Report of the Senior Democratic Services Officer

The Panel received the report of the Senior Democratic Services Officer (SDSO) which presented Member attendance at formal Fire Authority meetings, community events and Member briefing and development events for the year 2021/22.

Member attendance for all formal Fire Authority meetings had first been reported at the Annual Fire Authority on 13 June 2019.  At this meeting it was agreed that future reporting on Member attendance would be made to the Scrutiny & Audit Panel on an annual basis for monitoring purposes.  A summary of Member attendance at formal meetings in 2021/22 was included at Appendix 1 and attendance at Members Seminars at Appendix 2.  It was noted that the Service’s programme of open days and other community events, which was suspended throughout the Covid pandemic, re-commenced in May 2022 and therefore the attendance at events is not included in this report. 

Members were reminded to inform Democratic Services if they attended open days or other events so that it could be recorded, this would once again be reported next year.

RESOLVED:  The Scrutiny & Audit Panel noted the Member attendance for 2021/22.