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A new framework has been approved to allow a council to review whether its sponsored bus services are viable.
In a new framework bus services will be scored based on six criteria to see if they are viable.
A scheme which will see community volunteers carry out low-level maintenance around their roads was launched this month.
The Green group said it had requested three cabinet positions during talks with the Conservatives.
The incumbent Babergh District Council leader is set to stay in the top job, as a clearer picture of the new cabinet agreement begins to take shape.
Plans to make minor highways projects like 20mph zones, pedestrian crossings and double yellow lines easier to carry out have been given approval.
Cllr Suzie Morley is now at the helm.
A long-term vision for Suffolk is set to be created in a bid to address some of the key challenges expected in the next three decades.
More than 62,000 new homes will be needed in Suffolk in the next 20 years according to latest figures, just to keep up with demand.
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Vital road changes such as crossings and 20mph zones could be completed faster if councillors are given access to four years of funding in one go.
What councillors decide could shape Suffolk for 30 years
In Ipswich alone more than 12,000 children were living below the benchmark
Suffolk County Council launches Highways self-help scheme
Suffolk County Council launches Highways self-help scheme
What councillors decide could shape Suffolk for 30 years
What councillors decide could shape Suffolk for 30 years
Whitehall says there are no plans to use intervention powers to improve Suffolk’s ailing special educational needs and disabilities service (SEND).
It comes after criticism over the way some policies, such as changes in home to school transport last year, were made despite widespread opposition.
With parties at Babergh and Mid Suffolk district councils failing to secure majorities, a fortnight of behind-closed-doors wrangling is set to ensue.
Authority reduced spending on temporary staff and contractors by £153,504 in the three months to October compared with previous three month period.
