Agenda and minutes

Apologies for non attendance were received from Councillor Mrs Jones

To elect from the Members of the Board a Vice-Chairman for the municipal year 2021-2022

RESOLVED: That Councillor Beavis be elected Vice Chairman for the municipal year 2021-22

All members are required to disclose at this point in the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter, any disclosable pecuniary interest or personal interest in any item(s) being considered at this meeting.

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RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on the 20^th January 2021 be signed as a true and correct record.

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on the 19^th March 2021 be signed as a true and correct record.

(NOTE: The Board is required to receive a deputation(s) on a matter which is before the meeting of the Board provided that notice of the intended deputation and its object shall have been received by the Borough Solicitor by 12 noon on Monday 21^st June 2021. The total time for deputations in favour and against a proposal shall not exceed 10 minutes)

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(NOTE: The Board is required to allow a total of 15 minutes for questions from Members of the public on matters within the terms of reference of the Board provided that notice of such Question(s) shall have been submitted to the Borough Solicitor by 12 noon on Monday 21^st June 2021)

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The purpose of the report is to summarise the changes to the Fire Safety Policy and seek Board approval of the draft Policy for consultation with residents.

Consideration was given to a report by the Head of Housing regarding the draft Fire Safety Policy.

Officers provided a grammatical update to section 4.3 in the Policy which will now read “Those residents living in sheltered, supported or general needs housing that that have been identified as being at higher risk of fire in their accommodation, will have a person-centred fire risk assessment undertaken”

In answer to a Members question Head of Housing advised that the Stay Put policy was still the preferred option, as each flat was considered to be a fireproof box. Full evacuation presented a high risk with many people attempting to leave the building at the same time. Once the Fire Brigade were in attendance they would evaluate the situation and make decisions regarding extent of evacuation.

RESOLVED: That the Board approved the fire safety policy in draft for consultation with residents.

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