Cabinet roles and responsibilities
Role of a cabinet member
Cabinet members are responsible for:
- leading on developing council policy and make recommendations to the Cabinet
- providing guidance to the Cabinet on running activities
- giving guidance to the Cabinet on budget priorities
- monitoring performance and make sure policy is delivered
- leading on improving council services
- making sure that activities meet the council's overall vision, core values and guiding principles
- contributing to debate and decision-making
- working with councillors who are not members of the cabinet, members of the opposition and officers to make sure that the overview and scrutiny process works correctly
- appearing before and responding to overview and scrutiny committee reports
- representing the council at a national and local level
Each cabinet member is the spokesperson for the policy area or 'portfolio' they are responsible for.
Leader - Joe Harris
Portfolio responsibilities
- Coordination of executive functions
- Policy framework including the corporate plan
- Publica
- Housing and homelessness
- Town and Parish Council liaison
- Clean and Green campaign
- UBICO (including street cleaning)
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance - Mike Evemy
Portfolio responsibilities
- Financial strategy and management
- Revenue and benefits
- Grants
Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Forward Planning - Rachel Coxcoon
Portfolio responsibilities
- Climate change and energy planning
- Sustainable transport
- Strategic forward planning
- Local plan
- Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106
- Allowable solutions
Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing - Jenny Forde
Portfolio responsibilities
- Refugee support
- Public health, well-being and mental health
- Improving social mobility and tackling social isolation
- Crime, disorder and safety
- Supporting and safeguarding people
- Leisure centres, museums and culture
- Young people
Cabinet Member for Corporate Services - Lisa Spivey
Portfolio responsibilities
- Property and asset management
- Trinity Road transformation
- Democratic services
- Communications and consultation
- Customer experience and channel shift
Cabinet Member for the Environment, Waste and Recycling - Andrew Doherty
Portfolio responsibilities
- UBICO (Waste and Recycling)
- Waste and recycling
- Flooding
Cabinet Member for the Economy and Transformation - Tony Dale
Portfolio responsibilities
- Car parking operations and strategy
- Business transformation
- Local Enterprise Partnership and county-wide partnerships
- Economic development
- Recovery investment strategy
- Tourism and visitor information centers
- Chamber of Commerce liaison
Cabinet Member for Development Management and Licensing - Juliet Layton
Portfolio responsibilities
- Development Management
- Heritage and design management
- Environmental and regulatory services
- Cotswold Water Park