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 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 15 November 2007, 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 Chief Fire Officer will give a presentation on the Budget Strategy 2008/09 to 2011/12 Consultation. Copies of the presentation slides are attached marked 5a. Feedback on the strategy from the Fire Authority's Public Scrutiny Panels, collated by Opinion Research Services (ORS), will also be presented. Copies of those presentation slides will follow marked 5b. For information

This report monitors capital spending in the current year and presents the capital programmes for 2008/09 to 2010/11, for consideration by the Committee in the context of Prudential Guidelines.

This report develops a final revenue budget package for consideration by the Fire Authority, taking into account latest information and public consultation.

This report addresses the issue of the robustness of the budget package set out in the previous reports, and examines the adequacy of reserves and provisions.

This report provides a brief summary of the content of the draft Equality and Diversity Strategy for the Fire and Rescue Service, which is attached as an appendix, and details the proposed response from Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority to the questions set out within the consultation.

This is the latest of the regular Risk Summary Reports to the Strategy and Resources Committee. As previously, these reports are intended to enable Members to meet the requirements of this Committee's Terms of Reference as they relate to the Fire Authority's management of corporate risk. The progress reported relates to that achieved since the last Summary Report, received by this committee at its meeting in October 2007.

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 item on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined by the provisions of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act, by virtue of paragraph 4.

The Fire Authority will have received an open session report, which summarised its current exposure to corporate risk. This report supplements that one, as it contains information that is exempt from publication by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.