Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Margaret Simon.

Members are reminded to disclose any interests that are relevant to any item on the Agenda.

There were no declarations of Members’ interests.

To approve the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 18^th March 2024.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the Brigade Managers’ Pay and Performance Committee held on 18^th March 2024 be confirmed as a correct record.

RESOLVED: That:

That under Section 100(A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Order 2006, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business listed below on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A to the Act in the paragraphs indicated:

Item 2 - Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive: Performance Appraisal and Development Scheme

Paragraph 1 - Information relating to an individual.

Consideration was given to a report of the Independent HR Consultant which outlined the Performance Appraisal and Development Scheme [PADS] that enabled the Service to review an employee`s performance against delivery of agreed priorities/objectives, grade the contribution and performance, identify individual and organisational development needs, and support succession planning.

The PADS scheme operates from top to bottom across the whole of the Service. Members monitor progress against the key objectives set for the Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive, that were aligned with the Service’s Community Risk Management Plan [previously the Integrated Risk Management Plan].

Members reviewed the performance of the Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive against the key objectives set for 2023-24 and agreed performance objectives for the remainder of 2024-25.

The Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive’s interim appraisal was scheduled to take place on 13^th November 2024.

RESOLVED That:

[1]      progress against the key objectives for 2023-24 be noted;

[2]      the key objectives for 2024-25 be agreed; and

[3]      the number of Performance Appraisal and Development Scheme [PADS] future meetings for the post of Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive be reduced from 3 meetings a year to 2.