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 Annual Council, Council, Wednesday, 21st May, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: Election of a Chair

To APPOINT Councillor Mark Harris as Chair of Council:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Councillor Mark Harris be appointed as Chair of Council for the Civic Year 2025/26.

 

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Appointment of a Vice-Chair

To APPOINT Councillor Ray Brassington as Vice-Chair of Council for the Civic Year 2025/26.:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED that Councillor Ray Brassington be appointed as Vice-Chair of Council for the Civic Year 2025/26.

 

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Election of Leader

Resolution : to Elect Councillor Mike Evemy as Leader of the Council:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED that Councillor Mike Evemy be appointed as Leader of  Council for a term of office extending to the Annual Council meeting in May 2027.

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Appointment of Committees 2025/26

To AGREE appointments to Council committees and working groups for the Civic Year 2025/26 and to make appointments to the positions of Chair and Vice Chair of Committees for the Civic Year 2025/26.:

Resolution status:Carried

Full Council RESOLVED to:

  1. DETERMINE that, in accordance with Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (“the Act”), the Council shall continue to apply the political balance provisions under the Act to committees as shown in Annex A;
  2. APPOINT Councillors to serve on the Council’s Committees and working groups as set out in Annex B for a term of office expiring at the next Annual Meeting of the Council;
  3. APPOINT Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Council’s Committees and working groups as shown in Annex B;
  4. NOTE the arrangements for substitutions set out in part 4 of the report;

 

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Appointments to Outside Bodies 2025/26

To AGREE nominations to Outside Bodies for the 2025/26 civic year.:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to:

  1. NOTE the appointments to outside bodies by the Leader of the Council in respect of executive functions, as set out in Annex A

Table 1;

  1. CONFIRM the appointments to the Gloucestershire County Council Economic Strategy Scrutiny Committee and the Gloucestershire County Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out in Annex A Table 2.
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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Rural England Prosperity Fund 2025-26

To APPROVE the approach for delivery of REPF projects in 2025/26 and AGREE the necessary delegations:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to:

  1. Amend the capital programme for 2025/26 to include the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) scheme capital budget of £229,240, which is fully funded from the 2025/26 REPF grant allocation.
  2. Approve the provisional allocations as set out in para 3.1.
  3. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Economy and Council Transformation and the Council’s Section 151 Officer to allocate the funding, having regard to the recommendations of the REPF Assessment Panel.
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Helene Mansilla For

 Council, Wednesday, 22nd January, 2025 2.00 pm

Item: Minutes

RESOLVED: Council approved the minutes of the meeting held on 27 November 2024 (Resolution):

Resolution status:Carried

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Helene Mansilla Abstain

Item: Counter Fraud and Enforcement Unit Collaboration Agreement

RESOLVED: Council approved the Council entering into the Counter Fraud and Enforcement Unit Partnership Collaboration Agreement. (Resolution):

Resolution status:Carried

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Report of the Constitution Working Group

RESOLVED: That Council :1. Authorised the Director of Governance & Development (Monitoring Officer) to update Part D8 - Matters of Urgency, in the Constitution and 2. Approved the addition of a Local Ward Member Protocol into the Constitution (Resolution).:

Resolution status:Carried

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Moreton-in-Marsh Working Group Membership

RESOLVED: Council approved the addition of Moreton Business Association to the membership of the Moreton-In-Marsh Working Group:

Amendment status:Carried

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Helene Mansilla For

RESOLVED: Council confirmed the membership of the Moreton-in-Marsh Working Group, including the Moreton Business Association and approved the updated Working Group Terms of Reference.:

Resolution status:Carried

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Community Governance Review - Upper Rissington

RESOLVED: Council approved and adopted the Terms of Reference for consultation.:

Resolution status:Carried

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Programme of Meetings for 2025/26

RESOLVED: Council agreed to 1. move the date of the next budget meeting from Wednesday 26 February 2025 to Monday 24 February 2025 at 6.00pm, 2. 2. the programme of meetings for 2025/26 as set out in Annexes A and B 3.3. Delegate authority to the Director of Governance and Development (Monitoring Officer), in consultation with Group Leaders, to make changes to the programme of meetings in the event that there is any future decision of Council to change the committee structure or committee remits that impacts the programme of meetings. 4. 4. Delegate authority to the Democratic Services Business Manager to set the meeting dates for the Performance and Appointments Committee. 5. 5. Delegate Authority to the Director of Governance and Development (Monitoring Officer) to set dates for member training and briefing sessions, any working groups established by the Council and any meetings of the Licensing Sub-Committee (Licensing Act 2003 Matters) and the Standards Hearings Sub-Committee (if :

Resolution status:Carried

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Helene Mansilla For

 Council, Wednesday, 25th September, 2024 2.00 pm

Item: Minutes

Minutes of last meeting 31 July 2024:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That subject to the amendments noted, the Full Council minutes of 31 July 2024 be APPROVED as a correct record.

