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Meeting Summary

Committee:

Fire Authority

Date/Time:

16 Feb 2026 - 11:00

Status:

Scheduled

Venue:

Fire Service HQ

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Please note: Following publication of the final local government finance settlement, it has been confirmed there are no substantive changes to the 2026/27 budget report. As a result the existing paper for item 14 will not be replaced.

Documents
Attendance
Visitors
Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda Contents (214Kb)
Agenda Document Pack - Fire Authority - 16/02/2026 (9595Kb)

Agenda

Part A

1 To receive apologies for absence (if any)

2 Declarations of interests

3 Chair’s announcements

4 Chief Fire Officer Announcements

5 Public Questions

Draft public minutes of the previous Fire Authority held on Monday 24 November 2025 (178Kb)

7 Matters arising

Appointment to the Authority and Appointments to Committees and Panels (143Kb)

Appendix A - Membership of Committees and Panels (81Kb)

Matter of Urgency (140Kb)

Corporate Governance Improvement Board - Quarterly Update - February 2026 (159Kb)

Constitution - Review (205Kb)

Appendix A - WMFRA Constitution - February 2026 (2133Kb)

Independent Audit and Risk Chair - Job Description and Recruitment Process (162Kb)

Strategy 2026-2027 (171Kb)

Appendix A - WMFS Strategy 24-27 (431Kb)

Revenue Budget and Precept 2026-27, Revenue Budget Forecast 2027-29 and Capital Programme 2026-30 (958Kb)

Please note: The 2026/27 budget report is based on the provisional settlement. An updated report will be published, as soon as practicably possible, when details of the final settlement have been released by Central Government.

Auditor's Annual Report (187Kb)

Appendix A - Annual Audit Report (1609Kb)
Appendix B - Action Plan (177Kb)

Statement of Assurance 2024-25 (170Kb)

Appendix A - Draft Statement of Assurance 2024 - 2025 (334Kb)

Pay Policy Statement 2026-2027 (216Kb)

Appendix A - PAY POLICY STATEMENT 2026-27 (341Kb)

Scrutiny Committee Update Report February 2026 (180Kb)

Appendix A - Minutes of the Previous Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 27 October (109Kb)

Audit and Risk Committee Update Report February 2026 (226Kb)

Motions submitted by Members (142Kb)

Fire Authority Work Programme (161Kb)

22 Exclusion of the public and press

Chair to move:- "That the public and press be excluded from the rest of the meeting to avoid the possible disclosure of exempt information under Paragraph 3 of the Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006."

Part B (Private Items)

23 Draft exempt minutes of the previous Fire Authority held on Monday 24 November 2025

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information);

24 Matters arising

25 Planned Procurement Exercises for 2026-27

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information);

Clerk Details

Attendance

Attended - Committee Members

Name
No attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.

Attended - Other Members

Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.

Apologies

Name	Reason for Sending Apology	Substituted By
No apology information has been recorded for the meeting.

Absent

Name	Reason for Absence	Substituted By
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member Name	Item Ref.	Details	Nature of Declaration	Action
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

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