Cabinet
work programme
3 February 2023
What is the Cabinet work programme?
The Cabinet work programme is a list of the key decisions and other planned cabinet and cabinet member decisions to be taken on behalf of the council.
What is a key decision?
Key decisions are defined as decisions that are likely to:
Officers may also include other items in this work programme on a voluntary basis that do not fit the above definition.
What does the Cabinet work programme tell me?
The work programme gives information about:
Who takes key decisions?
Key decisions are taken by the Cabinet, individual Cabinet members or individual officers acting under delegated powers.
Exempt or confidential decisions
This work programme gives notice of any Cabinet decisions that are likely to be considered in part of a Cabinet meeting when the public are excluded. It may become necessary during the course of a Cabinet meeting to debate an issue or make a decision in the exempt or confidential part of the meeting. However, the Cabinet must first resolve to exclude the public and give a reason for doing so under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.
Who are the Cabinet members?
Cabinet is made up of the Leader of the Council and eight further members and has allocated portfolios to them as follows:
How do I make contact?
Each entry in the work programme indicates the names of the relevant people to contact about that particular item. The contact details for the Cabinet members are available on the council’s website www.southoxon.gov.uk.
How do I get copies of agenda papers and other relevant documents?
The agenda papers for Cabinet meetings and other relevant documents are available five working days before the meeting on the council’s website www.southoxon.gov.uk.
How to make representations to the Cabinet
Members of the public may make a statement or ask a question at a Cabinet meeting on an issue on the Cabinet agenda. To do so, the public must register their intention to speak by 12 noon on the working day before the meeting. To register please contact Democratic Services by e-mail: democratic.services@southandvale.gov.uk.
This work programme is subject to change
The dates listed for each forthcoming decision are the earliest dates for items to come forward; these dates may be affected by the council’s Covid-19 response.
Cabinet work programme
DECISION AND PURPOSE (AND REASON FOR CONFIDENTIALITY WHERE APPROPRIATE) |
KEY DECISION? |
DECISION MAKER AND EARLIEST DECISION DATE |
CABINET MEMBER |
DATE FIRST ON WORK PROGRAMME |
PRINCIPAL CONSULTEES (including Committees) |
CONTACT OFFICER |
DOCUMENTS TO BE USED BY THE DECISION MAKER |
February 2023 decisions
|
Standing item: Property decisions Purpose: to approve any property sales or purchases or take any property management decisions |
Yes |
Cabinet member for economic
development and regeneration
February 2023 |
Robin Bennett |
28 Jul 2014 |
|
James Carpenter |
Cabinet member decision form or officer key decision form |
Standing item: Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy funds Purpose: to create a budget and release funds |
Yes |
Cabinet member for finance and property assets February 2023 |
Pieter-Paul Barker |
1 Sep 2022 |
|
Mark Hewer |
Cabinet member decision form |
UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Rural England Prosperity Fund Purpose: to accept government funding |
No |
Leader of the council February 2023 |
David Rouane |
3 Oct 2022 |
|
Nick King |
Cabinet member decision form |
UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Rural England Prosperity Fund Purpose: to approve a draft action plan to deliver the scheme |
Yes |
Leader of the council February 2023 |
David Rouane |
8 Dec 2022 |
|
Nick King |
Cabinet member decision form |
Office accommodation Purpose: to review the design |
Yes |
Cabinet member for corporate services, policy and programmes February 2023 |
Andrea Powell |
19 Jan 2023 |
|
Adrianna Partridge |
Cabinet member decision form |
Wallingford accessible moorings Purpose: to award a contract to undertake works |
Yes |
Cabinet member for environment, climate change and nature recovery February 2023 |
Sue Cooper |
4 May 2022 |
|
Charlotte Cottingham |
Cabinet member decision form |
Play areas Purpose: to provide a maintenance service for existing play areas |
Yes |
Cabinet member for environment, climate change and nature recovery February 2023 |
Sue Cooper |
15 Jul 2022 |
|
John Backley |
Cabinet member decision form |
Grounds maintenance and public toilet cleaning services Purpose: to provide vehicles for this service |
Yes |
Cabinet member for environment, climate change and nature recovery February 2023 |
Sue Cooper, Pieter-Paul Barker |
27 Jan 2021 |
|
John Backley |
Cabinet member decision form |
Invoice automation solution Purpose: to award a contract |
Yes |
Cabinet member for finance and property assets February 2023 |
Pieter-Paul Barker |
3 Oct 2022 |
|
Ben Watson |
Cabinet member decision form |
Thame Leisure Centre Purpose: to replace the combined heat and power unit |
Yes |
Cabinet member for finance and property assets February 2023 |
Pieter-Paul Barker |
3 Oct 2022 |
|
Jan Smith |
Cabinet member decision form |
Council tax hardship fund |
No |
Cabinet member for finance and property assets February 2023 |
Pieter-Paul Barker |
13 Dec 2022 |
|
Trevor Gaffney |
Cabinet member decision form |
Commissioning of domestic abuse services Purpose: to agree a partnering agreement for a pooled budget |
Yes |
Cabinet member for legal and democratic February 2023 |
Kate Gregory |
18 Nov 2022 |
|
Diane Foster |
Cabinet member decision form |
Capital grants Purpose: to award capital grants |
Yes |
Cabinet member for community wellbeing Not before 10 February 2023 |
Maggie Filipova-Rivers |
19 Jan 2023 |
|
Cheryl Reeves |
Cabinet member decision form |
March decisions
|
Riverside splashpad, Wallingford Purpose: to refurbish the splashpad |
Yes |
Cabinet member for community wellbeing March 2023 |
Maggie Filipova-Rivers |
3 Jan 2023 |
|
Ian Burtenshaw |
Cabinet member decision form |
Standing item: Recommendations from other committees Purpose: to consider and determine action on any recommendations from other committees |
Yes |
Cabinet 9 March 2023 |
Relevant Cabinet members |
18 Oct 2019 |
|
Steve Culliford |
Cabinet report |
Corporate Plan Performance Report, quarter 3 2022/23 |
No |
Cabinet 9 March 2023 |
Andrea Powell |
8 Dec 2022 |
|
Harry Barrington-Mountford |
Cabinet report |
Climate Action Plan Performance Report, quarter 3 2022/23 |
No |
Cabinet 9 March 2023 |
Sue Cooper |
8 Dec 2022 |
|
Harry Barrington-Mountford |
Cabinet report |
Delivery of waste services |
Yes |
Cabinet 9 March 2023 |
Sue Cooper |
3 Jan 2023 |
|
William Maxwell |
Cabinet report |
Section 106 policy Purpose: to review and approve the policy and process to allocate funds to those developing affordable/social housing |
Yes |
Cabinet 9 March 2023 |
Maggie Filipova-Rivers |
16 Jan 2023 |
|
Paul Fielding |
Cabinet report |
BOB (Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West) Integrated Care Partnership's strategic priorities Purpose: to endorse the integrated care partnership’s strategic priorites |
No |
Cabinet 9 March 2023 |
Maggie Filipova-Rivers |
19 Jan 2023 |
|
Jayne Bolton |
Cabinet report |
Asylum/refugee accommodation schemes |
Yes |
Cabinet 9 March 2023 |
Maggie Filipova-Rivers |
19 Jan 2023 |
|
Adrianna Partridge |
Cabinet report |
June decisions
|
Revenue grant scheme Purpose: to consider options for the scheme from April 2024 |
Yes |
Cabinet 22 June 2023 |
Cabinet member for community wellbeing |
3 Feb 2023 |
|
Cheryl Reeves |
Cabinet member decision form |