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AT A MEETING of the HAMPSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE held at Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters, Eastleigh on 4 September, 2009
PRESENT:
Councillors: D.A. Kirk (Chairman); I. Beagley; K. Chapman; A. Evans; Mrs. J. Frankum; Sam Payne; D. Simpson; A. Weeks.
The Chairman welcomed to the meeting Greg Garrett, Watch Manager of Redbridge Fire Station who was shadowing Deputy Chief Officer Dave Curry for the day.
13 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for absence were received from Councillor P. West.
14 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Members was mindful that, where they believed they had a personal or personal prejudicial interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting, they should, normally at the time of the debate, declare their interest and, having regard to the circumstances described in Paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the Fire Authority's Code of Conduct, consider whether to leave the meeting whilst the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 12 of the Code.
There were no declarations of interest made by members under this item.
15 MINUTES
The Minutes of the meeting held on 26 June, 2009 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
16 DEPUTATIONS
There were no deputations made under this item.
17 PROGRESS REPORT ON THE BEST VALUE REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
[Prior to consideration of this item, the Chairman paid tribute to Eunice Mabey, Environmental Impact Project Co-ordinator who was attending her last meeting. He thanked her for the most valuable work she had undertaken during her time with Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service and wished her every success in the future].
The Committee considered the report of the Chief Officer (Item 5 in the Minute Book) about the progress of work to reduce the environmental impact of the Service. It was reported that the reference in paragraph 3.1.6 of the report to a 3% decrease to the carbon footprint from 2007/08 should instead have read a 4% decrease. Also, with reference to paragraph 6 of the report, the Chief Officer undertook to seek to establish the approximate cost savings as a result of the recycled furniture bank and to notify Members of this.
Members welcomed the progress which has been made and the Environmental Review Report (Item 5 in the Minute Book) which was tabled at the meeting and which set out in a more user friendly format the results of this Best Value Review completed in March, 2009.
RESOLVED:
That the Committee notes the progress to date and endorses a continuation of the work to reduce the environmental impact of the Service.
18 ANNUAL SUMMARY - PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AUDIT REPORT 2008/09
The Committee considered the report of the Chief Officer (Item 6 in the Minute Book) summarising the progress made since the introduction of the Service Delivery performance management audit in 2008.
Members were informed of the emerging issues from the audits, and plans to address them. They further noted the development of the audit team and those measures being put in place to consolidate this work in future.
RESOLVED:
That the Committee notes the report including the main findings from the audits and the proposed course of action to address those issues raised in paragraph 4 of the report.
19 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
The Committee considered the report of the Chief Officer (Item 7 in the Minute Book) highlighting performance indicator data for the first quarter of the current year 2009/10. Members noted that targets for quarter one had been reviewed and made more stretching as the Service's improved performance had met those set for previous years. A new national system for the reporting of incidents had appeared to result in a change in performance data and work was underway to compare this experience with other Fire Services in the same Family Group as Hampshire. A further report about this would be made to the next meeting.
RESOLVED:
That the report of the first quarter's performance be noted, and the strategies to meet the targets be endorsed.
20 OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT
The Committee received and noted the report of the Chief Officer (Item 8 in the Minute Book) on how Operational Assessment (OpA) sits within the Audit Commission's new assessment framework for the Fire and Rescue Sector and about the arrangements in place for Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service's review of its own OpA in January, 2010.
21 THE NOTTINGHAM DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
The Committee considered the report of the Chief Officer (Item 9 in the Minute Book) about the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change and a proposal that the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority makes a voluntary pledge in relation to this.
RESOLVED:
That it be a RECOMMENDATION to the Authority:
That the Chairman and Chief Officer sign the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change on behalf of the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority at its next meeting on 16 September, 2009.
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