Cllr Roger Whyborn
Email: roger.whyborn@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Council: Gloucestershire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
43 meetings · Page 1 of 9
Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am
The Gloucestershire County Council Cabinet met to discuss the draft budget for 2026/27, performance and risk monitoring, and several contracts and framework agreements. The Cabinet approved the draft budget for consultation, noted the forecast underspend for the current financial year, and approved the extension or procurement of contracts related to waste management, children's services, and property maintenance. Additionally, the Cabinet approved the development of the Coombe Hill site for a fire and rescue training facility, highways depot, care home, and residential housing.
Cabinet - Wednesday 19 November 2025 10.00 am
Gloucestershire County Council's Cabinet met on 19 November 2025, and agreed to support the proposal for a single unitary authority for local government reorganisation in Gloucestershire, and to submit this proposal to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Cabinet also discussed public questions regarding the local government reorganisation. Finally, the Cabinet agreed to exclude the press and public from a portion of the meeting to discuss exempt information.
County Council - Wednesday 12 November 2025 10.00 am
Gloucestershire County Council met on Wednesday 12 November 2025, and members debated the future of local government reorganisation in the county, ultimately expressing a preference for a single unitary authority. They also approved a new council strategy and agreed to incorporate the views of young people in policy decisions. Additionally, councillors addressed concerns about highways maintenance and the impact of inheritance tax reforms on local farmers.
Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am
Gloucestershire County Council's cabinet met to discuss local government reorganisation, the council's strategy for the next four years, and improvements to the county's transport network. They agreed to put forward two proposals for local government reorganisation to the council, approved a new council strategy, and agreed to continue funding the development of a mass rapid transit business case for Gloucestershire.
Commons and Rights of Way Committee - Tuesday 7 October 2025 10.00 am
The Commons and Rights of Way Committee were scheduled to meet on Tuesday 7 October 2025 in Gloucester. The meeting included discussion of two applications for Definitive Map Modification Orders (DMMO)[^2] relating to public footpaths in Whitminster and Frampton on Severn, as well as the Gloucestershire Local Access Forum Annual Report 2024-2025. The committee was also scheduled to note a report on delegated decisions.
Decisions from Meetings
54 decisions · Page 6 of 11
Procurement and Award of Contracts for the Bus Shelter Advertising and Maintenance Contract
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...to delegate authority for a competitive procurement process and subsequent award of a concession contract, lasting up to 20 years, for the supply, installation, maintenance, and advertising on bus shelters and free-standing units within Gloucestershire.
Recommendations Approved
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: Proposed arrangements to increase capacity to manage applications
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...to approve spending up to £1,000,000 and delegate authority for a competitive procurement process to increase capacity for managing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications.
Recommendations Approved
Adults Improvement Partner
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...to support the delivery of Gloucestershire County Council's Adult Social Care transformation programme, the Cabinet approved the procurement of an external improvement partner for consultancy services via a competitive process and delegated authority to award the contract to the preferred tenderer after reviewing a financial case and benefits realisation plan.
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
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
Summary
Meetings Attended: 43
Average per Month: 1.9
Decisions Recorded: 54