Lancashire Combined Fire Authority

Lancashire Combined Fire Authority

Monday, 28 April 2025 in Washington Hall, Leadership and Development Centre, Euxton commencing at 10.30 am.

If you have any queries regarding the agenda papers or require any further information, please initially contact Sam Hunter on telephone number Preston (01772) 866720 and she will be pleased to assist.

Agenda

Part 1 (open to press and public)

Chair's Announcement – Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014

Any persons present at the meeting may photograph, film or record the proceedings, during the public part of the agenda. Any member of the press and public who objects to being photographed, filmed or recorded should let it be known to the Chair who will then instruct that those persons are not photographed, filmed or recorded.

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1.	Chair's Welcome and Introduction Standing item.

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2.	Apologies for Absence

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3.	Disclosure of Pecuniary and non-Pecuniary Interests Members are asked to consider any pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda.

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4.	Minutes of Previous Meeting (Pages 1 - 24)

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5.	Minutes of meeting Wednesday 5 March 2025 of Performance Committee (Pages 25 - 52)

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6.	Minutes of meeting Wednesday 26 March 2025 of Resources Committee (Pages 53 - 64)

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7.	Minutes of meeting Thursday 27 March 2025 of Audit Committee (Pages 65 - 70)

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8.	Urgent Decision Arrangements at Election Time (Pages 71 - 72)

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9.	Members Allowance Scheme and Indices (Pages 73 - 86)

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10.	Member Champion Activity Report (Pages 87 - 94)

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11.	Fire Protection Reports (Pages 95 - 98)

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12.	Operational Incidents of Interest (Pages 99 - 102)

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13.	Member Complaints Standing item.

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14.	Date of Next Meeting The next meeting of the Authority will be held on Monday 23 June 2025 at 1030 hours at Washington Hall Leadership and Development Centre, Euxton.

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Urgent Business An item of business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered as a matter of urgency. Wherever possible, the Clerk should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading.

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