Councillor Bethia Thomas
Email: bethia.thomas@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Council: Oxfordshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
31 meetings · Page 1 of 7
County Council - Tuesday, 10 February 2026 10.30 am
Place Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 4 February 2026 10.00 am
The Place Overview & Scrutiny Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday 4 February 2026 to discuss road safety initiatives across Oxfordshire and the process for repairing defects on the county's highways. The committee will also review responses to previous scrutiny recommendations and consider its forward work programme.
County Council - Tuesday, 9 December 2025 10.30 am
The Oxfordshire County Council meeting on 9 December 2025 included discussion of a proposal to submit an Expression of Interest for a Mayoral Strategic Authority, a review of member allowances, and reports on gender and ethnicity pay gaps. Also on the agenda was a mid-term review of treasury management and a review of member champions. Several motions were put forward for consideration, covering topics such as emergency planning for reservoir discharges, community cohesion, mental health services, men's health awareness, and pavement weed clearance.
Performance & Corporate Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Friday, 5 December 2025 10.00 am
The Performance and Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss a range of topics, including public health, devolution, parking permits and the FixMyStreet platform. The committee was scheduled to review performance, consider recommendations, and monitor progress against strategic priorities.
Oxfordshire Health & Wellbeing Board - Thursday, 4 December 2025 2.00 pm
The Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board met to discuss several key issues, including homelessness, healthy housing, neighbourhood health, community insight profiles, safeguarding, and partnership updates. The board agreed to extend the countywide homelessness strategy for two years, approved an approach for monitoring and delivering healthy homes, and noted updates on neighbourhood health plans and safeguarding reports.
Decisions from Meetings
104 decisions · Page 12 of 21
The Use of Urgency Provisions
From: County Council - Tuesday, 1 April 2025 10.30 am - April 01, 2025
...to note the exemption from call-in for a Cabinet decision made on March 20, 2025, regarding the initial response to the government's statutory invitation for Local Government Reorganisation and Devolution, due to the urgency of meeting the government's deadline.
Recommendations Approved
Declarations of Interest - see guidance note
From: County Council - Tuesday, 1 April 2025 10.30 am - April 01, 2025
...to approve the recommendations, noting that there were no declarations of interest.
Recommendations Approved
Minutes
From: County Council - Tuesday, 1 April 2025 10.30 am - April 01, 2025
...to approve the budget for 2025/26, medium-term financial plan to 2027/28, capital program to 2034/35, and related strategies and policies, including council tax calculations, financial strategy, earmarked reserves and general balances policy, capital and investment strategy, and treasury management strategy.
Recommendations Approved
Motion by Councillor Donna Ford - Banking Hubs
From: County Council - Tuesday, 1 April 2025 10.30 am - April 01, 2025
...to approve the recommendations outlined in Councillor Donna Ford's motion regarding Banking Hubs, as the motion was carried unanimously.
Recommendations Approved
Questions with Notice from Members of the Council
From: County Council - Tuesday, 1 April 2025 10.30 am - April 01, 2025
...to approve the recommendations following a question and answer session with members of the council.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 31
Average per Month: 1.2
Decisions Recorded: 104