Agenda and decisions

See guidance below.

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 Member’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.

Members of the public who wish to speak at this meeting can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection.

Requests to speak must be submitted by no later than 9am four working days before the meeting.  Requests to speak should be sent to committeesdemocraticservices@oxfordshire.gov.uk .

If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that if the technology fails, then your views can still be taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9 am 2 working days before the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 10 October 2024 as a correct record.

Cabinet Member: Infrastructure and Development Strategy

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/343

Contact: Dan Hammond, Senior Project Manager (Dan.Hammond@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDIDS5).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Delegate authority to the Director of Environment & Highways in consultation with the Director of Finance and the Head of Legal Services & Deputy Monitoring Officer to approve the award of a works contract to Balfour Beatty Group Limited in respect of the construction / delivery of the A34 Harwell Layby (part of the wider A34 Lodge Hill Interchange scheme).