29 March 2007

Date: 

Thursday, 29 March, 2007

Time: 

17:00:00

Location: 

Brigade Headquarters, Shrewsbury

Agenda: 

Category: 

Item no. Agenda Item Details Status
01 Apologies for Absence

No apologies for absence have been received.

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 before any item, in which they have a prejudicial interest, is discussed.

03 Minutes

To receive the minutes of the meeting of the Audit and Performance Management Committee, held on 7 December 2006, and that they be signed as a correct record.

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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.

05 Confidential Information

To consider a resolution that the public be excluded from the meeting for items 6, 7 and 8 on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of information, which the Government has directed should, for the time being, be kept confidential.

06 Annual Audit and Inspection Letter and Use of Resources<br />Auditor Judgements 2006 - Confidential

Tony Corcoran and Dianne Hughes from the Audit Commission will attend to present the Annual Audit and Inspection Letter and the Use of Resources Auditor Judgements 2006. Attached marked 6a and 6b respectively. For information

07 Fire and Rescue Service Performance Framework 2006/07<br />Overview and Outcomes - Confidential

This report provides Members with a summary overview of the Fire and Rescue Performance Framework 2006/07 (introduced by the Audit Commission in 2006), together with the recently published performance results in respect of this Fire Authority. Attached marked 7. For information

08 Performance Summary - Confidential

This report summarises the Fire Authority's statutory responsibility to prepare and publish an annual Performance Summary, and presents a draft of the document for consideration. Attached marked 8. For decision

08a The meeting will revert to open session at this point.
09 Draft Improvement Priorities for Inclusion within the Best Value Performance Plan 2007/08

This report summarises the Fire Authority’s statutory responsibilities to prepare and publish an annual best value performance plan and presents a suite of draft improvement priorities for consideration and inclusion within the plan at a later date.

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10 Performance against Best Value Performance Indicators April 2006 to December 2006

This report informs Members of the Brigade’s performance against nationally prescribed Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPIs) for the period 1 April 2006 to 31 December 2006.

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PDF icon pdf-95-2007-03-29-10 - Tabled Document.pdf33.48 KB
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11 Performance Assessment – 14 Key Performance Indicators

This report informs Members of predicted performance assessment scores based on the current performance of the 14 Key Performance Indicators.

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12 Performance Plan 2006 – 08 Direction of Travel Statements – Progress Update

This report informs Members of progress to date against the Direction of Travel Statement contained within the 2006 – 08 Performance Plan.

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13 Internal Audit Programme

This report updates Members on progress with the 2006/07 audit programme and outlines this 2007/08 programme.

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14 Statement on Internal Control Improvement Plan - Closure Report

This report informs Members that the Fire Authority’s current ‘Statement on Internal Control (SIC) Improvement Plan’ is being brought to a close, providing a summary of the improvements that have been made to the Authority’s control systems as a consequence. It also highlights the need for those pieces of work that remain uncompleted to be included in the new SIC Improvement Plan that will be created as a result of the Statement on Accounts in June 2007.

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