Full Authority

Delegated Powers

The Authority is a corporate body with the legal responsibility for making decisions about all matters concerning the functions, powers, duties and responsibilities of the Authority which are invested in it by statute and / or common law.

However, only the Authority will exercise the following functions:

Variations to standing orders and financial standing orders
Revenue budget and capital plan
Levying or issuing a precept or borrowing on money
Major policy issues including:

– number and location of fire stations

– major organisational variations to the management or command structure

– major variations to the establishment

– proposals for expenditure not within approved revenue or capital plans

Adoption of Members’ allowances scheme
Appointing Chair and Vice Chair of the Authority and of the committees and sub-committees
Any other matter which by law must be reserved to the Authority itself

Membership

Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrat
Cllr M Akhtar	Cllr C Anderson	Cllr R Downes
Cllr G Almas	Cllr D Hall	Cllr J Sunderland
Cllr T Austin	Cllr P Harrand
Cllr J Fenton-Glynn	Cllr R Hunt
Cllr R Grahame	Cllr D Kirton
Cllr D Jenkins	Cllr M Pollard
Cllr N Mohammed
Cllr D O’Donovan (Chair)
Cllr M Pervaiz
Cllr K Renshaw
Cllr F Shaheen
Cllr A Tait
Cllr S Tulley (Vice chair)
Cllr A Wenham

Meetings – Agendas and Minutes

Coronavirus

We are currently using teleconferencing arrangements for our Committee meetings.

If you wish to attend a meeting, please dial in at the appropriate time detailed on the relevant agenda sheet on 0800 0014 401 and use the passcode 621758. When prompted to say your name please announce yourself as “member of the public and you may also wish to follow this with your name”

Membership

: Cllr Mahmood Akhtar – Labour Group

: Cllr Gohar Almas – Labour Group

: Cllr Caroline Anderson – Conservative Group

: Cllr Tracey Austin – Labour Group

: Cllr Ryk Downes – Liberal Democrat Group

: Cllr Josh-Fenton-Glynn – Labour Group

: Cllr Ronald Grahame – Labour Group

: Cllr David Hall – Conservative Group

: Cllr Peter Harrand – Conservative Group

: Cllr Richard Hunt – Conservative Group

: Cllr David Jenkins – Labour Group

: Cllr David Kirton – Conservative Group

: Cllr Nussrat Mohammed – Labour Group

: Cllr Darren O’Donovan – Labour Group

: Cllr Mussarat Pervaiz – Labour Group

: Cllr Mike Pollard – Conservative Group

: Cllr Karen Renshaw – Labour Group

: Cllr Fozia Shaheen – Labour Group

: Cllr Jeanette Sunderland – Liberal Democrat Group

: Cllr Angela Tait – Labour Group

: Cllr Steve Tulley – Labour Group

: Cllr Angela Wenham – Labour Group

Meeting 27 June 2019

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Meeting to be held on Thursday, 27 June 2019 at 10.30 a.m. in the Training and Conference Suite, Birkenshaw

Agenda

1 Appointment of Chair

2 Appointment of Vice-chair

3 Membership of the Authority
Link to report

4 Chair’s announcements

5 Admission of the public

Members are asked to consider whether, by resolution, to exclude the public from the meeting during the items of business marked with an ‘E’ reference, because of the possibility of the disclosure of exempt information.

6 Urgent items

To determine whether there are any additional items of business which, by reason of special circumstances, the Chair believes should be considered at the meeting.

7 Declarations of interest

To consider any declaration of disclosable pecuniary interest in relation to any item of business on the agenda.

8 Committee memberships and appointments 2019 – 2020
Link to report

9 Nomination of Members to answer questions at meetings of constituent authorities and of District Community Safety leader representatives
Link to report

10 Appointment of Member Champions 2019 – 2020
Link to report

11 Representation on Outside Bodies for 2019 – 2020
Link to report

12 Minutes of meeting held on 21 February 2019

13 Minutes of the Community Safety Committee held on 29 March 2019

14 Minutes of the Human Resources Committee held on 5 April 2019

15 Minutes of the Finance and Resources Committee held on 12 April 2019

16 Minutes of the Audit Committee held on 26 April 2019

17 Minutes of the Executive Committee held on

a) 26 April 2019
b) 21 May 2019

18 Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Local Pension Board held on 18 April 201

