Corporate Governance Committee Meeting 13th July

LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND COMBINED FIRE AUTHORITY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

THURSDAY 13 JULY 2023 at 10.00AM

Location: Gartree Committee Room, County Hall, Glenfield

AGENDA

1. Appointment of Chairman.
2. Election of Vice Chairman.
3. Apologies for absence.
4. To receive declarations by members of interests in respect of items on this agenda.
5. To advise of any other items which the Chair has decided to take as urgent.
6. Chairman’s Announcements.
7. Minutes of the meeting held on 15 March 2023.
8. External Audit Strategy Memorandum 2022/23. Appendix – Audit Strategy Memorandum.
9. After the Incident Survey Annual Report 2022/23. Appendix – After the Incident Survey Results 2022/23.
10. Performance Monitoring April 2022 to March 2023 and April to May 2023. Appendix 1 – Performance Update: April 2022 to March 2023, Appendix 2 – Performance Update: April to May 2023 , Appendix 3 – Performance Report.
11. Service Development Programme and ‘Our Plan 2020-24’ –
12. Draft Statement of Accounts and Annual Governance Statement. Appendix – Draft Annual Accounts 2022/23.
13. Progress Against the Internal Audit Plan 2022/23. Appendix 1 – Progress against the Internal Audit Plan 2022-23 at 28 June 2023, Appendix 2 – Statutory & constitutional requirements and working arrangements.
14. Head of Internal Audit Services Annual Report 2022/23. Appendix – Head of Internal Audit Service Annual Report 2022-23, Annex 1 – The Head of Internal Audit Service Annual Opinion on the overall adequacy and Effectiveness of the control environment 2022-23, Annex 2- Work supporting the HoIAS Annual Opinion 2022-23, Annex 3 – LCCIAS –Summary Self-Assessment Conformance to PSIAS – June 2023, Annex 4 – LCCIAS – Quality Assurance Improvement Programme – June 2023.
15. Procurement and Waivers Annual Report. Appendix – Mobilising System Replacement Contract.
16. Staff Engagement and Culture Survey – Action Plan. A PowerPoint presentation will be given for this item.
17. Sickness Analysis April 2022 to March 2023. Appendix 1 – Wholetime Sickness – April 2022 to March 2023, Appendix 2 – National Fire and Rescue Service Sickness Absence Report.
18. Governance Update. Appendix A – Register of Members’ Interests 2023/24, Appendix B – Politically Restricted Posts – July 2023, Appendix C – Service Policy: Anti-Fraud, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Appendix D – Service Procedure: Anti-Fraud, Anti-Bribery and Corruption and Theft, Appendix E – Proposed revisions to the LFRS Constitution.
19. Urgent Items.
20. Date of Next Meeting. The next meeting of the Corporate Governance Committee will be held on 20 September 2023 at 2.00pm at Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Services Headquarters.