West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority
Minutes of the Executive meeting held on 9 May 2008 at Fire Service Headquarters, Birkenshaw
Present: Councillor Booth (in the Chair), M Coulson, N Ikram (as substitute for Councillor Atkinson),
G Kirkland (as substitute for Councillor G Beever),
R Light and A Ogilvie (as substitute for Councillor M Khan)
Apologies : Councillor Khan
39 Minutes of the Last Meeting
Resolved
That the Minutes of the meeting held on 28 February 2008 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.
40 Urgent Items
None.
41 Admission of the Public
Resolved
That the public and press be excluded from the meeting during the items 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 and press were present during these items, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information of the descriptions specified.
Agenda Item No - E5
Title of Report - Finance Department – changes to staffing structure
Min No - 43
Description of exempt information by reference to the paragraph number in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 - Paragraph 1 – information relating to individual
Agenda Item No - E6
Title of Report - Senior officer – notice of
retirement
Min No - 44
Description of exempt information by reference to the paragraph number in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972- Paragraph 1 – information relating to individual
42 Declarations of Interest
No disclosures of interest were declared in any matter under consideration at the meeting.
43 Finance Department – Changes to Staffing Structure
(Exempt information under Section 12A (1) of the Local Government Act 1972 – information relating to individual)
Consideration was given to a report of the Chief Finance officer which recommended changes to the staffing structure of the Finance Section subsequent upon the transfer of duties relating to the closure of accounts and the preparation of the statement of accounts from Kirklees MC together with an increasing demand for expenditure monitoring.
It was reported that the cost of the proposed changes (including three additional posts) in the current year would be £58,300 rising to £103,700 in a full year. Members were advised that £53,800 had been included in the approved revenue budget and that the shortfall in the current year of £4,500 could be met from the underspending on insurance premiums and costs in future years would be incorporated within the approved revenue budget.
Resolved
That approval be given to the changes to the staffing structure of the Finance Section as detailed in the report now submitted.
44 Senior Officer - Notice of Retirement
(Exempt information under Section 12A (1) of the Local Government Act 1972 – information relating to individual)
The Director of Corporate Resources submitted a report which sought Members’
approval of the retirement of the Chief Fire Officer / Chief Executive and of the
commencement of the process to recruit and select a replacement.
Resolved
(i) That, in accordance with the requirements of the Firemen’s Pension Scheme,
approval be given to the retirement of the Chief Fire Officer / Chief Executive
with effect from midnight on 7 September 2008; and
(ii) That the recruitment process be commenced with details as follows;
• successor to have operational command experience
• Chief Fire Officer to act as technical skills advisor during the selection
process
• selection procedure to include presentation, dinner and formal interview
• options for interview questions and scoring to be presented for Member
consideration at the meeting of the Executive Committee convened to
agree a shortlist of applicants
• that the agreed advertisement be placed in the Sunday Times newspaper,
on the FINDS system and CFOA members’ electronic website
• that a meeting of the Executive Committee be convened on 11 June to
agree a shortlist of applicants with interviews to be held on 16 / 17 July
2008; and
• that the Chief Fire Officer be nominated as the officer to be contacted by
interested candidates for informal discussions
Chair
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