Dr Kate Usmar - Cllr for Gloucestershire

Cllr Dr Kate Usmar

Liberal Democrat Cabinet Member for Adults' Support & Independence

Email: Kate.Usmar@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Council: Gloucestershire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: (Chair) Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board (Chair) County Council (Committee Member) Cabinet (Committee Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

22 meetings · Page 1 of 5

Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Wednesday 28 January 2026 10.00 am

The Cabinet of Gloucestershire Council is scheduled to consider a range of financial and strategic matters at its upcoming meeting. Key discussions are expected to focus on the Medium Term Financial Strategy, the use of Dedicated Schools Grant, and the adoption of the Gloucestershire Local Nature Recovery Strategy.

January 28, 2026, 10:00 am
Committee Chair

Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership - Tuesday 27 January 2026 1.30 pm

The Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership meeting scheduled for Tuesday 27 January 2026 was set to cover updates on key health initiatives, including a blood pressure exemplar theme, a strategic overview of tobacco dependency, and an update on employment support programmes. The meeting also included arrangements for NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) clustering.

January 27, 2026, 1:30 pm
Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board Chair

Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board - Tuesday 13 January 2026 3.52 pm

January 13, 2026, 3:52 pm
Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am

The Gloucestershire County Council Cabinet met on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, and agreed to put the draft budget for 2026/27 out for public consultation. They also approved plans for a new fire and rescue service training facility, highways depot, care home, and residential housing at the Coombe Hill site, and agreed to extend several contracts for services including household recycling, fostering and residential care.

December 03, 2025
Committee Chair

Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership - Tuesday 25 November 2025 4.23 pm

November 25, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

54 decisions · Page 3 of 11

Council Strategy (2025-2029)

From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025

...to approve the Council Strategy 2025-2029 – ‘A stronger future, built together’ for recommendation to Full Council on 12th November.

Recommendations Approved

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Scheme and Business Case Development

From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025

...to continue funding the development of a mass rapid transit business case and an early scheme development programme for Gloucestershire, the Cabinet delegated authority to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment and Infrastructure to enter into a legal agreement with Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) authorities to accept £1 million in CIL funding and engage WSP UK Limited to undertake the work.

Recommendations Approved

Planning Performance Agreements

From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025

...to adopt a Planning Performance Agreements Charter and delegate authority to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment and Infrastructure to enter into Planning Performance Agreements based on the Charter, enabling the County Council to manage complex planning applications more efficiently and transparently.

Recommendations Approved

Recommissioning of Positive Relationships Gloucestershire (PRG)

From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025

...to delegate authority to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Public Health, Communities and Fire, to procure a four-year Framework Agreement and award call-off contracts for the Positive Relationships Gloucestershire service, which provides behaviour change interventions for perpetrators of domestic abuse.

Recommendations Approved

Full proposals for Reorganisation of Local Government in Gloucestershire

From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025

...to refer two proposals for local government reorganisation in Gloucestershire—one creating a single unitary authority and the other creating two unitary authorities based on an East/West division—to the Council for consideration.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 22

Average per Month: 2.4

Decisions Recorded: 54