Agenda
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Meeting |
North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel |
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Councillors Peter Wilkinson (Chair), Danny Myers (Vice-Chair), Chris Aldred, David Chance, Kevin Foster, Tim Grogan, Emilie Knight, Heather Moorhouse, Michael Pavlovic and Steve Shaw-Wright. |
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Date: |
Wednesday, 21 January 2026 |
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2.00 pm |
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Council Chamber (CH) - County Hall |
This meeting is being live broadcast and recorded and will be available to view via our website and uploaded to our Youtube channel.
Business
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Apologies for absence
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Declarations of Interest |
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All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.
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Consideration of Exclusion of the Public |
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To consider the exclusion of the public and press from the meeting during consideration of Item 9 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information)(Variation) Order 2006); namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). The Panel will need to consider whether the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
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Minutes of the Panel Meeting held on 8 October 2025
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(Pages 5 - 14) |
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Appointment of the Panel's co-opted independent members |
(Pages 15 - 20) |
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Report from the Principal Scrutiny Officer inviting the Panel to formally agree the co-option of three co-opted members.
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Public Questions or Statements to the Panel |
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· Any member of the public, who lives, works or studies in North Yorkshire and York can ask a question to the Panel. The question or statement must be put in writing to the Panel no later than midday on Friday, 15 January 2026 to Diane Parsons (nypfcp@northyorks.gov.uk). · The time period for asking and responding to all questions will be limited to 30 minutes. No one question or statement shall exceed 3 minutes. · The full protocol for public questions or statements can be found at www.nypartnerships.org.uk/pfcp.
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Provisional Police Settlement and Setting the Police Precept 2026/27 |
(Pages 21 - 36) |
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Pre-precept’ report from the Mayor’s office setting out the provisional funding settlement for policing, with additional context around the recent precept consultation and future planning assumptions.
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The Mayor's Draft Fire Budget 2026/27 and Fire and Rescue Precept Proposal
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8a |
Panel Scrutiny of the Fire Precept Proposal |
(Pages 37 - 38) |
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Guidance note from the Principal Scrutiny Officer on the legal position and timing in relation to the Panel’s role.
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8b |
Draft 2026/27 Fire Budget and Medium Term Financial Plan Proposal |
(Pages 39 - 74) |
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Report from the Mayor for consideration by the Panel, which proposes an allocation of the Mayor’s general budget for fire and rescue services. For the Panel to review and make recommendations prior to decision-making by the Combined Authority on 6 February.
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Closed Session |
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For the Panel to discuss and agree its recommendations regarding the proposed precept proposal, as considered at item 8(b).
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Members' Questions
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Shared services collaboration between policing and fire and rescue (formerly EnableNY) |
(Pages 75 - 86) |
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Update report from the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire regarding delivery of shared services.
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Community Risk Management Plan for fire and rescue |
(Pages 87 - 90) |
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Report from the Deputy Mayor for Policing, Fire and Crime updating Panel on the outcomes of the consultation on the CRMP and subsequent decision-making.
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Progress on Issues Raised by the Panel |
(Pages 91 - 104) |
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Update report from the Panel Secretariat.
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Work Programme |
(Pages 105 - 110) |
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Report by the Panel Secretariat.
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Any other items |
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Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.
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Date of Next Meeting |
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Thursday, 5 February 2026 at 10:30am (Policing Precept) – County Hall, Northallerton.
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Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. You may be interested in subscribing to updates about this or any other North Yorkshire Council committee.
Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public. Please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.
Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact the Principal Scrutiny Officer (details below) prior to the start of the meeting.
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Contact Details |
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For enquiries relating to this agenda and meeting please contact: Diane Parsons, Principal Scrutiny Officer E-mail: nypfcp@northyorks.gov.uk Tel: 01609 532750
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive