Councillor Tim Bearder

County Council - Tuesday, 9 December 2025 10.30 am

The Oxfordshire County Council meeting on 9 December 2025 included discussion of a proposal to submit an Expression of Interest for a Mayoral Strategic Authority, a review of member allowances, and reports on gender and ethnicity pay gaps. Also on the agenda was a mid-term review of treasury management and a review of member champions. Several motions were put forward for consideration, covering topics such as emergency planning for reservoir discharges, community cohesion, mental health services, men's health awareness, and pavement weed clearance.

Oxfordshire Health & Wellbeing Board - Thursday, 4 December 2025 2.00 pm

The Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board met to discuss several key issues, including homelessness, healthy housing, neighbourhood health, community insight profiles, safeguarding, and partnership updates. The board agreed to extend the countywide homelessness strategy for two years, approved an approach for monitoring and delivering healthy homes, and noted updates on neighbourhood health plans and safeguarding reports.

Cabinet - Tuesday, 18 November 2025 2.00 pm

The Cabinet of Oxfordshire Council met on Tuesday 18 November 2025, approving key strategies for rail development and carbon offsetting, alongside changes to waste recycling centre policies. The meeting also saw the endorsement of the budget and business planning process for the next five years and a review of the capital programme.

Shareholder Committee (Cabinet Committee) - Thursday, 13 November 2025 2.00 pm, NEW

The Shareholder Committee (Cabinet Committee) convened to address key personnel changes at Enterprise Oxfordshire, including the appointment of an interim managing director and adjustments to the board of non-executive directors. Councillor Dan Levy, Cabinet Member for Finance, Property and Transformation, declared an interest and recused himself from the discussion. Ultimately, the committee approved the recommendations outlined in the report.

Extra, Cabinet - Thursday, 13 November 2025 1.00 pm

The Oxfordshire Council Cabinet met to discuss and approve the submission of the council's proposal for local government reorganisation to the government, deciding to endorse the One Oxfordshire plan with some revisions. This plan suggests replacing the current two-tier system with a single county unitary authority.