Councillor Jason Smithers
Email: jason.smithers@northnorthants.gov.uk
Council: North Northamptonshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
36 meetings · Page 1 of 8
Executive - Thursday 17th April, 2025 10.00 am
At a meeting of the North Northamptonshire Council Executive, a range of key decisions were made, including the approval of the North Northamptonshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2024 – 2029, an uplift in fees for adult social care providers, and the adoption of the Wellingborough and Rushden Area Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP). The Executive also approved the procurement of a new adult social care case management system and reservoir drawdown capital works at Sywell Country Park Reservoir.
Employment Subcommittee - Tuesday 25th February, 2025 10.15 am
Decisions from Meetings
113 decisions · Page 11 of 23
Post-Financial Settlement Budget Update
From: Executive - Thursday 16th January, 2025 10.00 am - January 16, 2025
...to update the Draft Budget 2025/26 and Medium-Term Financial Plan following the Government’s Financial Settlement, noting funding changes and approving a reduction in the waste management inflationary increase.
Recommendations Approved
Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy
From: Executive - Thursday 16th January, 2025 10.00 am - January 16, 2025
...to approve a revised Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy that includes increasing the Discretionary Disabled Facilities Grant (Top-Up) to £20,000, removing means testing for equipment cases up to £10,000, not means testing parents for children’s applications regarding the Discretionary DFG Grant (Top-Up), waiving land charges in specific circumstances, introducing a Fast Tracking
process for urgent cases, covering dementia grants for specific adaptations, introducing Motor Neurone Disease (MND) grants with disregarded earnings, establishing an independent panel for discretionary grants exceeding limits, covering extended warranties and call-out fees for equipment, expediting grant applications for private and social tenants, reviewing non-mandatory work proposals, maintaining the HomeMove Grant conditions, and replacing several grants with one Home Repair Grant.
Recommendations Approved
English Devolution White Paper & the Creation of Strategic Authorities
From: Extraordinary Council, Council - Thursday 9th January, 2025 6.00 pm - January 09, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Political Balance on Council Committees
From: Extraordinary Council, Council - Thursday 9th January, 2025 6.00 pm - January 09, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Kettering Pitch,Track and Pavilion Refurbishment Project
From: Executive - Thursday 19th December, 2024 10.00 am - December 19, 2024
...to approve the Kettering Pitch, Track and Pavilion Refurbishment project, including its procurement process, budget, contractor awards, and delegated authority for project delivery.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 36
Average per Month: 2.4
Decisions Recorded: 113