Agenda and minutes
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Election of Chairman To appoint a Chairman until the Annual Meeting of the Authority in 2022. Minutes: Councillor Rhydian Vaughan was proposed by Roz Chadd and seconded by Liz Fairhurst. There were no other nominations and Cllr Vaughan was unanimously voted in as the new Chairman of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority for 2021/22. |
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Election of Vice Chairman To appoint a Vice Chairman until the Annual Meeting of the Authority in 2022.
Minutes: Councillor Roz Chadd was proposed by Rhydian Vaughan and seconded by Liz Fairhurst. There were no other nominations and Cllr Chadd was unanimously voted in as the Vice Chairman of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority for 2021/22. |
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Apologies for Absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: All Members were present, but apologies were noted from Donna Jones, Police and Crime Commissioner. |
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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: 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. |
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Minutes of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority - 14 April 2021 PDF 202 KB To receive and approve the minutes from the Authority meeting that took place on 14 April 2021. 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 for the meeting. |
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Chairman's Announcements To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make. Minutes: The Chairman thanked the Authority for his appointment and welcomed new and returning Members to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority. |
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Member developments To receive any updates from Members of the Combined Fire Authority. Minutes: Councillor Roger Price confirmed that he had
attended a Fire Commissioner meeting, which had been very
interesting and included a briefing on a recent fire in
London. |
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Appointments Report and Updates to HIWFRA Constitution PDF 296 KB To consider a report from the Monitoring Officer regarding various HIWFRA appointments as well as approval of updates to the constitution. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Authority considered a report from the Monitoring Officer (item 9 in the minute book), which summarised the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority (HIWFRA) appointments required for the municipal year, as well as some minor updates to the constitution.
It was agreed that to continue to encourage
fairness and equality, a seat should be given to the Isle of Wight
as an Independent member on the sub-committees of the Authority,
despite there being no obligation to do so with how the
proportionality was calculated.
RESOLVED
b) That, for the purposes of Part 1
of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the allocation of
seats on the Standards and Governance Committee, and the Stakeholder Committee of the
Authority were approved as set out in the Appendix 2 of the
report. c) The Authority appointed the
following members of the Standards and Governance
Committee, and the Stakeholder
Committee and their respective Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen following
the agreed allocation of seats at paragraph 9 (above).
d) It was approved that APAG include all appointed HIWFRA Members as set out in paragraph 11a of the report, until the AGM in 2022.
e) The Authority appointed the
following three Members to an informal
working group for the review of principal officer pay, as
detailed in paragraph 11b of the report, until the
HIWFRA AGM in 2022.
f) The Authority appointed the
following three Members to an informal working group for the review
of the Member Allowance Scheme, as detailed in paragraph 11g
of the report, until the HIWFRA AGM in 2022.
g) The Minority Group Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrat Party Group until the inaugural meeting of the Combined Fire Authority in 2022 was confirmed as Roger Price, as set out in paragraph 11c of the report.
h) Peter Moore and Michael Cronin were appointed as Independent Persons for HIWFRA for a four-year term with an allowance of £100 ... view the full minutes text for item 22. |
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Grenfell Tower Progress Report PDF 286 KB To receive a report from the Chief Fire Officer regarding the work undertaken by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service following the Phase 1 Inquiry and report findings of Grenfell Tower incident. Minutes: The Authority received a report from the Chief
Fire Officer (item 10 in the minute book) on progress following the
Grenfell Tower Inquiry and subsequent recommendations.
The Chief Fire Officer thanked officers for
their work in making the high rise
buildings across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight as safe as
possible. It was confirmed that known cladding issues
were being assisted financially by Central Government, who were
also being lobbied by other groups outside of the Fire Service to
further help residents with funding for defects in high rise
buildings. |
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2020/21 End of Year Performance and Safety Plan Report PDF 194 KB To receive a report from the Chief Fire Officer, which explores how the Service has performed against a range of measures, including key operational and corporate health measures. Additional documents: Minutes: The Authority received the end of year
performance and safety plan report from the Chief Fire Officer
(item 11 in the minute book), which detailed progress with
performance and safety within the Fire and Rescue Service.
Learning was still being consolidated following the pandemic and whilst there had been restrictions implemented throughout the year, the Service had continued to work with the most vulnerable and isolated in society to maintain their safety.
Looking at the CFA, it was confirmed that an amalgamation had been
done with figures where possible, but there were differences in how
things had historically been reported. This would be a focus going
forward, particularly looking at rurality and the challenges it
posed.
RESOLVED b) The 2020/21 Safety Plan Year 1 Improvements Report was noted by the HIWFRA Full Authority
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Combined Fire Authority (CFA) Progress Report PDF 326 KB To receive a report from the Chief Fire Officer, which summarises the progress of implementation of the new Combined Fire Authority (CFA) for Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton.
Minutes: The Authority received a report from the Chief
Fire Officer (item 12 in the minute book) that updated Members on
progress with the formation of the Combined Fire Authority
(CFA).
RESOLVED |
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Farewell to the Deputy Chief Fire Officer At the end of the meeting, the Chief Fire
Officer paid special thanks to the Deputy Chief Fire Officer
(DCFO), Steve Apter, ahead of his upcoming retirement. The DCFO had
recently been awarded the Queens Fire Service medal and had played
an integral role in the Combined Fire Authority project and
it’s success. The Full Authority Members wished him all the
best for the future. |