25 April 2024

Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter, in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.  

Members are asked to agree the minutes, attached marked 4, of the Standards, Audit and Performance Committee meeting, held on 30 November 2023, and that they be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

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04 Standards Audit and Performance Committee minutes 30 November 2024	170.14 KB

This report, attached marked 6, asks Members to review the Role Descriptions for the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Standards, Audit and Performance Committee, the Member Champion for Risk Management and Audit and the Fire Authority’s Independent Person. 

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06 Review of Standard Audit and Performance Members Role Descriptions	73 KB
Appendix A Standard Audit and Performance Chair Role Description	64.23 KB
Appendix B Standard Audit and Performance Vice- Chair Role Description	64.88 KB
Appendix C Standard Audit and Performance Audit Champion Role Description	65.28 KB
Appendix D Standard Audit and Performance Independent Person Role Description	65.79 KB

This report, attached marked 8, presents the accounting policies to be used in the production of the Fire Authority’s Statement of Accounts 2024/25, for consideration and approval.  The report also states the areas of estimation uncertainty to the Committee, and what is done to mitigate the risks around this uncertainty. 

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08 Review of Accounting Policies 2023/24 Report	77.81 KB
Appendix Review of Accounting Policies 2023/24	281.21 KB

This report, attached marked 10, informs the Committee of the proposed internal audit plan for 2024/25. 

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10 - Internal Audit Plan 2024/25	106.94 KB
Appendix Draft Internal Audit Plan 2024/25	146.86 KB

This report, attached marked 12, summarises the progress made to date against the improvements contained in the Annual Governance Statement Improvement Plan 2023/24. 

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12 Annual Governance Statement Improvement Plan 2023/24 Report	99.51 KB

This report, attached marked 14b, presents the Corporate Performance Indicators for 2024/25 as agreed by the Strategy and Resources Committee at its meeting on 20 March 2024. 

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14b Review of Corporate Performance Indicators and proposed tolerance 2024/25	603.87 KB

This report, attached marked 16, updates the Committee on Member development activity over the past year and proposes training and development activity for the year April 2024 to March 2025. 

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16 Members Development 2023/24 and 2024/25	118.65 KB

Members are asked to note the minutes of the Pension Board meeting, held on 6 December 2023, which are attached marked 17a. 

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17a Pension Board minutes 6 December 2023	189.03 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 item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.