 

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Helene Mansilla Abstain

Item: Petition: Retain the public toilets in the High Street/Market Square, Stow-on-the-Wold

Petition: Retain the public toilets in the High Street/Market Square, Stow-on-the-Wold:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council

 

1.    NOTE the petition signed by 1,198 people requesting the Council to retain the public toilets in High Street/Market Square, Stow-on-the-Wold.

2.    AGREE to refer consideration of the petition to Cabinet, as it is the relevant decision-making body, for discussion and decision at its meeting on 3 October 2024

 

 

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: District Boundary Review - Council Size Proposal

District Boundary Review - Council Size Proposal:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council

1. APPROVE the draft Council Size Proposal (Annex A) for

submission to The Local Government Boundary Commission for

England.

2. AGREE TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY to the Business Manager for Democratic

Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer and the

Chair of the Boundary Review Working Group, to finalise the

Council Size Proposal document to reflect the discussion at full

Council (if required) and to make other minor amendments to

improve the document prior to submission.

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Treasury Management Outturn 2023/24

Treasury Management Outturn Report 2023/24:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council

1. NOTE the Treasury Management performance for the period 01

April 2023 to 31 March 2024;

2. APPROVE the Treasury Management Outturn Report for 2023/24.

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Sewage Summit Update

Sewage Summit Update:

Resolution status:Carried

That Council resolves to:

  1. Note the report and approve the following recommendations;
    1. The Chief Executive writes to Government requesting they:

                                                               i.      Make Water Companies Statutory Consultees for both Development Control and in preparing Local and Strategic Plans;

                                                             ii.      Introduce clear mandatory controls on storm water drainage for all development.

  1. Introduce a validation checklist and matrix of Grampian conditions.
  2. Incorporate policies within the new Local Plan to optimise water efficiency for new houses.
  3. Consider, subject to a business case and affordability including in the 2025-26 budget process funding for a specialist Officer to work with the Flood Risk Management Team and Planning service to liaise between Developers and the Water Companies along with related bodies.
  4. Continue to develop an effective Communication Strategy to outline to residents the statutory obligations and powers of each local government body and other relevant organisations such as the Environment Agency.

 

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Report of the Constitution Working Group - Planning Protocol and Scheme of Delegation

Report of the Constitution Working Group - Planning Protocol and Scheme of Delegation:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Council

 

  1. APPROVE the changes and corrections to the Scheme of Delegation (as amended) in respect of the Planning & Licensing Committee.

2.    APPROVE the changes and corrections to Planning Protocol in respect of the Planning & Licensing Committee

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Review of Standards Arrangements

Review of Standards Arrangements:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Council

 

1. APPROVE the updated arrangements for dealing with code

of conduct complaints;

2. APPROVE the procedure for the Standards Hearing Sub-Committee and to delegate authority to the Director of Governance & Development to make minor amendments to the procedure.

 

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Helene Mansilla For

Extension of the meeting:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council continues the meeting for the final hour.

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Motion A: Safety of lithium batteries in e-scooters and e-bikes & their disposal

Motion A: Safety of lithium batteries in e-scooters and e-bikes & their disposal:

Motion status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council

1. AGREE to support the Safety of Electric-Powered Micromobility Vehicles and Lithium Batteries Bill;

2. AGREE to request that the Leader of the Council writes to MP’s Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and Roz Savage to provide notice that the motion has been passed - request that the Safety of Electric-Powered Micromobility Vehicles and Lithium Batteries Bill is supported in Parliament;

3. AGREE that the Leader of the Council writes to the organisers of the cross-party campaign for the Bill, expressing our support (electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk).

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Motion B: Ambulance motion

Motion B: Ambulance Motion:

Motion status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Council

 

  1. AGREED to instruct the Chief Executive to write to the CEO of SWASFT asking him for a full report on what steps he will be taking to improve ambulance response times in the Cotswold District as well as providing more support to grow the Community First Responder teams whose assistance is invaluable and thereafter invite him to attend the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to discuss his report and the actions resulting from it.
  2. AGREED to instruct the Chief Executive to write to the Chair of the county’s Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee asking that committee to express this Council’s concerns at its next meeting and to regularly scrutinise ambulance performance as a standard agenda item.
  3. AGREED to instruct the CEO to write to our two MPs asking them to raise this issue in Parliament and to lobby SWASFT on our behalf.

