Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

All Members were present and no apologies were noted

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.

Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter considered at the meeting they must declare that interest at the time of the relevant debate and, having regard to the circumstances described in Part 3, Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members' Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code. Furthermore Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Non-Pecuniary interest in a matter being considered at the meeting they considered whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 2 of the Code, considered whether it was appropriate to leave the meeting whilst the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code.

To approve the minutes from the previous meeting.

The minutes of the last meeting were reviewed and agreed

Pursuant to Standing Order 19, to receive any deputations to this meeting

To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make.

To receive any updates from Members of the Combined Fire Authority.

To consider a report from the Chief Fire Officer, which seeks approval of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority (HIWFRA) policy framework for fire safety.

To receive a report from the Chief Fire Officer, which details progress against the recommendations in the HMICFRS spotlight report on culture and values within fire services, as well as describing further activity the Service intends to take in relation to the cultural health of the organisation.

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 Paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 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.

To consider an exempt report from the Chief Fire Officer regarding procurement of the business critical command and control system.

To consider an exempt report from the Chief Financial Officer on the Principal Officer Pay Review.