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.
32 meetings · Page 3 of 7
County Council - Wednesday 18 February 2026 10.00 am
The County Council meeting scheduled for Wednesday 18 February 2026 was set to cover a wide range of significant topics, including the adoption of the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) for 2026/27 to 2029/30, which includes the draft budget and council tax precept for 2026/27. Discussions were also scheduled on corporate parenting, the council's constitution, and updates from scrutiny committees and working groups. Additionally, the meeting agenda included the presentation of the Gloucestershire Pension Fund Annual Report for 2024/25.
Cabinet - Wednesday 28 January 2026 10.00 am
Gloucestershire County Council's Cabinet met on Wednesday 28 January 2026 to discuss and approve the Medium Term Financial Strategy for 2026/27 to 2029/30, which includes a proposed revenue budget of £697.8 million and a Band D council tax increase of 4.99%. The Cabinet also agreed to adopt Gloucestershire's Multi-Agency School Attendance Strategy 2025-2028 and approved the publication of the Gloucestershire Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
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 1 of 11
Draft 2026/27 Budget for Consultation
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am - December 03, 2025
... to approve for consultation and scrutiny the draft 2026/27 budget document, including revenue, capital, and Dedicated School Grant budgets for 2026/27-2029/30, and the consultation questionnaire, and to undertake a 5-week public consultation on the draft budget.
Recommendations Approved
Development of the Coombe Hill Site
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am - December 03, 2025
... to approve the development of the Coombe Hill site to include a new Fire and Rescue Service training facility, highways depot, care home, and residential housing, along with associated financial and procedural approvals.
Recommendations Approved
Holiday Activity and Food Programme 2026-28
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am - December 03, 2025
...to approve the acceptance of a grant award from the Department for Education and procure a contract for the continued supply and delivery of the Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme for the period of April 2026-March 2029, subject to receiving a grant determination letter confirming £1,655,070 per annum of funding.
Recommendations Approved
Extension of Household Recycling Centre contract with Ubico
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am - December 03, 2025
...authority was delegated to the Executive Director for Economy, Environment and Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet lead for Nature, Climate and Waste Reduction, to extend the council's contract with Ubico Ltd for Household Recycling Centre Management Services for two years, commencing August 7th, 2026.
Recommendations Approved
Finance, Performance and Risk Monitoring Report
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am - December 03, 2025
...the Cabinet noted the Quarter 2 forecast for the 2025/26 Revenue and Capital Budgets, approved a £2.668 million underspend, a £63.019 million use of reserves, £24.985 million in savings, a £32.263 million reprofiling of the capital budget, and £2.230 million in funding changes, and noted the Council's performance and risks.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 32
Average per Month: 2.1
Decisions Recorded: 54 Not all decisions are recorded, so this may significantly underestimate the number of decisions actually made.