Meeting Details

To elect a Chair for the ensuing year.

To appoint a Vice-Chair for the ensuing year.

Members are reminded that they should declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests at this point and that they should leave the meeting room before any item, in which they have a prejudicial interest, is discussed.

To agree the minutes of the Strategy and Resources Committee meeting, held on 22 May 2008, and that they be signed as a correct record.

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

The Authority agreed that officers use July, August and September to review budgets, including capital schemes, efficiencies and budget pressures, in order to lead to a progress report to Strategy and Resources Committee on 18 September 2008. This initial planning paper sets out the broad main issues and is intended to focus attention on the key planning issues that must be addressed.

This report provides information on the financial performance of the service to date, and seeks approval for action, where necessary.

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of all the capital schemes within the Brigade and their current status.

This report informs Members of the treasury activities for 2007/08, as required by the Code of Practice on Treasury Management.

This report provides Members with details of a 'value for money profile tool' recently provided by the Audit Commission to support their auditors in undertaking this years 'use of resources' and 'direction of travel' audits which form important parts of the fire and rescue performance assessment for 2008.

This report provides Members with details of a 'performance information profile tool' recently provided by the Audit Commission to support their auditors in undertaking this year's Direction of Travel audit which forms part of the fire and rescue performance assessment for 2008/09.

13a. Review of Strategic Integrated Risk Management Planning. This report summarises the benefits the Fire Authority has been able to achieve through the introduction of Integrated Risk Management Planning.
13b. Integrated Risk Management Planning Research Report. This report informs Members about the recent publication of a Communities and Local Government report that looks at the connection between fire risk and the socio-demographic make-up of the population covered by a Fire and Rescue Service. It also discusses how this variation in risk could be used to develop future benchmarking targets for both internal and external purposes.

This report informs Members about the contents of the recently published FiReControl Business Case (Regional Annex). It outlines the issues identified in the Business Case and sets out the cost and strategy impact described in the publication.

This report is to update the Strategy and Resources Committee on progress with proposals to co-locate Wellington Fire Station in to the new college planned by Telford College of Arts and Technology (TCAT).

This report is to update the Strategy and Resources Committee on progress with the provision of training facilities at stations and to request additional capital funding for future years.

This report advises the Strategy and Resources Committee of capital investment made over the last 3 years and the benefits which have been obtained from this investment.

This report advises the Strategy and Resources Committee of the current condition of assets owned by the Authority and changes which have occurred in the financial year 2007/08. This is a summary of information previously provided in the form of budget working papers, capital appraisals and capital budget reports, together with additional information.

This report informs Members of a letter received from the Interim Director of the Fire and Resilience Directorate of Communities and Local Government regarding funding for the Organisational Development Centre and Fire Gateway in 2008/09. The report also advises Members of a response made by the Chief Fire Officer to the Interim Director requesting further details.