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1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
To receive any apologies for absence.
2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
All Members who believe they have a personal or a prejudicial interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare their personal 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 is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 12 of the Code. The declaration should be made at the time of the relevant debate.
3 MINUTES
To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 16 September, 2009.
4 DEPUTATIONS
Pursuant to Standing Order 19, to receive any deputations to this meeting.
5 MEMBERS' QUESTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
To receive any Members' questions and any verbal reports back on attendance(s) at fire and rescue service conferences, seminars and other training awareness activities.
6 CHAIRMAN'S COMMUNICATIONS
To receive any Chairman's Communications.
7 ACTIVITY REPORT
To receive the Activity Report by the Chief Officer.
8 DRAFT BUDGET 2010/11
To consider the report of the Treasurer and Chief Officer on the draft budget for 2010/11.
9 HAMPSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE PLAN 2010-2013 : PROGRESS REPORT ON CONSULTATION
To receive the report of the Chief Officer on feedback so far from the consultation with stakeholders on the proposed corporate objectives for the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service Plan 2010 to 2013.
10 SOUTH EAST FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES REGIONAL MANAGEMENT BOARD : UPDATE
To receive the report of the Chief Officer outlining the key issues arising from the South East Fire and Rescue Services' Regional Management Board meeting held on 7 October, 2009.
11 FIRE CONTROL AND FIRELINK PROJECTS
To receive an oral report by Alan House, Director of Strategic Projects and Specialist Response on any recent developments.
12 WINCHESTER FIRE STATION : TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STATION AT WINNALL, WINCHESTER
Tenders for construction of the new building are due back on 8 December, 2009. The next opportunity to report on the outcome of their evaluation to obtain approval to let a contract would not be until the Authority's budget meeting on 10 February, 2010. This would cause a delay to the start of the building works. To avoid this, the Authority is asked to consider the following recommendation.
RECOMMENDATION:
That, in order to avoid any delays in the start of construction of the new Winchester Fire Station, delegated approval be given to the Chief Officer, in consultation with the Chairman, to accept the lowest compliant tender for the scheme subject to the results of the tender evaluation being reported to the next meeting of the Finance and General Purposes Committee on 14 January, 2010.
13 REVIEW OF HFRA - MEMBER ALLOWANCES SCHEME 2010/11
To consider the report of the Clerk which includes the recommendations of the HFRA - Independent Remuneration Panel which met on 25 November, 2009 to review the Member Allowances Scheme 2010/11.
14 APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS TO SERVE ON HFRA - STANDARDS COMMITTEE
The term of office of the independent members presently serving on the Authority's Standards Committee is for 4 years and is due to expire in February, 2010. In response to this adverts have been placed in local newspapers within the Authority's area seeking interested persons to the role for the next 4 year term. Existing independent members are eligible to re-apply.
To facilitate the process, the Authority is asked to give approval to the Standards Committee at its next meeting on 18 December, 2009 appointing a Selection Panel of 3 elected members (2 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat) to interview candidates shortlisted by the Clerk. The interview will be arranged for the early part of January, 2010. The Selection Panel's recommendations for appointment will be presented to the Authority meeting on 10 February, 2010.
15 MINUTES OF PERFORMANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE - 14 SEPTEMBER, 2009
To receive the Minutes of the Performance Review Committee meeting held on 14 September, 2009.
16 MINUTES OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE - 24 SEPTEMBER AND 20 NOVEMBER, 2009
To receive the Minutes of the Governance Committee meetings held on 24 September and 20 November, 2009.
17 MINUTES OF THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE - 1 OCTOBER, 2009
To receive the Minutes of the Standards Committee meeting held on 1 October, 2009.
18 MINUTES OF THE FINANCE AND GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE - 29 OCTOBER, 2009
To receive the Minutes of the Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting held on 29 October, 2009.
19 MINUTES OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE - 26 NOVEMBER, 2009
To receive the Minutes of the Human Resources Committee meeting held on 26 November, 2009.
20 APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO CONFERENCES
To consider the appointment of Members to future Conferences:-
(a) Fire and Rescue 2010 Conference and Exhibition "Leading a lean and effective fire and rescue service" - 29-30 June, 2010 in Harrogate.
(b) LGA Annual Conference and Exhibition 2010 : "Changing times, changing minds" - 6-8 July, 2010 in Bournemouth
21 EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC
RECOMMENDATION:
That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the following item of business, as it is likely in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings that if members of the public were present during those items there would be disclosable to them of exempt information within Paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, and further that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the report.
22 MINUTES OF FINANCE AND GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE - 29 OCTOBER, 2009 - EXEMPT RECOMMENDATION ON VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME
To consider the exempt recommendation from this meeting about the vehicle replacement programme.
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