Minute / Minute
POLICE, FIRE AND RESCUE committee
Meeting of Thursday 23 February 2012
at 10.30am in Council Offices, English Street, Dumfries
Present
Members
Ian Blake (Convener of Police, Fire and Rescue Authority) / - / AbbeyAlastair Witts (Vice Convener of Police, Fire and Rescue Authority) / - / Nith
Allan Graham / - / Annandale East and Eskdale
Lorna J McGowan / - / Lochar
Graham Nicol / - / Mid Galloway
Ronnie Ogilvie / - / Annandale South
John Syme / - / Mid and Upper Nithsdale
Officials
Gavin Stevenson / - / Chief Executive and Clerk to Fire and Rescue Authority (item 6 only)Carol Henshall / - / Service Manager Committee and Member Services
Colin Scott / - / Chief Fire Officer
Rhona Wells / - / Operations Manager Strategic Property Services
Apologies
Michael Dickie / - / Annandale NorthArchie Dryburgh / - / Annandale East and Eskdale
Jack Groom / - / Nith
George N Prentice / - / Castle Douglas and Glenkens
Alex Haswell
Director Chief Executive Service
1.SEDERUNT AND APOLOGIES
6Members present, 4 apologies
2.DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
NONE declared.
3.MINUTE OF MEETING ON 5 JANUARY 2012
Decision
NOTED
PROCEDURE- The Convener intimated that, with the consent of Members, he proposed to take item 6 next on the agenda calling the meeting.
6.DRAFT CHANGE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK– Report by Chief Fire Officer
Decision
AGREED to approve for consultation the amended Draft Change Management Framework incorporating the Authority’s Integrated Risk Management Plan 2012/13 with amendments to reflect:
6.1that this was a Fire and Rescue Authority Framework developed following the strategic direction given by this Committee; and
6.2the requirements for the Fire and Rescue Authority ‘s constitutional arrangements to be amended ,as needed, to best assure services during the change and that the reformed service met the needs of Dumfries and Galloway.
MEMBERS -Graham Nicol entered the meeting and Allan Grahamleft the meeting – 6 Members present.
FIRE & RESCUE FINANCE
4.FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE REVENUE BUDGET MONITORING 2011/12 FOR PERIOD ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2011 AND DRAFT 2012/13 BUDGET– Report by Assistant Chief Officer
Decision
4.1NOTED that the Fire and Rescue Service was currently projected to underspend by £99,636;
4.2AGREEDfollowing scrutiny the 2012/13 draft budget for the Fire and Rescue Service; and
4.3NOTED that reports on the financial memorandum supporting the legislation being put through the Scottish Parliament would be brought before this Committee.
MEMBER- Allan Graham re-entered the meeting – 7 Members present
5.SCALE OF CHARGES 2012/2013– Report by Chief Fire Officer
Decision
AGREEDthe proposed fees and charges for the period 2012/2013.
FIRE & RESCUE POLICY
7.PART-TIME WORKERS (PREVENTION OF LESS FAVOURABLE TREATMENT) REGULATIONS EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL CASES–Report by Assistant Chief Officer
Decision
NOTED
7.1 the costs to date to the Service of £32K;
7.2that compensation payments would equate to £160k and that this would be paid from reserves;
7.3that the independent processing company, Popularis, had issued the first batch of letters to claimants, once the claimant had accepted the offer the Service would be notified and a payment would be made accordingly; and
7.4AGREEDto remit to the clerk to formally write to the National Joint Council expressing this authorities concern about the protracted nature of this issue, that this authority had supplied all the information and our staff should already have received their letters.
POLICE, FIRE & RESCUE PROPERTY
8.POLICE, FIRE AND RESCUE PROPERTIES` DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT– Report by Director Chief Executive Service
Decision
AGREEDthat Fire and Rescue properties within Phase 5 of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) be reviewed to determine need under the DDA legislation and to remit to the Chief Fire Officer to undertake a service resilience and best value review inparallel with this review and to report to this Committee so that appropriate investment decisions can be made to determine need and also to better inform the new National Fire and Rescue Service
FIRE & RESCUE PERFORMANCE MONITORING
9.DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT (OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2011)– Report by Chief Fire Officer
Decision
AGREED having scrutinisedthe performance of the Service over the period October to December 2011 as detailed in “Fireworks”
9.1that good progress continued to be made; and
9.2that future performance reports be restyled to better assure that the public and Members reading the report can understand what was being reported, the reporting be more intuitive, provide for area comparisons and to extend reporting as agreed by Members.
MINUTES
10.MINUTE OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS SUB COMMITTEE MEETING ON 21 DECEMBER 2011
Decision
APPROVED
11.MINUTE OFPERFORMANCE AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PANEL MEETING ON 13 JANUARY 2012
Decision
APPROVED
12.MINUTE OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE SUB COMMITTEE MEETING ON 24 JANUARY 2012
Decision
APPROVED
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