Decisions

It was agreed that there was no need to go into private session.

Approve the County Council Vision Zero commitment.

Recommendations agreed

Noted

10. Report from the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee

Cllr Jane Hanna

11. SEND top-up funding for schools

Carole Thomson

13. Local Transport and Connectivity Plan

Cllr Charlie Hicks

Graham Smith

John Center

Deborah Glass Woodin

Danny Yee

14. Vision Zero

Alison Hill

Peter Barnett

Danny Yee

Cllr Dan Levy

15. National Bus Strategy – Enhanced Partnership

Danny Yee

17. HIF1 Grant Determination Agreement

Greg O’Broin

Chris Hancock

Richard Harding

Cllr Robin Bennett

Cllr Charlie Hicks

Cllr Ian Middleton

See Annex

Approved

None

None

To seek approval for GDA amendment / Deed of Variation.

Recommendations agreed

Cabinet is asked to note the report and recommend Council to note the council’s treasury management activity in 2021/22.

Recommendations agreed

To seek agreement of the LTCP document and supporting strategies for adoption by full Council in July 2022.

Joint Responsibilities:

Cabinet Member for Highway Management and Cabinet Member for Travel & Development Strategy

Amended recommendations were agreed as follows:

a) Approve the content of the LTCP document, and the supporting strategies subject to consideration of the recommendations from the Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee, for adoption by the County Council on 12th July 2022, and

b) Delegate the decision on the final LTCP document, including consideration of the recommendations from the Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee and graphical format to the Corporate Director for Environment and Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Travel and Development Strategy.

To note the performance against the capital programme for 2021/22 as set out in the report.

Recommendations agreed

Quarterly staffing report providing details of key people numbers and analysis of main changes since the previous report.

Recommendations agreed

To seek approval of the Enhanced Partnership.

An amendment was agreed to Annex A of Oxfordshire Enhanced Partnership Plan & Scheme:

On page 667 in the row headed “Bus Lanes” it currently states under “Timescale”: “Existing facilities to be retained at least at current hours of operation”.

Append “ – bus lanes will only be removed if modelling can show that alternative bus priority measures would improve bus journey times and cycle and pedestrian safety.”

Recommendations agreed with the amendment above.

To note the report.

Recommendations agreed

To agree the recommendations set out in the paper.

Recommendations agreed

To update on the SEND Review:right support, right place, right time and to agree the SEND top-up funding for Schools.

Recommendations agreed

GDA presented to Cabinet for consideration and approval.

Recommendation agreed

Oxfordshire County Council collects, processes, stores and disposes of personal data in accordance with the requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) and any other relevant legislation that governs the use of personal data e.g. the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).

Adoption of the Data Protection Policy following its annual review and approval by the Information Governance Board.

Council noted the schedule of dates of committees in 2022/23 subject to the following amendments:-

a)    The start time of Council meetings to be 10.30am

b)    The start time of Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee to be 10.00am

Recommendations Agreed (nem con).

See Annex 3 attached. Where the Committees appointed Chairs and Deputy Chairs these are marked by Ch and D-Ch.

a)    Agreed (nem con) to note the names of the people appointed to the Cabinet by the Leader of the Council for the coming year and their respective portfolios (shown below);

Leader – Cllr Liz Leffman

Deputy Leader – Liz Brighouse

Cabinet Member for: Corporate Services – Glynis Phillips

Community Services and Safety – Jenny Hannaby

Climate Change Delivery and Environment – Pete Sudbury

Travel and Development Strategy – Duncan Enright

Highways Management – Andrew Gant

Finance – Calum Miller

Adult Social Care – Tim Bearder

Public Health & Equalities – Mark Lygo

b)    Agreed to note Councillor Eddie Reeves as Leader of the Opposition

c)    Agreed to note that Councillor Donna Ford had been given responsibility for both the Corporate Services and Community Services and Safety portfolios in the Shadow Cabinet

Recommendations agreed (nem con) subject to an amendment (moved by Cllr Liz Brighouse and seconded by Cllr John Howson) to add school meals and school transport to the list of dispensations

Council received the report of the Cabinet

In relation to a questions from Cllr Bob Johnston, Cllr Pete Sudbury said that the Tree Policy does include climate resilience and UK grown trees.  Trees needed to provide food, timber or natural habitats

In relation to a question from Cllr Charlie Hicks,  Cllr Sudbury confirmed that the next policy to be considered would be for verges and footpaths.

Cllr Sudbury then updated members on the Council’s response to the current position regarding climate change

In relation to questions from Cllr John Howson and Cllr Nick Field-Johnson, Cllr Enright said that a list of which organisations is to be included in the Highways Work Bonds would need to be considered and Cllr Bearder explained the current position on the parishes being considered of 20 mph schemes.  The request for a full schedule of parishes would be considered.

Recommendations agreed (nem con).

Councillor Felix Bloomfield was elected Vice-Chair for the 2022/23 Civic Year.

Councillor Susanna Pressel was elected as Chair for the 2022/23 Council Year.

There were none.

There were none.

There were none

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Banfield, Corkin, Haywood, Levy, Murphy and Rooke

The minutes of the meeting held on 5 April 2022 were amended as follows:-

7/22 Oxfordshire County Council and Cherwell District Council Section 113 Agreement

The minute to record the rebuttal made by Cllr Corkin to the statement by Cllr Leffman that Cherwell District Council had decided to cease the Section 113 agreement.

19/22 Questions with Notice from Members of the Council

In relation to question 2 (Cllr Eddie Reeves to Cllr Liz Leffman) Cllr Leffman reiterated that the 4 complaints against the Cabinet member for Highways Management were all on the same issue which had been resolved

In relation to question 12 (Cllr Stefan Gawrysiak to Cllr Calum Miller), Cllr Miller said that officers were in the process of providing a full overview of the assets of the County Council and undertook to provide a further written answer on the plans for the repair of various council properties once this review is completed later this year

and signed as a correct record.