Administrative support for this
committee is provided by the Cleveland Fire Authority.
Meeting papers can be found here.
Remit
To set the strategic direction
of the Authority through in depth consideration and approval of a
Community Plan.
To ensure the views of the
community, partners and constituent councils are taken into account
and that they are kept fully informed of Fire Authority
plans.
To support and promote the
creation of appropriate partnership arrangements.
To consider and keep under
review the Authority’s register of corporate
risks.
Consult on, and set the CFA
revenue and capital budgets.
To ensure that the Cleveland
Fire Authority establishes and maintains an effective role in the
Regional Management Board and any other appropriate regional
initiatives that confer benefit on the Cleveland
community.
To appoint the statutory and
other officers of the Fire Authority.
To take all necessary steps
(including the adoption of policies, schemes or plans and the
publication of documents and notices) to comply with the statutory
duties of the Fire Authority.
To keep under review the
corporate identity of the Fire Authority, and its relations with
the media.
To ensure effective liaison
arrangements with trade unions are established and
maintained.
To review annually the
Authority’s governance arrangements, to ensure their
continued effectiveness.
To agree Member attendance at
external events.
To establish appropriate Member
forums relating to the opening of tenders, Member standards and
staff appeals.
To make arrangements for making
urgent decisions where it is not practicable to hold a full meeting
of the CFA.
To receive reports from the
Executive Committee when powers of the CFA have been used in urgent
matters where it was not practicable to call a meeting of the Fire
Authority.
To consider and make decisions
on reports from the Policy, Executive, Performance Scrutiny,
Service Delivery Scrutiny Committees and Safer Partnership Briefing
Meetings.
To receive minutes of Policy,
Executive, Standards, Appeals and Tender Committees.
To consider and review the need
for changes in the structure and remit of committees and scrutiny
groups.
To receive reports from the
Audit Commission.
To receive the reports of the
Chief Fire Officer and Executive Director including the Executive
Directors Information Pack containing items of interest for
Members.
To receive the Service Delivery
Scrutiny Forward Work Programme.
To partake where possible an
active role in the pursuit of shared priorities in the planning of
Local Area Agreements.
To receive reports on Civil
Contingencies Act compliance.
To receive consultation
documents both nationally and regionally.
To receive the Statement of
Internal Control (SIC)