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Venue: RBFRS Headquarters, Newsham Court, Pincents Kiln, Calcot, Reading RG31 7SD. View directions
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Election of Chair for Municipal Year 2024/25 |
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Appointment of Vice-Chair for Municipal Year 2024/25 |
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Representative Bodies Purpose: The Chair may, at his discretion, invite the Representative Bodies present to address the Management Committee once on any Part I item, on the prerequisite that the Representative Bodies advise the Chair at the commencement of the meeting of those Agenda items they wish to speak to. |
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Apologies for Absence |
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Declarations of Interest Purpose: To receive Declarations of Interest from Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting, in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Authority’s Local Code of Conduct, and any from Officers. |
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Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 9 April 2024 PDF 349 KB Purpose: That the Minutes of the meeting and any recorded actions held on Tuesday 9 April 2024 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair. |
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Receipt of Announcements Recommendation: To receive announcements from the Chair and / or Chief Fire Officer. |
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Issues arising from the Audit and Governance Committee Recommendation: That it be noted that no reports have been referred by the Audit and Governance Committee. |
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LED Lighting Priority 2 Project PDF 644 KB Purpose: To approve the capital expenditure budget of £0.225m for the delivery of the ‘LED Lighting Priority 2 Project’ as provided in the Strategic Asset Investment Framework (SAIF), and note the delivery of this project be concurrent with the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) funded element of the RBFRS Sustainability programme.
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Estates Minor New Works Capital Spend approval PDF 263 KB Purpose:
To approve the release of £171,350 from the SAIF to meet all the costs for estate related minor capital projects |
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Fleet Replacement Capital Spend approval PDF 250 KB Purpose:
To approve the capital expenditure of up to £220,000 over one year for the fleet assets as identified in Appendix A and note the budget request for fleet requirements represents a 20% reduction on the forecasted SAIF. |
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ICT Hardware Replacement PDF 325 KB Purpose:
To approve the expenditure on end-user equipment and services required to deliver improvements to deployment system and migration systems to the cloud. |
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2023/24 Budget Monitoring - Quarter Four PDF 303 KB Purpose: To note the report and agree the reserves position as set out in Appendix D.
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Q4 Appliance Availability Purpose: To note Q4 Appliance Availability.
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Recommendation:
To note the Forward Plan. |
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Date of next meeting Tuesday, 8 October 2024 at 6.30pm at RBFRS Headquarters, Newsham Court, Pincents Kiln, Calcot, Reading RG31 7SD. |
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Exclusion of the Public PDF 166 KB Recommendation:
To Resolvethat under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the public be excluded from the meeting for the following Agenda Items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in the Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the said Act indicated and is exempt information if, and so long as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Categories of ‘Exempt Information’ under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.
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Part II Minutes of Last Meeting Purpose: That the Part II Minutes of the meeting and any recorded actions held on Tuesday 9 April 2024 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
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Internet Services Waiver and New Network and Internet Services Contract Purpose: To agree the recommendations in the report.
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