Solihull Council

Received KPMG's response concerning the Annual Audit Letter; and

Agreed to delegate authority to the Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Resources at his meeting on 15 December 2003, so Members can review the Annual Audit Letter as soon as it is available.

i) approved the consultation policy; and

ii) agreed the process for consulting on the budget

Noted the process for applying to the Secretary of State for section 27 consent;

Noted the contents of the constitution (Memorandum and Articles) of Solihull Community Housing;

Noted that the proposal to establish Solihull Community Housing has the support of a majority of tenants and leaseholders; and

Authorised officers to continue discussions with ODPM and draft an application to the ODPM for section 27 consent for consideration at the Cabinet meeting on 4 December 2003.

agreed the Leisure PPP long list, as detailed in the report

 ratifed the next steps for the project; and

 agreed the draft non-negotiable and desirable project elements.

(i) Received and considered the advice of the Task and Finish Group and the recommendations of the Regeneration, Environment and Leisure Overview and Scrutiny Board in respect of responses to objections to the UDP Review Revised Deposit; and

(ii) Agreed appendices A and B of the report as the Council’s response to objections to the Revised Deposit UDP Review.

agreed the 11 service specific targets contained in the Council’s  Local Public Service Agreement; and

agreed that the final version of the Council wide cost effectiveness target be brought to Cabinet on 04 February 2004.

Received the views of the Children’s Services Task and Finish Group;

Approved the progress report on the creation of a Children’s trust; and

 Agreed to the incremental approach to developing a Children’s Trust as detailed in the report.