24 May 2007

Date: 

Thursday, 24 May, 2007

Time: 

14:00

Location: 

Brigade Headquarters, Shrewsbury

Agenda: 

Category: 

Item no. Agenda Item Details Status
01 Apologies for Absence For information
02 Declarations of Interest

Members are reminded that they should declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests at this point and that they should leave the meeting room before any item, in which they have a prejudicial interest, is discussed.

For information
03 Minutes

To agree the minutes of the Strategy and Resources Committee meeting, held on 8 March 2007, and that they be signed as a correct record.

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PDF icon pdf-94-2007-05-24-03 - Minutes 8 March 2007.pdf34.84 KB
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04 Public Questions

To receive any questions, statements or petitions, of which notice has been received, from members of the public.

For information
05 Service and Budget Planning

This report proposes a service and budget planning process, for approval by the Fire Authority on 18 July 2007.

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PDF icon pdf-96-2007-05-24-05 - Service and Budget Planning report.pdf56.44 KB
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06 Medium Term Financial Plan

Following on from the report, which was agreed at the March 2007 meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee, the Chief Fire Officer and the Treasurer will give a brief presentation outlining progress on the Medium Term Financial Plan.

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PDF icon pdf-97-2007-05-24-06 - Medium Term Financial Plan Presentation.pdf1.05 MB
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07 CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) Statistics Analysis

The Integrated Risk Management Planning Manager will give a presentation providing an analysis of the CIPFA statistics.

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PDF icon pdf-98-2007-05-24-07 - CIPFA Statistics Analysis Presentation.pdf758.11 KB
PDF icon pdf-98-2007-05-24-07 - Tabled Document CIPFA Statistics Analysis.pdf1.41 MB
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08 Regional Fire Control Centre / Firelink

This report is intended to update Members of the Committee on the financial outlook for the Fire Authority of these national schemes. This will inform the Medium Term Financial Plan and the three-year budgeting process for 2008/09 to 2010/11.

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PDF icon pdf-99-2007-05-24-08 - Regional Fire Control Centre report.pdf50.4 KB
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09 Best Value Performance Plan 2007/08 - Target Setting

A process to enable target setting has been developed by the Service. The purpose of this report is to explain that process, which, in turn, will enable Members to review and set challenging and realistic targets for inclusion within the impending and subsequent performance plans for 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10.

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PDF icon pdf-100-2007-05-24-09 - Best Value Performance Plan 2007-08 Target Setting.pdf113.6 KB
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10 Income and Charging Consultation

The Strategy and Resources Committee received a report at its meeting on 25 January 2007 concerning consultation by the Department of Communities and Local Government on Extension to Charging. Fire Service Circular 10/2007 accompanies the findings of this consultation and includes further consultation on adding one specific category to the Charging Order. Officers feel that it would be a useful extension of charging powers and would recommend responding accordingly. The Committee is asked to agree the response to this further consultation.

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PDF icon pdf-101-2007-05-24-10 - Findings and further consultation on the extension to charging by Fire and Rescue Authorities.pdf155.34 KB
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11 Statement on Internal Control

This report sets out the draft Statement on Internal Control to be included in the Fire Authority's Final Accounts for 2006/07.

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PDF icon pdf-102-2007-05-24-11 - Statement on Internal Control.pdf144.74 KB
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12 Corporate Risk Management Summary

This is the latest of the regular Risk Summary Reports to the Strategy and Resources Committee. As previously, these reports are intended to enable Members to meet the requirements of this Committee's Terms of Reference as they relate to the Fire Authority's management of corporate risk.

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PDF icon pdf-103-2007-05-24-12 - Corporate Risk Management Summary - Non-exempted Information.pdf211.72 KB
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13 Local Government Act 1972

Members are asked to consider a resolution under the Local Government Act 1972 that the public be excluded for the following item on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined by the provisions of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act, by virtue of paragraphs 3 and 4.

For information
14 Corporate Risk Management - Exempted Information

(Paragraphs 3 and 4)

The Committee will have received an open session report, which summarised the Fire Authority's current exposure to corporate risk. This report, supplements that one, as it contains information that is exempt from publication by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A.

Attached marked 14. For information

For information