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Apologies for Absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor Liz Fairhurst and Councillor Jason Fazackarley. |
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Declarations of Interest To enable Members to disclose to the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest they may have in any matter on the agenda for the meeting, where that interest is not already entered in the Authority’s register of interests, and any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests in any such matter that Members may wish to disclose.
Minutes: Members were mindful of their duty to disclose at the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest they had in any matter on the agenda for the meeting, where that interest was not already entered in the Authority's register of interests, and their ability to disclose any other personal interests in any such matter that they might have wished to disclose. |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 187 KB To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting Minutes: The minutes of the last meeting were reviewed and agreed. |
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Deputations Pursuant to Standing Order 19, to receive any deputations to this meeting
Minutes: There were no deputations. |
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Chairman's Announcements To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make. Minutes: There were no Chairman’s announcements for this meeting. |
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Member developments To receive any updates from Members of the Authority Minutes: There were no updates from Members for this meeting. |
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BUDGET SETTING 2021/22 AND MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING PDF 635 KB To consider a report from the Treasurer, which lays out the plans to develop important documents and request that the Shadow Authority provide provisional guidance for future funding assumptions. It also provides some initial information in respect of the impact of Covid-19 on budget setting for next year. Minutes: The Shadow Authority considered a report from the Treasurer (item 7 in the minute book), which requested provisional guidance for future funding assumptions. It also provided some initial information in respect of the impact of Covid-19 on budget setting for next year.
The officer summarised the
report and highlighted how it was anticipated that there would be a
requirement for savings over the coming years. These would be drawn
up to ensure that budget reductions could be made as required,
together with the previously agreed principle that the Combined
Fire Authority (CFA) would use reserves or reduce contributions to
reserves to balance the budget in the first year.
It was assumed that the net cost of pensions would continue along with the grant available to assist with them, otherwise many Fire Service’s would be put in financial turmoil.
It was noted that Appendix C
included the £3.5 million allocated for the Warsash training
facility, however that was subject to the final arrangements for
the facility.
b) Noted the ‘base’ position for the combined roll forward budget as set out in Appendix A.
c) Approved the base changes and adjustments in Appendix B.
d) Noted the updated Capital Programme and funding as set out in Appendix C |
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BRANDING - NEW SERVICE IDENTITY PDF 477 KB To consider a report from the Chief Fire Officer, which asks the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Shadow Authority to approve a new joint branding approach. Minutes: The Shadow Authority considered a report from the Chief Fire Officer (item 8 in the minute book) regarding a combined brand identity that had been put out to staff for consultation and had since been amended following feedback from the workforce.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Shadow Authority approve the new joint branding approach as in Appendix A of the report. |
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PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (POD) POLICY PDF 248 KB To consider a report from the Chief Fire Officer, which asks Members to approve the People and Organisational Development (POD) Policy principles for the new Combined Fire Authority (CFA), for consultation with Representative Bodies (RBs), Trade Unions (TUs) and staff. Additional documents: Minutes: The Shadow Authority considered a report from
the Chief Fire Officer (item 9 in the minute book), which
set out the commitment and vision for HIWFRA to
staff.
RESOLVED
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EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during the following items of business, as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during these items there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the reports. Minutes: Members queried why the following item was
exempt and it was confirmed that whilst the exemption partly
applied to information since removed from the report, there was
still sensitive financial and other information included and
potential for discussions and questions to include information that
could hinder future business transactions. following items of business, as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during the items there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the reports. |
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CFA/IWFRS ESTATES IMPROVEMENT To consider an exempt report from the Chief Fire Officer regarding estates improvements. Minutes: The Shadow Authority considered a report from the Chief Fire Officer (item 11 in the minute book), [SEE EXEMPT MINUTE]
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