Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/003

Contact: Neil Timberlake, Assistant Public Transport Officer Tel: (01865) 815585

 11.50 am

Report by Deputy Director of Environment & Economy - Highways & Transport ( CMDT10).

The Cabinet Member for Transport considered (CMDT10) future funding for Transport for All the Oxfordshire consultative body which represented people with disabilities and mobility impairments.

Having regard to the arguments and options set out in the documentation before him and the representations made to him the Cabinet Member for Transport confirmed his decision as follows:

(a)                     cease funding Transport For All as a separate organisation after 31 March 2011, but to formally thank the officers and members of Transport For All for their work over the past 22 years, and to write to them informing them of this decision;

(b)                    agree to secure through Oxfordshire Unlimited the consultative role of representing disabled and elderly people in Oxfordshire in matters relating to Highways and Transport;

(c)                     award a grant of £2,000 per annum to support the costs of its meetings and other consultative work for a period of three years commencing 1 April 2011, subject to the agreement of Oxfordshire Unlimited to the terms of a Service Level Agreement governing budget-setting and financial reporting and accountability;

(d)                    agree that the Oxfordshire Rural Community Council would no longer be required to provide administrative support for TFA, and that such support as might be required by Oxfordshire Unlimited would be met from within the County Council’s current staffing resources.

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/003

Contact: Neil Timberlake, Assistant Public Transport Officer Tel: (01865) 815585

 11.50 am

Report by Deputy Director of Environment & Economy - Highways & Transport ( CMDT10).