Agenda and decisions
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Apologies for Absence Decision: None received. |
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Declarations of Interest - guidance note below Decision: There were none. |
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Decision: The minutes were approved and signed as a correct record by the Chair. |
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Questions from County Councillors Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am two working days before the meeting, ask a question on any matter in respect of the Cabinet’s delegated powers.
The number of questions which may be asked by any councillor at any one meeting is limited to two (or one question with notice and a supplementary question at the meeting) and the time for questions will be limited to 30 minutes in total. As with questions at Council, any questions which remain unanswered at the end of this item will receive a written response.
Questions submitted prior to the agenda being despatched are shown below and will be the subject of a response from the appropriate Cabinet Member or such other councillor or officer as is determined by the Cabinet Member, and shall not be the subject of further debate at this meeting. Questions received after the despatch of the agenda, but before the deadline, will be shown on the Schedule of Addenda circulated at the meeting, together with any written response which is available at that time. Decision: See annex. |
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Petitions and Public Address Members of the public who wish to speak at this meeting can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection.
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Decision: 12 Business Management and Monitoring Report Cllr Eddie Reeves
13 Capital Programme Approvals Robin Tucker
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Appointments Decision: Cabinet noted the following appointments:-
Future Oxfordshire Partnership Infrastructure Advisory Group: Councillor Judy Roberts as OCC representative. Councillor Andrew Gant as substitute.
Schools Organisation Stakeholder Group Councillor Andy Graham to fill a vacancy
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Reports from Scrutiny Committees Decision: There were no reports from Scrutiny Committees at this meeting. |
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Care Homes Purchasing Framework Cabinet Member: Adult Social Care Forward Plan Ref: 2023/213 Contact: Ian Bottomley, Lead Commissioner – Age Well, ian.bottomley@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Report by Corporate Director: Adult Social Care (CA8).
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to
a) Approve the new care home banding model and note the engagement of the market and partners in its development.
c) Approve the revision of the s75 NHS 2006 agreement with the ICB to support implementation of the model and to delegate authority to agree further amendments to this agreement to the Corporate Director of Adult Social Care in consultation with the Director of Law and Governance Decision: Recommendations approved. |
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Business Services Transformation Programme Business Refocus Cabinet Members: Corporate Services and Finance Forward Plan Ref: 2023/168 Contact: Tim Spiers, Director of IT, Innovation, Digital and Transformation, tim.spiers@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Report by Director of Finance (CA9).
Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:
a) Approve the refocusing of the programme on the delivery of improvements to existing human resources, finance, payroll and procurement functions and processes.
b) Approve that the programme does not progress the development of detailed requirements and a full business case to review delivery options for corporate support services and underpinning technology.
c) Approve the repurposing £1.23m of the existing approved £1.57m programme funding to deliver the refocused programme and return the remaining £345k to the Transformation Reserve Decision: Recommendations approved. |
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Treasury Management Mid Term Review 2023/24 Cabinet Member: Finance Forward Plan Ref: 2023/140 Contact: Tim Chapple, Treasury Manager, tim.chapple@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Report by Director of Finance (CA10).
Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the council’s treasury management activity in the first half of 2023/24 and recommend Council to note council’s treasury management activity in the first half of 2023/24.
Decision: Recommendations approved. |
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Budget & Business Planning Report - 2024/25 - November 2023 Cabinet Member: Finance Forward Plan Ref: 2023/316 Contact: Kathy Wilcox, Kathy.wilcox@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Report by Director of Finance
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:
a) endorse the report and note the directorate pressures that will need to be considered as part of the Budget & Business Planning Process. b) endorse the approach to savings that will be developed further through the Budget & Business Planning Process.
Additional documents: Decision: Recommendations approved. |
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Business Management & Monitoring Report - August/September 2023 Cabinet Member: Finance Forward Plan Ref: 2023/141 Contact: Louise Tustian, Head of Insight and Corporate Programmes, louise.tustian@oxfordshire.gov.uk / Kathy Wilcox, Head of Financial Strategy, kathy.wilcox@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Report by Chief Executive / Director of Finance (CA12 ).
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to
a) note the report and annexes. b) approve the virements in Annex 2a. c) approve the write off of five Adult Social Care contribution debts totaling £0.142m. d) approve the Supplementary Estimate request of £0.2m to fund the deficit balance for a school converting to academy status during 2023/24.
Additional documents: Decision: Recommendations approved. |
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Capital Programme Approvals - November 2023 Cabinet Member: Finance Forward Plan Ref: 2023/139 Contact: Natalie Crawford, Capital Programme Manager, natalie.crawford@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Report by Director of Finance (CA13).
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:
a) approve £2.1m as a development budget to progress the design phase for the ‘Didcot Northern Perimeter Road Scheme 3’, a scheme already in the capital programme. b) approve the submission of a bid to Active Travel England for an indicative funding amount of £2.38m for several defined active travel schemes.
Decision: Recommendations approved. |
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Forward Plan and Future Business Cabinet Member: All Contact Officer: Chris Reynolds, Committee Officer chris.reynolds@oxfordshire.gov.uk
The Cabinet Procedure Rules provide that the business of each meeting at the Cabinet is to include “updating of the Forward Plan and proposals for business to be conducted at the following meeting”. Items from the Forward Plan for the immediately forthcoming meetings of the Cabinet appear in the Schedule at CA14. This includes any updated information relating to the business for those meetings that has already been identified for inclusion in the next Forward Plan update.
The Schedule is for noting, but Cabinet Members may also wish to take this opportunity to identify any further changes they would wish to be incorporated in the next Forward Plan update.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the items currently identified for forthcoming meetings. Decision: Noted. |
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For information only: Cabinet responses to Scrutiny items Additional documents:
Decision: Noted. |