Councillor Martin Watson
Email: martinwatson@warwickshire.gov.uk
Council: Warwickshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
30 meetings · Page 1 of 6
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.
Portfolio Holder Decisions/Leader Decisions - Friday 28 February 2025 1.00 pm
Decisions from Meetings
96 decisions · Page 9 of 20
2025/26 Budget and 2025-30 Medium Term Financial Strategy - Updated Information
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 28 January 2025 1.45 pm - January 28, 2025
...Cabinet noted updated resource and spending information, the Executive Director for Resources’ risk assessment, and the draft Capital Strategy, Technical Annex, and Capital Programme, and resolved to publish their 2025/26 budget resolutions for recommendation to Full Council.
Recommendations Approved
Concessionary Travel - Future of the Companion (+1) Pass Add-on
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 28 January 2025 1.45 pm - January 28, 2025
...to continue the Companion (+1) concessionary travel pass add-on scheme with the existing eligibility criteria, contingent on continued funding within existing budgets.
Recommendations Approved
English Devolution White Paper - County Council elections 2025
From: Urgent Decision, Portfolio Holder Decisions/Leader Decisions - Friday 10 January 2025 12.00 pm - January 10, 2025
...to signal the County Council's willingness to be considered for local government reorganisation and devolution within the government's timeframe, the Leader approved responding to the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution, acknowledging that this may lead to the postponement of the May 2025 County Council elections.
Recommendations Approved
Appointment of Independent Members to Audit and Standards Committee
From: County Council - Tuesday 17 December 2024 10.00 am - December 17, 2024
...to appoint Martyn Burke and Sandip Shergill as Independent Members of the Audit and Standards Committee, with Martyn Burke also appointed as the Chair of the Committee.
Recommendations Approved
Warwickshire County Council Statement of Accounts 2023/24
From: County Council - Tuesday 17 December 2024 10.00 am - December 17, 2024
...to approve the Warwickshire County Council Statement of Accounts for 2023/24.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 30
Average per Month: 2.7
Decisions Recorded: 96