Agenda, decisions and draft minutes
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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence. The quorum for Cabinet is 3 members.
Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor Tristan Wilkinson and Councillor Mike McKeown.
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest from Members and Officers, relating to items to be considered at the meeting. Additional documents: Minutes: There were no declarations of interest from Members. |
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To approve the minutes of the previous meeting of Cabinet held 10 March 2025.
Additional documents: Decision: The purpose of this item was to consider the minutes of the meeting of Cabinet on 10 March 2025. There were no amendments to the minutes.
The approval of the minutes was proposed by Councillor Mike Evemy, Deputy Leader and Member for Finance and Transformation and seconded by Councillor Juliet Layton, Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning. This proposal was put to the vote and agreed by Cabinet.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 10 March 2025 be approved as a correct record.
Voting Record: 2 For, 0 Against, 3 Abstentions
Minutes: The minutes of the meeting of Cabinet on 10 March 2025 were considered. There were no amendments to the minutes.
The approval of the minutes was proposed by Councillor Mike Evemy, Deputy Leader and Member for Finance and Transformation, and seconded by Councillor Juliet Layton, Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning.
This proposal was put to the vote and agreed by Cabinet.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 10 March 2025 be approved as a correct record.
Voting Record: 2 For, 0 Against, 3 Abstentions.
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Leader's Announcements To receive any announcements from the Leader of the Council. Additional documents: Minutes: The Leader congratulated the Chief Executive, Rob Weaver, on his nomination for Chief Executive of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards. The Leader also thanked the Chief Executive for his hard work over the past four years. There were no further announcements from the Leader.
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Public Questions To deal with questions from the public within the open forum question and answer session of fifteen minutes in total. Questions from each member of the public should be no longer than one minute each and relate to issues under the Cabinet’s remit. At any one meeting no person may submit more than two questions and no more than two such questions may be asked on behalf of one organisation.
The Leader will ask whether any members of the public present at the meeting wish to ask a question and will decide on the order of questioners.
The response may take the form of: a) a direct oral answer; b) where the desired information is in a publication of the Council or other published work, a reference to that publication; or c) where the reply cannot conveniently be given orally, a written answer circulated later to the questioner. Additional documents: Minutes: There were no public questions. |
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Member Questions No Member Questions have been submitted prior to the publication of the agenda.
A Member of the Council may ask the Leader or a Cabinet Member a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties or which affects the Cotswold District. A maximum period of fifteen minutes shall be allowed at any such meeting for Member questions.
A Member may only ask a question if: a) the question has been delivered in writing or by electronic mail to the Chief Executive no later than 5.00 p.m. on the working day before the day of the meeting; or b) the question relates to an urgent matter, they have the consent of the Leader to whom the question is to be put and the content of the question is given to the Chief Executive by 9.30 a.m. on the day of the meeting.
An answer may take the form of: a) a direct oral answer; b) where the desired information is in a publication of the Council or other published work, a reference to that publication; or c) where the reply cannot conveniently be given orally, a written answer circulated later to the questioner. Additional documents: Minutes: There were no member questions. |
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To note the decisions taken by the Leader and/or Individual Cabinet Members since the agenda for Cabinet 10 March 2025 was published. The following non-key decisions have been taken by individual Cabinet Members under delegated authority:
1. Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Transformation Decision meeting 3 March 2025 – Funding decisions Bourton-on-the-Water Tourism Levy 2024/2025. Non-key decision taken by the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Transformation on 3 March 2025
Date decision effective: 13 March 2025 Decision notice attached as Appendix 1
2. Cabinet Member for Health, Culture and Visitor Experience Decision Meeting 14 March 2025 – Variations approval to the Council’s Off-Street parking Order for The Chippings car park Non-key decision taken by the Cabinet Member for Health, Culture and Visitor Experience.
Date decision effective: 27 March 2025 Decision notice attached as Appendix 2
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Minutes: There were two Cabinet Member decisions to report to the Cabinet since Cabinet last met on 10 March 2025.
