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Decisions taken by the Cabinet
Meeting held at 6.00 p.m. in the Civic Suite on
3 December 2002
| Reference | Title | Decision | Reasons | Date effective | Comments |
| 060Cab02 | 2001/02 External Audit Management Letter | The Cabinet agreed the Council's external audit report prepared by PriceWaterhouseCoopers relating to 2001/02. | To consider the Council's external audit report prepared by PriceWaterhouseCoopers relating to 2001/02 | 11 December 2002 | |
| 061Cab02 | Land Rover Rail Link | The Cabinet recommend that the Council support the application by Land Rover to the Office of the Deputy prime Minister (Secretary of State) under the Transport and Works Act 1992 for a rail link between the Lode Lane plant and the West Coast Main Line and requests the Deputy Prime Minister (Secretary of State) in directing the grant of deemed planning permission to include as conditions, or as part of a planning agreement, the matters set out in an Appendix to the report. | To agree the Council's comments as a statutory consultee on an application under the Transport & Works Act 1992 for the construction of a rail link from the Land Rover works to the West Coast Main Line |
11 December 2002 |
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| 062Cab02 | Financing the Future Action Plan |
The Cabinet : (i) Approved the Financing the Future Action Plan; and (ii) Noted the progress made to date. |
To seek cabinet approval for an action plan setting out how the options for future ownership and management of the housing stock will be explored, in the light of the August Cabinet decision to extend the LSVT ballot timetable. The action plan covers the period September 2002 to April 2003. | 11 December 2002 | |
| 063Cab02 | Best Value Review - Home to School Transport | The Cabinet approved the recommendation and action plan contained in the report subject to the necessary funding being found from existing resources. |
To approve the final report of the Best Value Review Group This review is part of the Best Value Performance Plan which is the principal way by which the Council is held accountable for its performance. In line with current guidelines set down by the Performance Management Panel this report requires approval from Full Cabinet. The report was taken to the Overview & Scrutiny Board on 21 August 2002. |
11 December 2002 |
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| 064Cab02 | Response to consultation on the configuration of mental health services in Birmingham and Solihull |
The Cabinet: [a] Received the views of the Health Monitoring Task and Finish Group and having regard to that advice; [b] Supported the preferred option on the understanding that there would be a separate local partnership board with its own service funding allocation and service pattern with appropriate representation for the Solihull service linked to a specialist core organisation providing the clinical and corporate governance essential to ensure quality local mental health services to meet local needs and expectations; [c] Required, as a condition of approval, that "Solihull" was included in the name of the new specialist trust should the preferred option be taken forward; [d] Sought further discussions on the interface issues relating to mental health services for older people and the need for collaborative working in relation to comprehensive local services for older people within a Care trust as envisaged when establishing Solihull PCT. [e] Reserved the Council's position in relation to any future development of a specialist mental health care trust; and [f] Affirmed that future integrated working within Solihull would be expected to continue to develop within formally agreed flexibility agreements under Section 31 of the Health Act 1999 in line with previous policy decisions of the Council |
To set any response within the context of the medium term policy expectations as approved in January 2001 designed to to secure the commissioning and provision of effective locally managed services that are resourced, integrated at the point of service delivery and are responsive to needs and expectations of users and carers with appropriate models of governance and accountability. | 11 December 2002 | Councillor Meeson declared a personal interest in this report. |
| 065Cab02 | Freedom of Information | The Cabinet approved the Council's Publication Scheme for submission to the Information Commissioner by 31 December 2002. | To ensure compliance with requirements of Section 19 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by approving a submission to the information commissioner on the classes of information that the council routinely publishes | 11 December 2002 | |
| 066Cab02 | Asset Management Plan |
The Cabinet noted and commented on: (i) The assessment received for the Asset Management Plan and Strategy. (ii) The current work of the Asset Management Group. |
To inform Members of the scores received from GOWM for the Asset Management Plan and Capital Strategy submissions made in July and to outline the current work of the Asset Management Group in developing how the Council uses and manages its property assets. | 11 December 2002 | |
| 067Cab02 | Issues considered by Scrutiny Boards and Committees | The Cabinet noted the work undertaken by Scrutiny Boards and Committees. | To inform Cabinet of work undertaken. | 11 December 2002 | |
| 068Cab02 | Forward Plan | To note the Forward Plan | To note the Forward Plan | 11 December 2002 | The Leader then formally approved the Forward Plan at a decision session following the Cabinet meeting. |
| 069Cab02 | Delivering The Vision Through A New Structure | The Cabinet confirmed that they agreed with the post of Head of Sport & Recreation being substituted for the post of Leisure in the list of deleted posts referred to in the new structure. | The purpose of the report is to correct an error in Appendix 2 of the Report to Cabinet on 8 July 2002 "Delivering the Vision through a new Structure". |
11 December 2002 |
Private |
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070Cab02 |
Waste Management and Recycling |
The Cabinet: (i) Noted the discussions with Coventry City Council and the Coventry & Solihull Waste Disposal Company on a long term solution to meeting recycling and recovery targets; (ii) Approved the submission, jointly with Coventry City Council, of an Outline Business Case for a PFI scheme to fund the delivery of the additional facilities and refurbishment of the existing Waste to Energy Plant; and, (iii) Agreed to continue the existing arrangements for advance payment subject to receiving a commercial discount and receive a further report following an indication from DEFRA on the OBC submission. |
To seek approval to the proposed submission to DEFRA of a PFI, Outline Business Case, jointly with Coventry City Council, seeking a PFI Credit to fund the proposed investment in refurbishing the Waste to Energy Plant and provision of Recycling and recovery facilities. | 11 December 2002 | Private |
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071Cab02 |
Dickens Heath Village Centre |
The Cabinet approved the terms for the disposal and agreement with the Consortium. |
To approve terms for the disposal of the land for the Village Centre and Wharf at Dickens Heath and proposals to vary the responsibilities with the Consortium. | 11 December 2002 | Private |
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