Agenda item

To consider a report from the Monitoring Officer, which seeks various appointments to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority (HIWFRA) for 2022-23.

The Fire Authority received 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.

RESOLVED

a)  The Authority approved the current schedule of meetings of the Authority and its committees for the coming year at Appendix 3.

b)  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 agreed as in Appendix 2

c)  That the Authority appointed 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 5 (above) as follows:

With regards to the Pension Board, the Authority considered the position and confirmed the appointments as set out in paragraph 10 of the report.

d)  It was agreed that APAG include all appointed HIWFRA Members until the AGM in 2023.

e)  The Authority appointed three Members to an informal working group for the review of principal officer pay, as detailed in paragraph 7b of the report, until the AGM in 2023:

f)   The Minority Group Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrat and Independent Party Group until the inaugural meeting of the Combined Fire Authority in 2023 was confirmed as Roger Price. The Spokesperson for the Labour Group was confirmed as Tony Bunday.

g)  The Authority noted the current appointments of the Independent Persons for HIWFRA as referred to in paragraph 7d of the report.

h)  The Chairman of the Stakeholder Committee was appointed as the Shareholder Representative for 3SFire CIC pursuant to Article 42 of the Articles of Association of 3SFire CIC as set out in paragraph 7e of the report, until the HIWFRA AGM in 2023

i)    The Authority agreed to grant dispensations under Sections 33(2)(a) and (d) of the Localism Act 2011, expiring on 30 June 2023, in respect of the provisions of Sections 31(4)(a) and (b) of the Localism Act:

a.    to all Members to enable them to participate and vote in any business of the Authority relating to the setting of Council Tax or Precepts, when they would otherwise be prevented from doing so in consequence of a beneficial interest in land within the administrative area of the Authority; and

b.    to all Members in receipt of an allowance under the Authority’s Members’ Allowances Scheme or Members’ Allowances Scheme, enabling them to participate and vote in any business of the Authority where they may otherwise be prevented from doing so in consequence of being in receipt of a Members’ Allowance.

j)    Members noted the updated Members’ Allowance Scheme as set out at Appendix 4.