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West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority
Meeting of Executive Committee held on 20 November 2006 at Fire Service Headquarters, Birkenshaw
Present: Councillors G Beever (in the Chair),
P Booth and M Coulson
Apologies: Councillors Khan and Light
Part A
13 Minutes of the Last Meeting
Resolved
That the Minutes of the meeting held on 19 October 2006 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.
14 Urgent Item : Appointment of External Consultants – Data Review
The Chair had agreed to the inclusion of the item (Appointment of External Consultants – Data Review) (Minute no. 19 refers)
15 Admission of the Public
Resolved
That the public and press be excluded from the meeting during the item of business
specified below as it was likely, in view of the
nature of the business to be transacted or the
nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public or press were to be present during this item, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information of the description specified.
Agenda Item No - E6
Title of Report -Temporary Principal Officer
appointments
Minute Number - 18
Description of Exempt information by reference to the paragraph number in Schedule 12A of
the Local Government Act 1972. -
Paragraph 1 – Information relating to an individual
Agenda Item No - E7
Title of Report - Appointment of External Consultants – Data Review
Minute Number - 19
Description of Exempt information by reference to the paragraph number in Schedule 12A of
the Local Government Act 1972. -
Paragraph 3 – Financial or business affairs
16 Declarations of Interest
No disclosures of interest were declared in any matter under consideration at the meeting.
17 Prince's Trust– Attendance at “Celebrate Success Awards”
Consideration was given to a report of the Chief Fire Officer / Chief Executive which sought approval for Member attendance at the Prince’s Trust “Celebrate Success Awards” on 5 December 2006.
It was anticipated that approval would be given in the near future to a partnership agreement between the Authority and the Prince’s Trust and attendance at the“Celebrate Success Awards” would signal the Authority’s commitment and intent to work with the Prince’s Trust.
The cost of attendance at the dinner would be met from within revenue budget provision for Authority hospitality.
Resolved
That approval be given to the attendance of ten Members / Officers at the Prince’s Trust “Celebrate Success Awards” on 5 December 2006.
18 Temporary Principal Officer Appointments
(This item was considered as exempt information under Schedule 12A (1) of the Local Government Act 1972 – information relating to an individual)
The Director of Corporate Resources submitted a report which sought approval to make temporary principal officer appointments during the absence of the Chief Fire Officer / Chief Executive (P Toase).
Members were advised that the cost of the temporary promotions would be funded from the current underspending in the firefighters salaries budget. It was further proposed to make temporary promotions to the rank of Station Manager B (to be determined by management).
Resolved
(i) That approval be given to the temporary principal officer appointments
detailed below;
Simon Pilling as Acting Chief Fire Officer / Chief Executive
Allan Hughes as Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer (appointment on point 2 of the scale)
Martyn Redfearn as Acting Assistant Chief Fire Officer; and
(ii) That the appointments at (i) above take effect from 13 November until the
return to duty of Mr Toase or as may otherwise be determined by the Authority.
(Detailed costs of the appointments at part B to these minutes).
19 Appointment of External Consultants – Data Review
(This item was considered as exempt information under Schedule 12A (8) of the
Local Government Act 1972 – financial or business affairs)
Consideration was given to a report of the
Director of Corporate Resources which sought approval for the appointment of external consultants to carry out a data review to facilitate the collection of high quality data which had not previously been completely successful.
Members were advised that a costing exercise had been undertaken by
Management Board and three companies were subsequently requested to submit quotations by 10 November 2006.
Resolved
That the appointment of Deloitte and Touche be approved subject to an expenditure cap as approved (detailed at Part B to these minutes).
[The item was considered as urgent due to the fact that tenders had not been received until after the despatch of papers].
Chair
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