 

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Helene Mansilla For

 Council, Wednesday, 31st July, 2024 6.00 pm

Item: Minutes

Minutes of the Full Council meeting on 20 March 2024:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That subject to the amendments noted, the Full Council minutes on 20 March 2024 be APPROVED as a correct record.

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Helene Mansilla Abstain

Minutes of the Annual Council meeting on 15 May 2024:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the Annual Council meeting on 15 May 2024 be approved as a correct record.

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Helene Mansilla Abstain

Item: Publica Review - Detailed report

Publica Review Detailed Transition Plan:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council:

1. APPROVED the implementation of Phase 1 of the Publica Transition

based on the Detailed Transition Plan and the phasing for the

transition.

2. DELEGATED AUTHORITY to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of

the Council, the decision to deal with any final detail matters arising

from the Detailed Transition Plan.

3. DELEGATED AUTHORITY to the Director of Governance and

Development (Monitoring Officer), in liaison with the Leader, to

update the constitution by making any consequential changes

required as a result of Phase 1 of the Publica Transition.

4. AGREED TO carry out a budget re-basing for the 2026/7 financial year so that

the funding provided to Publica is proportionate to the services

received.

5. NOTED that following the decision on Phase 1, preparatory work for Phase 2 will commence and will be the subject of a separate report

6. NOTED the following as included in the Detailed Transition Plan;

Section 2: Transition Planning:

· Note the Design-Led principles

· Note the Key Goals for Transition

Section 7: Modelling Assumptions and Outputs:

· Note the cost modelling for Phase 1.

Section 9: Post-Transition Support:

· Note the need for post-transition support.

7. NOTED the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and therefore asks officers to work with members to clarify and define what success for the Council and continuing Publica will look like and the values that will underpin this success in order to improve efficiency and enhance services for residents, businesses and community organisations in the district.

 

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Business And Planning Act 2020 - Update To Pavement Licensing Regime

Business And Planning Act 2020 - Update To Pavement Licensing Regime:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council:

  1. APPROVED the draft Pavement Licensing Policy and Fees, attached at Annex A.

 

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Appointment and Remuneration of Independent Persons

Appointment and Remuneration of Independent Persons:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council

1.     AGREED to appoint Robert Cawley and Melvin Kenyon and re-appoint Michael Paget-Wilkes and Phyllida Pyper as Independent Members, effective from 1.08.2024. All appointments to be a maximum of four years i.e. to 31.07.2028;

2.     APPROVED that the Independent Persons are paid an annual allowance of £1000 per annum on a monthly basis, plus a mileage allowance equivalent to the rate paid to elected Members;

3.     AUTHORISED the Director of Governance & Development (Monitoring Officer) to commence a recruitment campaign prior to the expiration of current appointments and to enable reports to be presented on future appointments.

 

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Appointment of a Temporary Parish Council Member to Upper Rissington Parish Council

Appointment of Temporary Town or Parish Council Members:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council

  1. AGREED to make an order under Section 91 of the Local Government Act 1972 (‘the Act’) appointing Councillor Andrew Maclean as a temporary member of Upper Rissington Parish Council enabling Upper Rissington Parish Council to become quorate;
  2. NOTED that the appointment shall be effective until Upper Rissington Parish Council is quorate (i.e. it has four members of the Council in place, excepting the temporary appointee);
  3. APPROVED the draft procedure at Annex A, delegating authority to the Monitoring Officer to make orders and make temporary appointments to Town/Parish Councils as required, under the powers in Section 91 of the Act.

 

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Notice of Motions

Cotswold Lakes:

Motion status:Carried

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Matters exempt from publication

To move into private session:

Motion status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of item 16 in accordance with provisions of section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

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Helene Mansilla For

Item: Decision on future regeneration of The Old Station and Memorial Cottages, Cirencester

Decision on future regeneration of The Old Station and Memorial Cottages, Cirencester:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council:

 

  1. AGREED that the Old Station and Old Memorial cottages are disposed of, as two separate assets, in line with the Asset Management Strategy adopted at Cabinet in May 2024 and the Asset Plans appended to this report.

 

  1. DELEGATED AUTHORITY to the Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer, in consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance to approve the final terms of the sale including sale price.

 

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Helene Mansilla For

 

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