Solihull Council

noted the progress towards a Care Trust;

received the Better Together - Care Trust Consultation document;

agreed to refer the matter for consultation Health Scrutiny Board and Social Care Scrutiny Board;

re-affirmed the Council's commitment to partnership working and integration with the NHS to secure and deliver improved health and social care outcomes for local people;

agreed to hold an additional Cabinet meeting on 21 March 2005 to consider a further report; and

agreed to establish an Advisory Panel to advice the Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Social Care and Health comprising of 5 non- executive directors and 5 Councillors.

noted the current position and progress of Solihull’s BSF scheme;

approved the appointment of external PFI and Procurement Advisers from the nationally approved list;

delegated procurement authority to the Director of Education and Children’s Services and Officers as described at under 4.3.5 and 4.3.6 of the report;

adopted the use of the PFS national model for funding assumptions with it’s associated PFI credit for the purpose of the OJEU notice and procurement process;

authorised the Leader and Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Education and Children to confirm on behalf of the Council our ongoing commitment to the BSF project on the basis that the BSF model assumptions prove valid as part of the procurement process; and

agreed to refer the matter again to Overview and Scrutiny and Management Board.

supported the appointment of Counsel to act on behalf of the West Midlands Authorities (except Coventry);

agreed to share the cost between individual Authorities; and

agreed up to a maximum of £22,000 as Solihull’s contribution to the cost of Counsel.

approved the business plan assumptions as the basis on which the Council enters into legal agreements for North Solihull Regeneration;

approved the key legal and governance principles;

noted the work being undertaking to develop a monitoring framework;

noted the proposed role of each of the Partners;

recommended to Council that it enters into a Regeneration Agreement with the In-partnership Consortium on the basis of the draft Business plan and the key legal and governance principles; and

delegated decisions on actions needed to implement the above decisions to the Leader of the Council in consultation with Group Leaders.