Agenda and decisions

To receive notification of apologies and substitutions from Members.

Apologies from Councillor D Cole.

To receive notification of any declarations of pecuniary and/or conflict of interest from Members.

None.

To answer questions and hear deputations, if any, asked by any resident of the Borough pursuant to Standing Orders.

Councillor T Hodgson attended and addressed the meeting in relation to Petitions 5 & 6 – Request to keep the 3 hours free parking in Shirley shopper’s car parks.

The Cabinet Member also considered, for the same petitions, a written submission from Helena Alldrick (nee Morrissey); a local resident and Chair of the Friends of Shirley Park.

The Cabinet Member:

(a) Noted the petitions received and the proposed programme for investigating and responding to them as detailed in Appendix 1, and

(b) Agreed the proposed outcomes for the individual petitions as detailed in the report.

The Cabinet Member:

1.  Considered and endorsed the 2018/19 revenue and capital financial monitoring forecast as at 31st December 2018.

2.  Considered the Portfolio’s progress against the latest 3 year savings targets in the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) as at 31st December 2018.

The Cabinet Member:

1.  Noted the performance of the new scheme since going live on the 1st October 2018 as detailed in Appendix A.

2.  Approved the service priorities for 2019/20 as detailed in paragraph 4.10.

3.  Approved setting up a financial reserve to manage the financial implications of the permit scheme which are accounted for over a 3 year period in accordance with Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

4.  Agreed to receive a further service report in June 2020, which will include the service’s first Annual Performance Report to the end of October 2019, as required by the Department for Transport.

The Cabinet Member:

1.  Noted the update on the HS2 project as detailed in Section 3.

2.  Noted the recent decisions taken by the Head of Highway Services in respect of HS2’s Schedule 4 applications to carry out works on the public highway, as detailed in Appendix A.

3.  Agreed that all HS2 Schedule 4 applications, seeking approval to make major changes to the layout of the public highway in Solihull, should be referred to the Council’s Cabinet for approval, as set out in paragraph 4.3 and 4.4, and

4.  Agreed to receive a further update report at the next Transport & Highways Cabinet meeting on the 16th May 2019.

The Cabinet Member approved the amended policy on Roadside Memorials.