West Oxfordshire Executive 2023
Role of an Executive member
Executive members are responsible for:
- leading on developing council policy and make recommendations to the Executive
- providing guidance to the Executive on developments within the portfolio
- giving guidance to the Executive 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 Executive, 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 Executive member is the spokesperson for the policy area or 'portfolio' they are responsible for.
Andy Graham - Leader of the Council
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Policy Framework
- Town and Parish Council engagement
- Council Plan
- Strategic Partnerships including Pan regional Partnership, Future Oxfordshire, South East Councils and OxLEP
- Oxfordshire Leaders
- Publica and partnership authorities and Ubico
- Democratic Services
- Communications
- Legal Services
- Counter Fraud
- Emergency Planning
- Customer Services
Duncan Enright - Deputy Leader & Economic Development
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Economic Development
- Business Development
- Visitor Economy
- Town and Village regeneration
- Customer Services
Dan Levy - Finance
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Finance and management
- Council Tax and benefits
- Asset Management
- South West Audit Partnership
- Performance Management
- Capital Investment strategy
- Strategic Housing Investment
- Customer Services
Carl Rylett - Planning & Sustainable Development
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Local Plan
- Government planning policies and guidance
- Conservation and Historic Environment
- Landscape and Biodiversity
- Development Management
- Ensuring planning policies meet 2030 requirements
- Customer Services
Joy Aitman - Stronger Healthy Communities
Her portfolio responsibilities are:
- Voluntary sector engagement
- Health and safety
- Community and public health
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
- Young people
- Equality and diversity
- Customer Services
Geoff Saul - Housing & Social Welfare
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Housing Allocations
- Homelessness
- Provision of affordable homes
- Sheltered housing accommodation
- Safeguarding – Community Safety Partnership
- Crime and Disorder
- Neighbourhood Policing
- Scrutiny of Police and Crime Commissioner
- Assets of Community Value
Lidia Arciszewska - Environment
Her portfolio responsibilities are:
- Flood alleviation and sewage
- Environmental partnerships – WASP and Evenlode, North East Cotswold Cluster
- Waste collection and recycling
- Street Scene (cleansing, litter and grounds maintenance)
- Air quality
- Land, food, farming
- Customer Services Delivery
Andrew Prosser - Climate Change
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Energy Advice
- Renewable energy and retrofit investment
- Biodiversity across the District
- Carbon neutral by 2030
- Fossil fuel dependence reduction
- Local, national and county wide liaison on climate
- EV Charging rollout
- Customer Service
Alaric Smith - Leisure and Major Projects
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Leisure provision including swimming pools
- Culture and Heritage
- Public Art
- Agile Working
- Customer Services
- Car parking