stated) 30 June 2023 17 November 2023 (to be held at Highfields Fire Station) 2 February 2024 26 April 2024 ii. Membership Councillor Michael Payne (Chair) Councillor Patience Ifediora Councillor Sybil Fielding Councillor Jonathan Wheeler Councillor Nigel Turner Councillor Tom Hollis c) Human Resources Committee (10.00 am) i. Meeting dates (10.00 am unless otherwise stated) 23 June 2023 10 November 2023 26 January 2024 19 April 2024 ii. Membership Councillor Nick Raine (Chair) Councillor Gul Nawaz Khan Councillor Patience Ifediora Councillor Johno Lee Councillor Robert Corden Councillor Tom Hollis d) Community Safety Committee i. Meeting dates (10.00 am) 9 June 2023 13 October 2023 12 January 2024 15 March 2024 ii. Membership Councillor Jason Zadrozny (Chair) Councillor Devontay Okure Councillor Nick Raine Councillor Anwar Khan Councillor Nigel Turner Councillor Robert Corden e) Finance and Resources Committee i. Meeting dates (10.00 am) 16 June 2023 20 October 2023 (to be held at Highfields Fire Station) 19 January 2024 22 March 2024 ii. Membership Councillor John Clarke (Chair) Councillor Liaqat Ali Councillor Anwar Khan Councillor Sybil Fielding Councillor Callum Bailey Councillor Richard Butler Councillor Roger Upton f) The Personnel Committee i. This Committee will meet as required; ii. Membership Councillor Gul Nawaz Khan Councillor Patience Ifediora Councillor John Clarke Councillor Nick Raine Councillor Jonathan Wheeler Councillor Johno Lee g) Appointments Committee i. This Committee will meet as required; ii. Membership Councillor Michael Payne Councillor Patience Ifediora Councillor Sybil Fielding Councillor Jonathan Wheeler Councillor Johno Lee Councillor Tom Hollis h) Strategic Inclusion Board i. This Board will meet at the rising of each full Fire Authority meeting excluding the AGM; ii. Membership Councillor Michael Payne Councillor Patience Ifediora ... view the full minutes text for item 7.