Councillor Margaret Bell
Email: cllrbell@warwickshire.gov.uk
Council: Warwickshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
40 meetings · Page 1 of 8
Warwickshire Waste Partnership - Wednesday 17 December 2025 2.00 pm
Health and Wellbeing Board - Wednesday 9 July 2025 1.30 pm
Councillor Anne-Marie Sonko, Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care and Health, chaired the Health and Wellbeing Board meeting, which included discussions on system discharge pathways, the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), and the development of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2026-31. The board also received updates on the Warwickshire Safeguarding Adults Board and the Warwickshire Safeguarding Children's Partnership, as well as the Health and Wellbeing Board Executive Group. The board agreed to support public engagement for the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and endorsed the direction of travel for the JSNA work programme.
Portfolio Holder Decisions/Leader Decisions - Friday 11 April 2025 12.00 pm
Cabinet - Thursday 10 April 2025 1.45 pm
The Warwickshire County Council Cabinet met on 10 April 2025, and among other things, endorsed changes to contract standing orders, approved additions to the education capital programme, and reviewed service estimates for the coming financial year. Councillor Isobel Seccombe OBE, Leader of the Council, chaired the meeting held in Committee Room 2, Shire Hall.
Health and Wellbeing Board - Thursday 27 March 2025 2.00 pm
Decisions from Meetings
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Approval to Commence Procurement of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 28 January 2025 1.45 pm - January 28, 2025
...to recommend adding £3.295 million to the Capital Programme for electric vehicle chargepoint infrastructure and to authorize procurement activity for a provider to install, manage, and maintain them, though the decision was later abandoned.
Recommendations approved
Warwickshire Investment Fund Strategy and Business Plan 2025/26
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 28 January 2025 1.45 pm - January 28, 2025
...to approve the Warwickshire Investment Fund's investment strategy and business plan for 2025/26, authorizing minor modifications that don't reduce investment checks and balances, pending approval of the wider Treasury Management Statement.
Recommendations Approved
2024/25 Financial Monitoring - Forecast position as at Quarter 3
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 28 January 2025 1.45 pm - January 28, 2025
...to note a £6.567m service overspend, a £9.803m savings delivery, a £169.172m controllable capital spend, a £13.447m movement in capital programme spend to future years, the use of new S106 developer funding, and to approve the transfer of £0.472m between school reserves.
Recommendations Approved
Allocation of the 2025/26 Dedicated Schools Grant
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 28 January 2025 1.45 pm - January 28, 2025
...to approve the allocation of the Dedicated Schools Grant for 2025/26 across the Schools Block, Early Years Block, High Needs budget, and Central School Services.
Recommendations Approved
Treasury Management Strategy and Investment Strategy
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 28 January 2025 1.45 pm - January 28, 2025
...to recommend to Council the approval of the Treasury Management Strategy and Investment Strategy for 2025/26, along with related borrowing and investment limits and delegated responsibilities for the Executive Director for Resources.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 40
Average per Month: 2.1
Decisions Recorded: 94