19 Local Government Association Minutes

a) Fire Commission – 12 October 2018
b) Fire Services Management Committee – 25 January 2019
c) Fire Services Management Committee – 11 March 2019

20 Tri-Service Collaboration Board Minutes held on 3 August 2018

21 Authority Constitution – review
Link to report

22 Performance Management report – 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019
Link to report

23 Corporate Health – annual update report
Link to report

24 Service Action Plan 2018 – 19 update
Link to report

25 Member support and profile raising
Link to report

26 Programme of Change 2019 – 20 update
Link to report

Agenda Pdf version

All reports Pdf version

Minutes

Meeting 20 September 2019

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Meeting to be held on Friday, 20 September 2019 at 10.30 a.m. in the Training and Conference Suite, Birkenshaw.

Agenda

1 Chair’s announcements

2 Admission of the public

3 Urgent items

To determine whether there are any additional items of business which, by reason of special circumstances, the Chair believes should be considered at the meeting.
Link to report

4 Declarations of interest

To consider any declaration of disclosable pecuniary interest in relation to any item of business on the agenda.

5 Minutes of meeting held on 27 June 2019

6 Matters arising

7 Minutes of the Human Resources Committee held on 5 July 2019

8 Minutes of the Local Pension Board held on 5 July 2019

9 Minutes of the Community Safety Committee held on 12 July 2019

10 Minutes the Finance and Resources Committee held on 19 July 2019

11 Minutes of the Audit Committee held on 26 July 2019

12 Minutes of the Executive Committee held on

a) 15 July 2019
b) 12 August 2019

13 Tri Service Collaboration Board Minutes held on 11 July 2019

14 Minutes of the Local Government Association

a) Fire Commission Minutes held on 24 May 2019
b) Fire Services Management Committee held on 28 June 2019

15 Performance Management report – 1 April – 30 June 2019

Link to report

16 Programme of change 2019 – 20 – update

Link to report

17 Statement of Assurance 2018 – 19

Link to report

18 Integrated Risk Management Plan 2019 – 22 – proposals for consultation

Link to report

19 Appointment of Vice chair

Agenda Pdf version

All reports Pdf version

Minutes

Meeting 13 December 2019

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Meeting to be held on Friday, 13 December 2019 at 10.30 a.m. in the Training and Conference Suite, Birkenshaw

Agenda

1 Chair’s announcements

2 Admission of the public

3 Urgent items

To determine whether there are any additional items of business which, by reason of special circumstances, the Chair believes should be considered at the meeting.

4 Declarations of interest

To consider any declaration of disclosable pecuniary interest in relation to any item of business on the agenda.

5 Minutes of meeting held on 20 September 2019

6 Matters arising

7 Minutes of the Executive Committee held on 20 September 2019

8 Minutes of the Human Resources Committee held on 4 October 2019

9 Minutes of the Finance and Resources Committee held on 11 October 2019

10 Minutes the Audit Committee held on 18 October 2019

11 Minutes of the Community Safety Committee held on 25 October 2019

12 Minutes of the Tri Service Collaboration Board held on 24 October 2019

13 Minutes of the Local Government Association

Fire Commission Minutes held on 20 September 2019
Fire Services Management Committee held on 11 October 2019

Link to report

14 Programme of meetings 2019 – 20 – amendment
Link to report

15 Performance Management report – 1 April – 30 September 2019
Link to report

16 Programme of change 2019 – 20 – update
Link to report

17 Integrated Risk Management Plan – outcome of consultation
Link to report

18 Integrated Risk Management Plan 2020 – 21 – proposals
Link to report

19 Grenfell Tower Inquiry – Phase 1 report
Link to report

20 Bonfire Review 2019
Link to report

Agenda Pdf version
All reports Pdf version
Minutes Pdf version

Meeting 21 February 2020

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Meeting to be held on Friday 21 February 2020 at 10.30 am in the Training and Conference Suite, Birkenshaw

Agenda

1 Chair’s announcements

2 Urgent items

To determine whether there are any additional items of business which, by reasons of special circumstance, the Chair believes should be considered at the meeting.

3 Admission of the public

To consider whether, by resolution, to exclude the public from the meeting during the items of business marked with an ‘E’ reference, because of the possibility of the disclosure of exempt information.