Issue - meetings

To consider changes to the Constitution of the Police, Fire Service and Crime Panel for Essex.

RESOLVED to:

i)              Agree the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Panel arrangements as stated at Appendix 1 to the report.

ii)             Note that the rules of procedure at Appendix 1 to the report will be adopted by the Panel and do not form part of the Panel Arrangements.

The Portfolio Holder for Environmental Services presented the report outlining changes to the Constitution of the Police, Fire and Crime Panel for Essex. The Constitution primarily required updating to include the new functions of the panel regarding the fire service, although arrangements had also been refreshed to reflect best practice learnt over the first six years of its existence. The changes proposed to the Constitution required approval by all fifteen local authorities in the Essex police area.

 RESOLVED to:

i)          Agree the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Panel arrangements as stated at Appendix 1 to the report.

ii)         Note that the rules of procedure at Appendix 1 to the report will be adopted by the Panel and do not form part of the Panel Arrangements.