(a)
to authorise the Chief
Fire Officer to commence a formal collaboration programme between Oxfordshire
County Council Fire Authority, Royal Berkshire Fire Authority &
Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Fire Authority to improve operational &
organisational resilience & realise efficiencies whilst maintaining
existing governance structures;
(b)
to request the Chief
Fire Officer to provide regular updates to the Cabinet Member for Safer &
Stronger Communities at appropriate times on project progress and
delivery of efficiencies against the savings targets identified within the
medium term financial plan;
(c)
the Cabinet Member for
Safer & Stronger Communities to be the point of any future programme board
arrangements which includes elected members from other authorities; and
(d)
to request the Chief
Fire Officer to inform the Cabinet Member for Safer & Stronger Communities
when the primary legislation is to be amended.