Agenda and minutes

Forward Plan Ref: 2012/154

Contact: Nathan Travis, Deputy Chief Fire Officer Tel: (01865) 855206

Report by Chief Fire Officer (CMDSSC 4).

The purpose of this report is to seek a delegated decisions approval (in line with previous decisions by Cabinet to delegate authority in this matter to the Cabinet lead member) to allow Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Fire & Rescue Authority (BMKFRA) to join the Thames Valley Fire Control Service (TVFCS).

The reason for this move is because of an extraordinary meeting of the Buckingahmshire & Milton Keynes Fire & Rescue Authority (BMKFRA), held on 31 October 2012, voted in favour of withdrawing from their current partnering arrangement with Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Authority and joining the TVFCS (following joint discussions at both Officer and Member Level across the three Thames Valley fire & rescue authorities).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)       Agree that Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Fire & Rescue Authority (BMKFRA) be invited to join the Thames Valley Fire Control Service (TVFCS) as a full partner in steady state in accordance with the principles set out in the report

(b)       Agree that, in the interim, BMKFRA be invited to contribute as a full partner in the work to establish a Joint Committee to manage the TVFCS.

(c)       Agree that BMKFRA be invited to participate in the delivery programme as a non-voting member in accordance with the principles set out in the paper.

(d)       Delegate to the Chief Fire Officer the authority to sign a legally binding partnership agreement between the TVFCS partners and BMKFRA, drafted in accordance with the principles set out in the paper.

(a)               Agreed

(b)               Agreed

(c)               Agreed

(d)               Agreed