Cllr Ben Evans
Email: ben.evans@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Council: Gloucestershire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
45 meetings · Page 1 of 9
Cabinet - Wednesday 28 January 2026 10.00 am
The Cabinet of Gloucestershire Council was scheduled to consider a range of financial and strategic matters, including the Medium Term Financial Strategy and the Digital Infrastructure, Inclusion, and Innovation Strategy. The meeting agenda also included discussions on the use of the Dedicated Schools Grant, the adoption of the Gloucestershire Local Nature Recovery Strategy, and various operational and asset management plans.
Constitution Committee - Monday 19 January 2026 2.00 pm
The Constitution Committee of Gloucestershire Council was scheduled to discuss proposed changes to the council's constitution, including amendments to the terms of reference for the Pensions Committee and the handling of council questions. The committee was also set to consider proposed changes relating to the Appeals Committee and associated procedures for senior officers.
Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board - Tuesday 13 January 2026 3.52 pm
Pension Committee - Thursday 4 December 2025 10.00 am
The agenda for the Pension Committee meeting included a business update on the Gloucestershire Pension Fund [^2], covering governance, operations, funding and investment. The committee was also scheduled to note the draft minutes of the Pension Board meeting held on 23 October 2025.
Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am
The Gloucestershire County Council Cabinet met on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, and agreed to put the draft budget for 2026/27 out for public consultation. They also approved plans for a new fire and rescue service training facility, highways depot, care home, and residential housing at the Coombe Hill site, and agreed to extend several contracts for services including household recycling, fostering and residential care.
Decisions from Meetings
54 decisions · Page 4 of 11
Public Notices Advertising Contract
From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025
...to award a contract for public notices advertising services to Penna PLC under the ESPO 3A-24 Advertising Solutions Framework Agreement for an initial two-year period with two one-year extension options, and to delegate authority to the Executive Director: Economy, Environment and Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Sustainable Transport and Strategic Highways, to determine whether to exercise those extension options.
Recommendations Approved
Adoption West: Future Options
From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025
...to approve, in principle, Gloucestershire County Council's continued participation in Adoption West as their preferred option for a Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) beyond February 2027, while also directing the Director of Children's Services to further develop Adoption West in consideration of national policy, operational experience, resourcing, and local government reform.
Recommendations Approved
Full proposals for Reorganisation of Local Government in Gloucestershire
From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025
...to refer two proposals for local government reorganisation in Gloucestershire—one creating a single unitary authority and the other creating two unitary authorities based on an East/West division—to the Council for consideration.
Recommendations Approved
Enterprise Resource Planning implementation/SAP replacement Extension Approval
From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025
...to extend the Enterprise Resource Planning/SAP replacement implementation period by two months, with a revised go-live date of March 31st, 2026, and to approve the associated additional funding.
Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)
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
Summary
Meetings Attended: 45
Average per Month: 1.9
Decisions Recorded: 54