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.
22 meetings · Page 1 of 5
Cabinet - Wednesday 28 January 2026 10.00 am
The Cabinet of Gloucestershire Council was scheduled to consider a range of financial and strategic matters, including the Medium Term Financial Strategy and the Digital Infrastructure, Inclusion, and Innovation Strategy. The meeting agenda also included discussions on the use of the Dedicated Schools Grant, the adoption of the Gloucestershire Local Nature Recovery Strategy, and various operational and asset management plans.
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.
Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board - Tuesday 13 January 2026 3.52 pm
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.
Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership - Tuesday 25 November 2025 4.23 pm
Decisions from Meetings
54 decisions · Page 5 of 11
The procurement of highway services and construction phase works in connection with the delivery of Forest Road Lydney Geotechnical Stabilisation Scheme.
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...to allow the Assistant Director of Highways and Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways Maintenance, to procure highway services and construction for the Forest Road Lydney Geotechnical Stabilisation Scheme, award the contracts, and make necessary traffic regulation orders.
Recommendations Approved
Schedule of Proposed Disposals
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...to meet capital receipt targets, the Cabinet approved the Schedule of Disposals, declaring specified sites as surplus to requirements and delegating authority for their disposal.
Recommendations Approved
Gloucestershire Coroner Service Body Removal Services Contract – Full Retender
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...to procure and award a contract for body removal services on behalf of the Gloucestershire Coroner Service, delegating authority to the Chief Fire Officer, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Public Health, Communities and Fire, to conduct a competitive procurement process for a 5-year contract with a potential 2-year extension, and to award the contract to the preferred tenderer.
Recommendations Approved
Supply of temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts – contract extension
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...to extend the contract with Comensura Ltd for the provision of temporary agency staff and permanent recruitment for hard-to-fill roles for two additional one-year periods and to increase the contract value by £31 million to accommodate a higher-than-anticipated demand.
Recommendations Approved
Highways Major Projects Construction Framework
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...authority was delegated to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment & Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways, to procure a four-year multi-supplier framework agreement for highway construction services, divided into Highways Schemes and Structures and Geotechnical Schemes lots, with up to eight preferred tenderers per lot selected based on quality, financial, and social value criteria.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 22
Average per Month: 2.4
Decisions Recorded: 54