Decisions

To approve the Didcot Public Art Plan as attached at appendix one of this report and the addendum as included as part of this ICMD report.

To award the contract for a new transfer station facility to handle the council’s dry mixed recycling.  The contract would run for a minimum of five years, starting in June 2026.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet approves the award of the contract for a new transfer station facility to handle the council’s dry mixed recycling (DMR) to the preferred bidder. The contract would run for a minimum of five years, starting in June 2026.

To update to the Joint Public Health Funerals Policy

RESOLVED: That Cabinet

a)    Adopt the updated Joint Public Health Funerals Policy

b)    Delegates to the Head of Housing and Environment to make any minor changes to future versions of the Policy in consultation with the Cabinet member for Environment

To receive this Performing Arts Grant policy as a grant criteria to proceed with distributing performing arts grants to community groups in South Oxfordshire district Council.

RESOLVED: that Cabinet:

a)    Agree the Performing Arts Grants Policy as detailed at appendix 1 of this report and implement the distribution of the £60K grant funding each year for the next 3 years (2024 – 2027), subject to annual Full Council budget approval.

b)    Authorise the assessment and allocation of grant awards as detailed in this report and delegated to the Head of Communities in consultation with the Head of Finance (Section 151 Officer) and relevant Cabinet Member.

c)  Delegates to the Head of Communities, in consultation with the Cabinet member for Communities, to update the policy.

To approve the report to extend the period in which a new claim for CTR can be backdated from the current six months to 12 months, where good cause has been demonstrated. 

RECOMMENDED to Council on 28 November 2024 that for the 2025/26 financial year onwards the council continues to adopt the previous 2024/25 Council Tax Reduction (CTR) Scheme but with the following amendment:

a)    Extend the period in which a new claim for CTR can be backdated from six months to twelve months, where good cause has been demonstrated.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet

a)    Approve the report of the head of finance for the calculation of the council’s tax base and the calculation of the tax base for each parish area for 2025/2026.

b)    Agree that, in accordance with The Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, the amount calculated by South Oxfordshire District Council as its council tax base for the year 2025/26 be 63,639.9.

c)Agree that, in accordance with The Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, the amount calculated by South Oxfordshire District Council as the council tax base for the year 2025/26 for each parish be the amount shown against the name of that parish in Appendix A of the report of the head of finance to Cabinet on 28 November 2024.

Purpose: to adopt the strategies

RESOLVED: That Cabinet

a)    Adopt the South Oxfordshire Leisure Facilities Assessment and Strategy

b)    Adopt the South Oxfordshire Playing Pitch Strategy