Cllr Dr Kate Usmar
Email: Kate.Usmar@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Council: Gloucestershire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
28 meetings · Page 1 of 6
County Council - Wednesday, 13 May 2026 - 10.00 am
County Council - Wednesday, 25 March 2026 - 10.00 am
Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board - Tuesday, 24 March 2026 - 1.30 pm
Cabinet - Wednesday, 18 March 2026 - 10.00 am
The Cabinet of Gloucestershire Council is scheduled to consider a range of important reports at its meeting on Wednesday 18 March 2026. Key discussions are expected to focus on the council's strategic direction, climate change initiatives, and public transport.
Decisions from Meetings
54 decisions · Page 4 of 11
Public Notices Advertising Contract
From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025
...to award a contract for public notices advertising services to Penna PLC under the ESPO 3A-24 Advertising Solutions Framework Agreement for an initial two-year period with two one-year extension options, and to delegate authority to the Executive Director: Economy, Environment and Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Sustainable Transport and Strategic Highways, to determine whether to exercise those extension options.
Recommendations Approved
Adoption West: Future Options
From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025
...to approve, in principle, Gloucestershire County Council's continued participation in Adoption West as their preferred option for a Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) beyond February 2027, while also directing the Director of Children's Services to further develop Adoption West in consideration of national policy, operational experience, resourcing, and local government reform.
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
Enterprise Resource Planning implementation/SAP replacement Extension Approval
From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025
...to extend the Enterprise Resource Planning/SAP replacement implementation period by two months, with a revised go-live date of March 31st, 2026, and to approve the associated additional funding.
Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)
Grassroots Neighbourhood Fund; A new Councillor led grant scheme
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...to establish and deliver a new two-year councillor-led grant scheme, the ‘Grassroots Neighbourhood Fund’, allocating £1.1 million from the council's general fund reserves to support local community projects that improve health and wellbeing, including tackling health inequalities, with a maximum of £20,000 available for projects in each of Gloucestershire’s fifty-five electoral divisions.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 28
Average per Month: 2.2
Decisions Recorded: 54