15.
MINUTES
RESOLVED :
THAT the Minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 2 June 2004 be confirmed.
16.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Interests
were declared in the following matters:
Mrs
T M Butchers declared a personal and prejudicial interest in minute 19, as a
member of her family was a firefighter
17.
PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
Questions
were put to the Chairman as follows :
An oral question was asked regarding costs of planning
matters
18.
REPORT OF THE
ISLE OF WIGHT ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
As
part of the performance management system the Executive received the quarterly
report of the Isle of Wight Economic Partnership. The IWEP activities for the period January to May included
progress on Cowes Waterfront, continued work on PAS target 11 and additional
funding for Leader+.
RESOLVED :
THAT the report from the Isle of
Wight Partnership be received.
19.
FIRE AUTHORITY INTEGRATED RISK
MANAGEMENT PLAN – PRIORITISATION
Due to the
personal and prejudicial interest that Mrs T M Butchers had declared, the
meeting became inquorate. Therefore
consideration on the Fire Authority Integrated Risk Management Plan -
Prioritisation document continued on an informal basis.
The Executive at its meeting on 21 April 2004 had approved a revised FAIRMaP. This report identified expenditure in delivery of the plan that was excess of existing budget allocations so the Executive commissioned a review of the spending proposals to be carried out. A discussion took place on the outcome of this review.
The review recommended that the first priority for funding should be the development of the Fire Service Emergency Cover system. This was a requirement of the modernisation programme and was expected to achieve rapid improvements in effectiveness of Fire and Rescue cover. The review also recommended the pursuit of an Integrated Personal Development System as the second highest priority. Further work was required to identify the priorities and capacity to achieve the necessary development.
The review did not recommend putting resources into ICT systems and community fire safety as they were not of sufficient priority to attract funding from existing budgets and the review concluded that there was currently insufficient evidence to justify revisiting the budget set in February 2004.
Following the discussion and after taking legal advice, the Portfolio
Holder agreed to endorse the recommended options by using his delegated powers
once the necessary procedural issues had been completed.
20.
ANNUAL ACTION STATEMENT 2004/05
Consideration was given to the Annual Action Statement for 2004/5 that set out the Council’s strategic priorities for the coming year, which contribute towards the achievement of the Corporate Plan. The Annual Action Statement focused on two main themes Leadership – necessary to manage and effect change, and Service Delivery. This included establishing a Children’s Services and Adult and Community Services Directorate and developing a series of action plans in response to the Children’s’ Services and Ofsted inspections.
RESOLVED :
THAT
the Annual Action Statement for 2004/5 be adopted.
21.
MEMBERS QUESTION TIME
Questions
were put to the Chairman as follows :
Mr
J H Effemey asked a question regarding telementry ducting on The Green, Cowes
(MQ20/04).
Copies of the questions and replies given are contained in
the Members' Question Register
CHAIRMAN