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Cabinet - Tuesday 28 January 2025 1.45 pm
January 28, 2025 Cabinet View on council website Watch video of meetingSummary
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Concessionary Travel - Future of the Companion (+1) Pass Add-on
Recommendations Approved...to continue the Companion (+1) concessionary travel pass add-on scheme with the existing eligibility criteria, contingent on continued funding within existing budgets.
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Coventry All Electric Bus City Scheme
Recommendations Approved...to authorize a procurement exercise for cross-boundary bus services and to allow the Executive Director for Communities to enter into related contracts.
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Allocation of the 2025/26 Dedicated Schools Grant
Recommendations Approved...to approve the allocation of the Dedicated Schools Grant for 2025/26 across the Schools Block, Early Years Block, High Needs budget, and Central School Services.
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Treasury Management Strategy and Investment Strategy
Recommendations Approved...to recommend to Council the approval of the Treasury Management Strategy and Investment Strategy for 2025/26, along with related borrowing and investment limits and delegated responsibilities for the Executive Director for Resources.
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Approval to Commence Procurement of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
Recommendations approved...to recommend adding £3.295 million to the Capital Programme for electric vehicle chargepoint infrastructure and to authorize procurement activity for a provider to install, manage, and maintain them, though the decision was later abandoned.
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2025/26 Budget and 2025-30 Medium Term Financial Strategy - Updated Information
Recommendations Approved...Cabinet noted updated resource and spending information, the Executive Director for Resources’ risk assessment, and the draft Capital Strategy, Technical Annex, and Capital Programme, and resolved to publish their 2025/26 budget resolutions for recommendation to Full Council.
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Warwickshire Property & Development Group (WPDG) Business Plan for 2025
Recommendations Approved...to approve the recommendations outlined in the exempt report regarding the Warwickshire Property & Development Group (WPDG) and Develop Warwickshire (DW) Business Plans for 2025.
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2024/25 Financial Monitoring - Forecast position as at Quarter 3
Recommendations Approved...to note a £6.567m service overspend, a £9.803m savings delivery, a £169.172m controllable capital spend, a £13.447m movement in capital programme spend to future years, the use of new S106 developer funding, and to approve the transfer of £0.472m between school reserves.
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Warwickshire Investment Fund Strategy and Business Plan 2025/26
Recommendations Approved...to approve the Warwickshire Investment Fund's investment strategy and business plan for 2025/26, authorizing minor modifications that don't reduce investment checks and balances, pending approval of the wider Treasury Management Statement.
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Educaterers Limited (Catering LATC)
Recommendations Approved...to approve the recommendations outlined in the exempt report regarding Educaterers Limited (Catering LATC) activity.
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Annual Education Sufficiency Update (0-25) 2024
Recommendations Approved...to endorse the Annual Education Sufficiency Update (Ages 0-25) 2024 and support the development of design, feasibility, and detailed costings for proposed projects identified in the report.
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Additions to the Education Capital Programme 2024/25
For Determination...to the Education Capital Programme 2024/25, the Cabinet approved several additions, including specialist resourced provisions at multiple schools, a SEND minor capital works fund, and a scheme at Wellingtons Day Nursery, while deciding against increasing capacity at Whitestone Infant School and Chetwynd Junior School.
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