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| 01 | Apologies for Absence | |||||||||||
| 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. |
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| 03 | Minutes |
Members are asked to agree the minutes of the Fire Authority meeting, held on 4 November 2010, and that they be signed by the Chair 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. |
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| 05 | Strategy and Resources Committee |
Members are asked to receive the minutes of the Strategy and Resources Committee meeting, held on 24 November 2010, and to consider, and decide upon, the recommendations at item 7. The report relating to these recommendations is attached. Please note that the reports considered by the Committee at item 5 (2011/12 and Later Years Budget Summary) are contained within the green booklet (attached as Appendix A to Report 8 - 2010/11 and Later Years Budget Summary) and will form the basis of discussion at item 8 on this agenda.
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| 06 | Audit and Performance Management Committee |
Members are asked to receive the minutes of the Audit and Performance Management Committee meeting, held on 30 November 2010 and formally approve the Annual Audit Letter.
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| 07 | Annual Report of the Standards Committee |
This report advises of the work carried out by the Fire Authority’s Standards Committee from 1 April 2009 to date.
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For information | |||||||||
| 08 | 2010/11 and Later Years Budget Summary |
This report summarises the budgets that are proposed by the Strategy and Resources Committee. These are updated for subsequent events. The results are put forward to the Fire Authority for approval as the basis for consultation, leading to a final decision at the Fire Authority meeting on 10 February 2010. Please note that Appendices A and B to the report (the Green Booklet and Public Value Review 2010 respectively) are attached. The Treasurer is, however, awaiting any announcements on the grant settlement from the Government prior to finalising the actual report.
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| 09 | The Scheme for Payment of Members' Allowances 2011/12 |
This report asks the Fire Authority to review and agree its list of Approved Duties and to agree its 2011/12 Scheme for the Payment of Members’ Allowances.
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| 10 | FiReControl Project - Update |
The future of the national FiReControl Project, and in turn, the West Midlands’ Regional Control Centre continues to be in doubt. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), on 8th November, placed EADS (now known as Cassidian) in ‘breach of contract.’ This position was confirmed by the Minister for fire – Bob Neill, who, when questioned over the matter in Parliament (15th November), responded with the following statement: “In June this year we activated a key milestone in our contract with the main contractor, EADS (now branded Cassidian), for delivery of the FiReControl project. This required EADS to complete the main system in three control centres by mid-2011. Because their record has not improved on delivery of the project, we informed EADS on 8 November that we consider them to be in material breach of their obligations under the contract and required them to remedy the position in 20 working days. I have made it clear to EADS that they must deliver to time, cost and quality. The Government are not going to bail out this contractor with additional public funding. We are going to stand up for the interests of the taxpayer and the fire and rescue service.” Members will be advised of any developments (and likely consequences) as and when they arise. |
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