Solihull Council

reaffirmed the Council's Objectives and Step Change Improvement Priorities until 31st March 2006, as detailed in the report; and

agreed that progress on the delivery of the SCIPS should be reported twice a year.

Endorsed the proposed basket of performance measures (see Appendix A);

approved the targets and estimates for each Performance Measure in the basket (see Appendix A); and

approved Option B for the amount of "stretch" required.

(i)            noted the progress made in our negotiations on    each target (see Appendix A);

(ii)           noted the Citizen's Panel results on the Council’s       LPSA      (Appendix B); and

(iii)          agreed a revised final agreement sign off date.

noted the progress with the new prudential system;

approved the proposed response to the draft regulations as detailed in the report;

noted the changes to the single capital pot system and the consequences on the project appraisal system and

approved the £0.064M detailed in the report as a step change performance improvement project enabling the continuation of £1m project appraisal system.

 agreed the Council’s response to the Consultation on Local Authority Business Growth Incentives; and

agreed that any additional revenue obtained by Solihull from the scheme should be subject to allocation through the agreed budget framework and should not be ring fenced at this stage for any specific activity.

noted the proposed Business Improvement Districts scheme;

agreed the Council’s response to the consultation on the proposed guidance; and

agreed to receive a further report in due course.

(i) agreed the Council’s Risk Management Strategy which included a Policy Statement and an initial plan for implementation;and

   (ii) agreed the proposed roles and responsibilities of    Members and officers as detailed in the report.

(i) Approved the content of the Draft Leisure / Cultural Strategy; and 

(ii) Agreed the way forward as proposed in the report.

The Cabinet:-

(i) agreed and adopted the West Midlands Bus Strategy 2003 – 2011; and

(ii) highlighted the need to draw attention to the ongoing issues of transport provision in relation to school services, services in regeneration zones and arterial routes crossing Borough boundaries.

Noted and receive the petition in relation to genetically modified foods; and

Agreed that the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board be requested to consider the issue of genetically modified foods, their work programme permitting.