Cabinet Member Delegated - Decision1. The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Transformation participated in a decision meeting on 3 March 2025 regarding the funding of:
as well as the delegation of authority for further expenditure to the Deputy Chief Executive in consultation with himself.
The Cabinet member for Finance and Transformation considered the recommendations and RESOLVED to APPROVE the funding and the delegation. The decision was effective on 13 March 2025.
Cabinet Member Delegated – Decision 2. The Cabinet Member for Health, Culture and Visitor Experience Decision participated in a decision meeting on 14 March 2025 regarding approval of a variation to the Council’s Off-Street Parking Order for the Chippings car park situated in Tetbury.
The Cabinet member for Health, Culture and Visitor Experience considered the recommendations and RESOLVED to APPROVE the variation to the Parking Order for the Chippings Car Park. The decision was effective on 27 March 2025.
RESOLVED that Cabinet NOTED the two decisions.
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Issue(s) Arising from Overview and Scrutiny and/or Audit and Governance To receive any recommendations from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and to consider any matters raised by the Audit and Governance Committee. Additional documents: Minutes: There were no issues arising from Overview and Scrutiny Committee or Audit and Governance Committee. |
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Financial Performance Report 2024-25 Quarter Three Purpose This report sets out the third budget monitoring position for the 2024/25 financial year.
Recommendations That Cabinet resolves to: 1. Review and notes the financial position set out in this report. 2. Approve the transfer of the improved surplus (£0.435m) to the Financial Resilience Reserves, as set out in Paragraph 4.7 of the report. 3. Approve the revised Capital Programme of £7.550m including additional expenditure of £0.238m on Disabled Facilities following the allocation of additional Disabled Facilities Grant funding provided by Gloucestershire County Council. (para 2.10). Additional documents:
Decision: The purpose of the report was to update Cabinet on the third budget monitoring position for the 2024/25 financial year and to seek approval for the principle of the transfer of the improved surplus (£0.435m) to the Financial Resilience Reserves, as set out in Paragraph 4.7 of the report. Approval was also sought for the revised Capital Programme of £7.550m including additional expenditure of £0.238m on Disabled Facilities Grants following the allocation of additional Disabled Facilities Grant funding provided by Gloucestershire County Council.
Councillor Mick Evemy, Deputy Leader of the Council and Member for Finance and Transformation, introduced the item.
The recommendations were proposed by Councillor Mike Evemy and seconded by Councillor Joe Harris, Leader of the Council.
RESOLVED that Cabinet:
Voting record: For 5, Against 0, Abstain 0.
Minutes: The purpose of the report was to update Cabinet on the third quarterly budget monitoring position for the 2024/25 financial year and to seek approval for the principle of the transfer of the improved surplus (£0.435m) to the Financial Resilience Reserves, as set out in Paragraph 4.7 of the report to help address ongoing budgetary pressures. Approval was also sought for the revised Capital Programme of £7.550m including additional expenditure of £0.238m on Disabled Facilities Grants following the allocation of additional Disabled Facilities Grant funding provided by Gloucestershire County Council. Councillor Mike Evemy, Deputy Leader of the Council and Member for Finance and Transformation, introduced the item. The Quarter Three report covered the period from October to December 2024, and highlighted a positive improvement in the financial outturn forecast. The Executive Summary in Section 2 drew attention to a projected year-end surplus of £435,000, which was an increase from previous forecasts. The second part of the report addressed the capital outturn. The forecasted outturn was shown to be closely aligned with the latest approved figures, indicating strong budgetary control. A notable positive variance was the increase of £238,000 for Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs). This increase followed an additional allocation from Gloucestershire County Council. David Stanley, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, was invited to speak and noted that Section 3 of the report was slightly outdated due to recent inflation figures showing a 0.2% improvement over projections. However, this would not affect the 2024/25 financial year. Potential external risks, such as new US tariffs, were also referenced. It was noted that the report had already been reviewed by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, where a number of questions had been raised and discussed. The recent tariffs announced by President Trump were considered as was the possibility that they would lead to higher-than-expected inflation and interest rates. The Deputy Chief Executive Officer responded with the following key points:
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