Award a concession contract to the winning supplier, to deliver Local Electric Vehicle (LEVI) funded electric vehicle infrastructure (EVI) in Oxford City Council car parks.

The Deputy Leader, and Cabinet Member for a Zero Carbon Oxford decides as follows:

1. Award a concession contract for the delivery of Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) chargepoint installations for a period of 15 years to the winning supplier.

The Leader, and Cabinet Member for Partnership Working and Inclusive Economic Growth, as Shareholder of ODSL and ODSTL decides as follows:

1.    Approve the Shareholder Agreement and Articles of Association of Oxford Direct Services Limited;

2.    Approve the Shareholder Agreement and Articles of Association of Oxford Direct Services Trading Limited.

3.    Delegate to the Monitoring Officer the ability to sign the Articles of the Companies and other required documentation to enact the above decisions on behalf of the Council as sole Shareholder of the Companies.

The Deputy Chief Executive decides as follows:

To approve the purchase of flat 1, 45 Wytham Street, Oxford, OX1 4TR for a total purchase price of £195,000 to the LAHF 3 programme to meet the Council’s requirement to acquire a minimum of 5 units for the LAHF 3 programme.

The Deputy Chief Executive decides as follows:

1.       To award and enter into a contract for EPC Assessments, Retrofit Assessments and Improvement plants for up to 3 years with a total value of £185k including VAT to Greenstorm Limited.

Cabinet resolved to:

1.    Give Project Approval to approve the procurement of a suitably qualified firm ofreal estate valuers to undertake valuations of council-owned properties recorded within the General Fund and Housing Revenue Accounts 

2.    Delegate authority to the Deputy Chief Executive – Place in consultation with the Group Director of Finance, the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy (Monitoring Officer), and the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Assets to determine the form of the procurement, contract, and award and enter into the final contract with the preferred supplier 

Cabinet resolved to:

1. Grant project approval to finalise agreement to enter into build contracts and any other necessary agreements or contracts and incur associated development cost spends, as set out in this report, and within the allocated HRA capital budgets and business plan, for the purpose of delivering more affordable housing in Oxford; 
2. Delegate authority to the Director of Housing, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Affordable Housing; the Head of Financial Services/Section 151 Officer; and the Council’s Monitoring Officer,to enter into build contracts and any other necessary agreements or contracts to facilitate the development within the identified budget, for the provision of additional affordable housing;  
3. Grant approval for a virement within the HRA capital budget for scheme costs of £5,693,000. The virement will be from the “Properties purchased from OCHL” (Oxford City Housing Limited) purchase line into a new scheme line to be profiled to match the build programme across the four years from 2025/26 to 2028/29.

Cabinet resolved to:

1. Approve the Domestic Abuse Policy for Staff (Appendix 1)?
2. Delegate authority to the Domestic Abuse Lead, to make minor changes in the future to reflect any relevant changes in legislation, guidance or practice.

Cabinet resolved to:

1. That Cabinet agrees to give approval to the Oxfordshire County Council to publish the Oxfordshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy.

Cabinet resolved to:

1. Agree to proceed with a statutory 10-week consultation on the basis that it is necessary to renew the licensing scheme in its entirety for a further 5 years.

Cabinet resolved to:

1. Approve the Damp and Mould Policy
2. Approve the Fire Safety Policy
3. Approve the Asbestos Policy
4. Approve the Disrepair Policy

Cabinet resolved to:

1. Approve the Air Quality Action Plan 2026-2030 for Public Consultation

Cabinet resolved to:

1. Approve the Anti-social Behaviour Policy 2026-29; and  
2. Delegate authority to the Community Safety Service Manager to publish the Anti-social Behaviour Policy and to make any typographical amendments as may be required, before publication. To make minor changes in the future to reflect any relevant changes in legislation, guidance or practice. 

Cabinet resolved to:

1. Charge an entry fee for entry to the Museum of Oxford
2. Approve the standard entry fee charges as proposed in Appendix 1
3. Approve the concessions eligibility and concessionary charges as proposed in Appendix 1
4. Approve the eligibility for free access as proposed in Appendix 1
5. Delegate the implementation of charging from January 2026 and the authority to make any minor changes to the charging model for the museum to the Director of Citizens and Community Services.