Agenda item

During consideration of this item, members of the political minority groups expressed continued disappointment that, as an ‘a- political’ Authority, no provision has been made for minority members to Chair any of the sub committees, even though minority party members consisted of one third of the Authority’s membership.

Further dissatisfaction was expressed that a full consultation had not formally taken place regarding the meeting date schedule for full authority and sub-committee meetings.  Officers pointed out that it is for the Authority to confirm meeting dates and none were set to benefit any political group. In addition, City and County school holidays are taken into consideration along with the reporting requirements of finance colleagues.

Following a brief discussion, it was proposed by minority group members that the next AGM take place on 3 June 2016, this was voted on and approved.

A proposal to alter the date of the next meeting of the Authority on 26 June 2015 was proposed but following a vote, the amendment was not approved.

RESOLVED

(1)  to note the following appointments to the Fire and Rescue Authority for 2015/16:

  Members from the City Council:

Members from the County Council:

Councillor John Allin

Councillor Chris Barnfather

Councillor John Clarke

Councillor Roger Jackson

Councillor Michael Payne

Councillor Mike Pringle

Councillor Darrell Pulk

Councillor Ken Rigby

Councillor Gail Turner

Councillor Gordon Wheeler

Councillor Yvonne Woodhead

Councillor Liz Yates

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

(3)  to approve the appointments to committees, committee chairs, and dates of meetings as follows:

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

26 June 2015

25 September 2015

18 December 2015

26 February 2016

3 June 2016 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

(4)  for the following members to be appointed to the Strategic Equalities Board:

Councillor Darrell Pulk

Councillor Eunice Campbell

Councillor Neghat Nawaz Khan

Councillor Ken Rigby

Councillor Gail Turner

Councillor Yvonne Woodhead

  Councillor Liz Yates.