Agenda
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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence. The quorum for Cabinet is 3 members.
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting. |
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To approve the minutes of the previous meeting of Cabinet held on 8 January 2026. |
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Leader's Announcements To receive any announcements from the Leader of the Council. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Schedule of Decisions taken by the Leader of the Council and/or Individual Cabinet Members No delegated decisions had been taken by the Leader and/or Individual Cabinet Members since the publication of the agenda for Cabinet on 8 January 2026. Any decision made after the publication of this agenda will be reported at the next meeting of Cabinet. |
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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. |
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Asbestos Management Plan Purpose: To submit Cotswold District Council’s Asbestos Management Plan to Cabinet for approval.
Recommendation: That Cabinet resolves to 1. Approve the Cotswold District Council Asbestos Management Policy. Additional documents: |
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Contract for Waste, Street Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance Services Purpose: To seek Cabinet’s approval to proceed with negotiating and to enter into a Common Service Agreement with Ubico Limited for the delivery of waste collection, street cleansing, and grounds maintenance services. The proposed agreement would replace the current contract, which ends on 31 March 2027.
Recommendations: That Cabinet resolves to: 1. Enter into a Common Service Agreement with UBICO as described in the report; and 2. Delegate authority to the Director of Communities and Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Regulatory Services to agree the final terms of the agreement with Ubico. Additional documents: |
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Budget 2026-27 and Medium Term Financial Strategy Purpose: To present the Revenue Budget for 2026/27, Capital Programme and Medium-Term Financial Strategy for 2026/27 to 2029/30.
Recommendations: Cabinet is requested to consider and approve for recommendation to Council: 1. the Medium-Term Financial Strategy set out in Annex B 2. the Budget Pressures and Savings for inclusion in the budget, set out in Annex C 3. the Council Tax Requirement of £7,419,716 for this Council 4. the Council Tax level for Cotswold District Council purposes of £163.93 for a Band D property in 2026/27 (an increase of £5) 5. the Capital Programme, set out in Annex D 6. the Annual Capital Strategy 2026/27, as set out in Annex E 7. the Annual Treasury Management Strategy and Non-Treasury Management Investment Strategy 2026/27, as set out in Annex F 8. the Strategy for the Flexible use of Capital Receipts, as set out in Annex H 9. that £2m is set aside in a new earmarked reserve Council Priority: LGR Transition through the releasing of £2m of the balance currently held in the Financial Resilience Reserve. 10. the balances and reserves forecast for 2026/27 to 2029/30 as set out in Section 7 of the report.
Cabinet is further recommended to approve delegation to the Council’s Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Chief Executive, Leader, and Cabinet Member for Finance 1. To agree changes to the General Fund Summary arising from the Final Local Government Finance Settlement and the Business Rates Retention Scheme estimates prior to submission to Council. Additional documents:
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Next Meeting Date To advise members of the next meeting of Cabinet. |