Agenda

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Items
No. Item

1.

Agenda Pack - Accessible Version pdf icon PDF 13 MB

Additional documents:

1a

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

Purpose:

To receive Declarations of Interest from Councillors relating to items to be considered at the meeting, in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Authority’s Local Code of Conduct, and any from Officers.

 

3.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 16 July 2024 pdf icon PDF 180 KB

Recommendation:

That the Minutes of the meeting and any recorded actions held on 16 July 2024 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

4.

Consideration of any matters properly referred to this Committee for decision

5.

Internal Audit Update pdf icon PDF 134 KB

Purpose:

To note RSM’s Progress Report for 2024/25.

Additional documents:

6.

Annual Governance Statements 2021/22 and 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 136 KB

Purpose:

 

To agree Annual Governance Statements for 2021/22 and 2022/23.

Additional documents:

7a

EY External Report - Value for Money (VFM) 2021/22 and 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 132 KB

Purpose:

 

To note EY’s Value for Money Interim Report.

Additional documents:

7b

External Auditor - EY Update and Statement of Accounts for 2021/22 and 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 137 KB

Purpose:

 

To note an update from outgoing External Auditors, EY to include Statement of Accounts for 2021/22 and 2022/23.

Additional documents:

8.

Grant Thornton (GT) - External Auditor Update on Audit of 2023/24 Accounts pdf icon PDF 135 KB

Purpose:

To note Grant Thornton’s update on Audit of 2023/24 Accounts.

Additional documents:

9.

Quarterly Performance Report 2024-25 Quarter 1 (April - June 2024) pdf icon PDF 228 KB

Purpose:

To note Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s (RBFRS) Quarter 1 performance for the 2024-25 financial year.

 

Appendix A is attached under a separate cover.

 

10.

Forward Plan pdf icon PDF 44 KB

Purpose:

 

To note the Forward Plan.

11.

Date of next meeting

Thursday 30 January 2025, at 6.30pm, Lynda Kenyon Suite, RBFRS Headquarters, Newsham Court, Pincents Kiln, Calcot, Reading, Berkshire RG31 7SD.