Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence.

To enable Members to disclose to the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest they may have in any matter on the agenda for the meeting, where that interest is not already entered in the Authority’s register of interests, and any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests in any such matter that Members may wish to disclose.

To approve the open minutes from the Full Authority meeting that took place on 16 July 2024.

Pursuant to Standing Order 19, to receive any deputations to this meeting.

To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make.

To receive any updates from Members of the Authority.

To consider a report from the Chief Fire Officer, which seeks Fire Authority approval to change one of the previously agreed Year 5 activities and publicly consult on proposals for the next Safety Plan covering the period 2025-30.

To consider a report from the Chief Financial Officer, which sets out the quarter one forecast position for the Authority and provides financial updates following the Budget Report in February 2024.

To consider a report of the Monitoring Officer, which seeks approval for and appointment to an HIWFRA Appointments Committee to oversee and implement the recruitment strategy for the post of Chief Fire Officer. If required, the Appointments Committee will also oversee the recruitment strategy for a Deputy Chief Fire Officer.

To receive the minutes from the Standards & Governance Committee that took place on 25 July 2024 and approve a recommendation to implement the changes to the Committee as detailed in paragraph 11 of the attached report.

To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during the following items of business, as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during these items there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the reports.

An exempt appendix for agenda item 8, Quarter 1 Budget Update Report.

To consider an exempt report from the Chief Fire Officer regarding an estates update.