Siobhan Farmer
Council: Gloucestershire
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
36 meetings · Page 1 of 8
Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board - Tuesday, 24 March 2026 - 1.30 pm
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
Decisions from Meetings
96 decisions · Page 6 of 20
Grassroots Neighbourhood Fund; A new Councillor led grant scheme
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...to establish and deliver a new two-year councillor-led grant scheme, the ‘Grassroots Neighbourhood Fund’, allocating £1.1 million from the council's general fund reserves to support local community projects that improve health and wellbeing, including tackling health inequalities, with a maximum of £20,000 available for projects in each of Gloucestershire’s fifty-five electoral divisions.
Recommendations Approved
Gloucestershire Coroner Service Body Removal Services Contract – Full Retender
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...to procure and award a contract for body removal services on behalf of the Gloucestershire Coroner Service, delegating authority to the Chief Fire Officer, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Public Health, Communities and Fire, to conduct a competitive procurement process for a 5-year contract with a potential 2-year extension, and to award the contract to the preferred tenderer.
Recommendations Approved
Finance, Performance and Risk Monitoring Report
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
... the Cabinet of Gloucestershire approved a £56.656 million forecast use of reserves, noted a £224k overspend for the 2025/26 financial year, approved a £300k draw from the Risk & Investment Reserve for speed limit policy development, approved a £1.827 million transfer to the Business Rates Retention Reserve, noted savings delivery and capital expenditure forecasts, and approved, subject to funding, a £110 million increase to the Capital Programme for the M5 Junction 10 Improvement Scheme, delegating authority for funding gap negotiations.
Recommendations Approved
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
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: 36
Average per Month: 1.3
Decisions Recorded: 96