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Civil Enforcement Procurement

Meeting: 21/01/2025 - Cabinet (Item 18)

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Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/369

Contact: Keith Stenning, Head of Service – Network Management

Keith.stenning@oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CA14).

 

 

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

 

a)    Approve the commencement of work to explore and consider options for Civil Enforcement provision for the county council due to contracts coming to an end March 2026.

 

b)     Endorse the proposed approach and key stages as set out in this paper.  

 

Decision:

Recommendations approved.

Minutes:

Cabinet had before it a report recommending a model for future civil enforcement delivery following the expiry of current contracts in March 2026.

 

Councillor Andrew Gant, Cabinet Member for Transport Management, presented the report.  He emphasised the importance of effective enforcement in achieving the county's transport goals. He addressed the points raised by the speakers, including the need for better enforcement of parking regulations, the potential use of new technologies, and the importance of recruiting and retaining civil enforcement officers.

 

Councillor Gant moved and Councillor Roberts seconded the recommendations and they were approved.

 

RESOLVED to:-

 

a)    Approve the commencement of work to explore and consider options for Civil Enforcement provision for the county council due to contracts coming to an end March 2026.

 

b)    Endorse the proposed approach and key stages as set out in this paper.