Solihull Council

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Agreed that prior to scoring the Asset Management Group be asked to:

Demonstrate why all Education projects can not be funded from the Education Direct Allocation;

Exclude any projects that fail to provide any evidence of a link with the Community Plan; and

Consider when scoring projects whether alternative opportunities for alternative funding had been considered.

Agreed to receive the project scores on the revised date of 15th May,

Approved the capital rephasing detailed in Appendix C

(i) considered the National Targets for LPSAs;

(ii) provided a view on which of the targets they would like to see "worked up" by directorates;

(iii) noted the Overview and Scrutiny Management Boards’ recommendations; and

(iv) gave a view on any possible local priorities, which were not covered in the National Targets, that Cabinet would like to see reflected in our LPSA.

13 March 2003

approved proposals for the Maintenance Programme of Capital and Revenue Works for Corporate Properties for 2003/04; and

agreed that future such decisions be delegated to the Portfolio holder for Resources and any issues effecting an individual Portfolio Holder would be raised as appropriate.

i) Approved the merger of Fordbridge Infant School and Kingshurst School, with effect from September 2003, the merged school to be located on the Kingshurst Infant School site;

ii) Authorised the commencement of the statutory process to close Fordbridge Infant School and significantly enlarge Kingshurst Infant School;

iii) Authorised Officers to commence planning for the implementation of the merger in tandem with the Statutory Process;

iv) Approved the staff protection arrangements as set out in 5.3 of the report;

v) Approved the use of the revenue savings accruing from the merger for the next three financial years to aid transitional arrangements;  

vi) Authorised Officers to bring a further report that identifies alternative options for the use of the Fordbridge site, and articulates the consultation to be undertaken with the community;

(vii) Agreed that in the event that there are no objections received to the proposal during the statutory period, there is no requirement for further consideration by the Cabinet;

(viii) Agreed that the Portfolio holder for Education and Children’s Services be authorised to consider any statutory objections and the Council’s response to those objections at the decision making session on 22 May 2003; and

(ix) Received the recommendations of the Education and Children Overview and Scrutiny Board subject to an amendment to (h) with the inclusion of ‘ a voluntary arrangement with the Governing Bodies’

Presented to Cabinet as some charges are increased by more than 5%