Meeting Details

Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter, in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.

Members are asked to agree the minutes, attached marked 3, of the Standards and Human Resources Committee meeting held on 6 November 2014, and that they be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Members are asked to receive any questions, statements or petitions, of which notice has been received, from members of the public.

This report, attached marked 5, brings the constitution of the Standards and Human Resources Committee to its Members for review.  The report also asks Members to consider whether there is any training or development, which should be undertaken by the Committee in order to fulfil its role.    

This report, attached marked 6, reviews progress against the 2014/15 Work Plan and puts forward a 2015/16 Work Plan for the Committee for consideration and approval by Members.

This report, attached marked 7, updates the Committee on Member development activity over the past year and proposes training and development activity for the year April 2015 to March 2016.

This report, attached, marked 8, asks the Standards and Human Resources Committee to review the Fire Authority’s Protocol on Gifts and Hospitality and to make recommendations to the Authority regarding any changes to be made. 

This paper, attached marked 9, reports on Code of Conduct complaints, provides details of dispensations, granted to Members, for the period 2014/15, and requests the Committee to renew the dispensation previously granted to members of the board of Shropshire Fire Risk Management Services Ltd.

This report, attached marked 10, updates Members on changes in the structure of the Single Equality Scheme Action Plan and progress on the main actions identified in the Plan from March 2014 to March 2015.

This report, attached marked 11, provides an overview of the Service’s Equality Monitoring Statistics.

This report, attached, marked 12, provides an overview of reasonable adjustments, made to support employees in their work roles.

This report, attached marked 13, informs the Committee of the changes to the Brigade Manager Team, which have resulted from implementation of the Public Value Programme.