11 October 2023

Members are asked to receive any questions, statements or petitions, of which notice has been received, from members of the public.

Members are asked to receive and note the non-exempt minutes of the Strategy and Resources Committee meeting, held on 13 September 2023, which are attached marked 5b, and agree the recommendation at item 6.  The report for which is attached marked 5bi.

Attachment	Size
5b - Strategy and Resources Committee Non-Exempt Minutes 13 September 2023	177.48 KB
5bi - Financial Performance to July 2023	196.56 KB

Members are asked to receive the minutes of the Standards, Audit and Performance Committee meeting, held on 27 April 2023, which are attached marked 6a, and agree the recommendation at Item 7, the report for which is attached marked 6ai, and at Item 10, the report for which is attached marked 6aii.

Attachment	Size
6a- Standards, Audit and Performance Committee Minutes 27 April 2023	215.02 KB
6ai - Draft Code of Corporate Governance 2022/23	66.63 KB
6ai - Code of Corporate Governance 2022/23	440.24 KB
6aii - Review of Anti-Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Strategy	126.66 KB

Members are asked to receive the minutes of the Standards, Audit and Performance Committee meeting, held on 28 September 2023, which are attached marked 6c.  They are asked to agree the recommendation at Item 7, the report for which is attached marked 6ci, and at Item 11, the documents for which are attached marked 6cii and 6ciii. 

Attachment	Size
6c - Standards, Audit and Performance Committee Minutes 28 September 2023	175.34 KB
6ci - Review of Whistleblowing Policy	191.13 KB
6cii - Protocol on Gifts and Hospitality for Members	99.95 KB
6ciii - Protocol on Membe/ Officer Relations	94.9 KB

This report, attached marked 8, presents the draft Annual Review (also known as the Annual Statement of Assurance) for 2022/23 and asks the Fire Authority to consider the document and approve it for publication.

Attachment	Size
8 - Annual Review 2022/23	96.78 KB

This report, attached marked 10, provides Members with an update on the Service’s implementation of changing pension legislation, the challenges associated, and solutions currently being explored.

Attachment	Size
10 - Pensions Update	136.29 KB

Members have a discretion to exclude the press and public from meetings of the Fire Authority in defined circumstances.  In view of the nature of business to be transacted, it is recommended that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, having been satisfied in all the circumstances of the case that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing this information, that Members formally resolve that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2 3 and 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

Members are asked to receive and note the exempt minutes of the Brigade Managers Employment Panel meeting, held on 27 April 2023, which are attached marked 14.