Councillor Simon Clifford
Cabinet Member for Resources and Finance
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
63 meetings · Page 1 of 13
Dorset Council - Thursday, 22 October 2026 - 6.30 pm
Shareholder Committee for the Dorset Centre of Excellence (DCOE) - Monday, 14 September 2026 - 10.00 am
Decisions from Meetings
151 decisions · Page 1 of 31
Advocacy and Independent Visitors contract spend approval
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 19 May 2026 - 6.30 pm - May 19, 2026
Request additional approval from Cabinet to increase the value of the Advocacy and Independent Visitors contract.
Recommendations Approved
Update on Public Health Disaggregation including plans for future contracts
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 19 May 2026 - 6.30 pm - May 19, 2026
This report will update Cabinet on commissioning intentions, and preferred arrangements for commissioning public health services following disaggregation of the shared service in 2024-25. Cabinet is asked to support the recommendations on future direction of travel for public health contracts. A mirror paper is going to BCP Council Cabinet with the same recommendations.
Recommendations approved
Green Seafront Ground Stabilisation & Shore Road Improvement Projects - Funding Request
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 19 May 2026 - 6.30 pm - May 19, 2026
Funding request for Swanage Town Council's Green Seafront stabilisation project and Dorset Highway's Shore Road Improvements project.
Recommendations Approved
2026 Flood Investigation Studies
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 19 May 2026 - 6.30 pm - May 19, 2026
Dorset experienced several intense rainfall events through January 2026, culminating in Storm Chandra (26-27 January 2026) which delivered exceptionally heavy rain onto already saturated catchments, causing widespread flooding. As a result of the flooding impacts, Dorset Council committed £5m toward flood resilience in February 2026. This report details the approach to deliver four linked workstreams and seeks Cabinet support to undertake the necessary activities involved.
Recommendations Approved
Procurement Pipeline Report - over £500k (2026-27)
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 19 May 2026 - 6.30 pm - May 19, 2026
Cabinet is required to approve all key decisions with financial consequences of £500k or more. It is good governance to provide Cabinet with a summary of all proposed procurement, that individually were estimated to be a total value of £500k or more, prior to procurement procedures formally commencing.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
- Meetings attended
- 63
- Average per month
- 2.2
- Decisions recorded Not all decisions are recorded, so this may significantly underestimate the number of decisions actually made.
- 151