Agenda
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North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel |
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Remote Meeting held via Microsoft Teams |
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Thursday, 22 July 2021 at 10.30 am |
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Under his delegated decision making powers in the Officers’ Delegation Scheme in the Council’s Constitution, the Chief Executive Officer has power, in cases of emergency, to take any decision which could be taken by the Council, the Executive or a committee.
Following on from the expiry of the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020, which allowed for committee meetings to be held remotely, the County Council resolved at its meeting on 5 May 2021 that, for the present time, in light of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic circumstances, remote live-broadcast committee meetings should continue (as informal meetings of the Committee Members), with any formal decisions required being taken by the Chief Executive Officer under his emergency decision making powers and after consultation with other Officers and Members as appropriate and after taking into account any views of the relevant Committee Members. This approach will be reviewed by full Council at its July meeting.
Live broadcasted meetings are available to view at www.northyorks.gov.uk/live-meetings.
Business
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Election of Panel Chair To appoint a Chair from among the Appointed (local authority) Members sitting on the Panel, to serve until July 2022. All Panel members may vote to this appointment. |
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Welcome and apologies |
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Minutes of the Panel Meeting held on 24th March 2021 |
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(Pages 5 - 10) |
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Matters Arising from the Minutes of the Meeting held on 24th March 2021 |
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Election of Vice Chairs to the Panel To appoint two Vice Chairs to the Panel from among the Appointed (local authority) Members sitting on the Panel, to serve until July 2022. All Panel members may vote to these appointments. |
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Declarations of Interest |
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Consideration of the Exclusion of the Press and Public To consider the exclusion of the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the item of business listed in column 1 of the following table on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraph specified in column 2, of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1971 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information)(Variation) Order 2006:-
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Public Questions or Statements to the Panel · Any member of the public, who lives, works or studies in North Yorkshire and York can ask a question to the Panel. The question or statement must be put in writing to the Panel no later than midday on Monday, 19th July 2021 to Diane Parsons (contact details below). · The time period for asking and responding to all questions will be limited to 15 minutes. No one question or statement shall exceed 3 minutes. · Please see the rules regarding Public Question Time at the end of this agenda page. The full protocol can be found at www.nypartnerships.org.uk/pcp. |
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Confirmation Hearing In accordance with the Policing and Crime Act 2017 Schedule A2 (8(1)) with reference to section 28(5) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011/Schedule 8, the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner has formally notified the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel of the proposed appointment of a preferred candidate to the role of Interim Chief Fire Officer. This notification requires the Panel to hold a Confirmation Hearing to review the proposed appointment and make a recommendation. |
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Guidance for the Confirmation Hearing Report from the Panel Secretariat. |
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(Pages 11 - 16) |
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Supporting information from the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner |
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(Pages 17 - 46) |
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Personal statement from the preferred appointee |
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(Pages 47 - 50) |
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Closed Session For the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel to discuss and agree its recommendation following the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner’s notification to the Panel of the proposed appointment of a preferred candidate to the role of Interim Chief Fire Officer. |
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Members' Questions |
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Draft Annual Report for Policing and Crime 2020/21 Draft report from the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for review by the Panel. |
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(Pages 51 - 74) |
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Draft Annual Report for Fire and Rescue 2020/21 Draft report from the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for review by the Panel. |
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(Pages 75 - 100) |
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Memorandum of Understanding between the Panel and the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Verbal update by the Panel Chair. |
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Work Programme Report by the Panel Secretariat. |
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(Pages 101 - 102) |
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Such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency. |
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Dates of future meetings: · 14 October 2021 – 10:30am – Venue tbc · 13 January 2022 – 10:30am – Venue tbc · 7 February 2022 (PRECEPT) – 10:30am – Venue tbc |
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services)
County Hall
NOTES:
(a) Members are reminded of the need to consider whether they have any personal or prejudicial interests to declare on any of the items on this agenda and, if so, of the need to explain the reason(s) why they have any personal interest when making a declaration.
The Panel Secretariat officer will be pleased to advise on interest issues. Ideally their views should be sought as soon as possible and preferably prior to the day of the meeting, so that time is available to explore adequately any issues that might arise.
Public Question Time
The questioner must provide an address and contact telephone number when submitting a request. The request must set out the question in full. The question/statement:
1. must relate to the Panel’s role and responsibilities;
2. must not be substantially the same as a question which has been put at a meeting in the past 6 months;
3. must not be defamatory, frivolous, vexatious or offensive;
4. must not require the disclosure of confidential or exempt information; and
5. must not refer to any matter of a personal nature.
At the meeting: Once the question has been approved, the questioner will be contacted to make arrangements to attend the meeting to put the question.
Any questions will normally be answered at the meeting but in some cases this might not be practicable and a written answer will be provided within 14 days of the meeting.
The full protocol for public questions or statements to the Panel can be found at www.nypartnerships.org.uk/pcp