Meeting Details

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.

To agree the minutes of the Fire Authority meeting, held on 17 December 2008, and that they be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

To receive any questions, statements or petitions, of which notice has been received, from members of the public.

To receive the minutes of the Strategy and Resources Committee meeting, held on 22 January 2009 and consider the recommendations at items 5 and 10. (the paper relating to item 5 is attached to the minutes as an appendix) Reports 9 and 11 from that meeting are attached as appendix A to report 9 on this agenda.

To receive a public summary of the exempt minutes of part 2 of the Human Resources Committee meeting held on Thursday, 4 December 2008, which commenced at 2.00 pm.

This report requests the Fire Authority to agree to changes in member appointments following the resignation of Lt Col Allen from the Fire Authority. It also requests the Fire Authority to decide how the Authority meetings that were due to be held in June and July 2009 should be rescheduled.

Attached, marked 7, for agreement by the Fire Authority, is a schedule, giving proposed dates for Member Champions to present their annual reports to the Authority.

Budget Recommendations 2009/10 This report incorporates the recommendations of the Strategy and Resources Committee on 22 January 2009 for the Authority's 2009/10 budget and precept, and updates the figures for any changes that have taken place since then. In addition the outcome of the consultation process is reported. (Reports 9 and 11 considered by the Strategy and Resources Committee are attached as Appendix A to the report).

This report seeks Fire Authority approval to a budget for 2009/10; Council Tax levels for 2009/10; and precepts on billing authorities and related matters.

This report seeks Member approval of the proposed contents of the Fire Authority's 2009/10 Corporate Plan. The Corporate Plan will be supplemented by an Annual Report 2008/09, which will be brought before Members in June 2009 for consideration and approval.

Members' Working Group Update This report presents Members with a summary of the Public Stakeholder Scrutiny Panels conducted by Opinion Research Services during January 2009. A full presentation including feedback and the questions and answers posed at the two consultations held in Shrewsbury and Ludlow was delivered by officers to the Integrated Risk Management Planning Members working Group on 22 January 2009.

Councillor David Minnery, Civil Resilience Champion, will give a presentation to the meeting. For information.

This report updates Members on current activity surrounding the national FiReControl and FireLink projects.

A decision on funding for the TCAT development is still awaited from the Learning and Skills Council, and is now expected in March 2009. TCAT are progressing with the project and have submitted a detailed planning application for the new college buildings, including use of our land and construction of a new fire station. TCAT are also submitting a planning application for the use of the Telford Whitehouse Hotel as temporary fire station accommodation. TCAT have agreed to underwrite the costs incurred in reaching a legal agreement on the transfer of land in the event that the scheme does not progress and work on this is ongoing. Verbal update only. For information.

To consider a resolution under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 that the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined by the provisions of Part I of Schedule 12(A) to the Act, by virtue of Paragraphs 1 and 2.

This report asks Members to consider a personal request received from a Brigade Manager. Attached marked 18. For decision.