1.    Approved the recommended action to implement ‘No Stopping Restriction’ on school ‘keep clear’ markings to parts of Old Fallings Lane, as shown on plan T4/4257A appended to this report.

2.    Authorised the Director of Governance to implement the relevant traffic regulation order.

1.    Approved the installation of full central heating, taking into consideration that the client did not meet all the qualifying criteria, as the property is in Council Tax Band D.

Approved the delivery of works to a client falling outside the qualifying criteria.

Approved the completion of the transactions listed below:

•      Land rear of 208 Hordern Road, Whitmore Reans – Minor garden land sale

•      Land rear of 21 Colman Avenue, Wednesfield – Minor land sale

•      1A Hurstbourne Crescent – Deed of Covenant

To review the Housing Managing Agents Performance Monitoring Report - Quarter Four January to March 2020

The item was withdrawn.

To consider the outcome of consultation and approve the adoption of policy as part of the Vision for School Organisation.

1.      That the High Needs Provision Framework be approved.

2.      That the outcome of consultation on the draft High Needs Provision Framework be noted.

3.      That the amendments (in Section 5) made to the draft High Needs Provision Framework following consultation be noted.

1.      That the acquisition of market housing to convert to affordable housing to increase the housing stock as part of the Additional Social Housing Programme be approved.

2.      That the policy and criteria to identify and purchase suitable market housing units be approved.

3.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing in consultation with the Director of City Environment to agree the expenditure on individual property/land purchases.

4.      That authority be delegated to the Service Manager, Strategy and Policy and in their absence, the Housing Enabling Manager the decision to ‘decline’ a Right of First Refusal request.

5.      That the completed acquisitions of market housing which have been converted to affordable housing in 2019-2020 be noted.

To exclude the press and public from the meeting during discusion on the remaining item of business.

That in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business as it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

1.      That the list of projects for development and implementation as part of the Transportation Capital Programme 2020-2021 and future years, as set out in appendices 3, 4, 5 and 6 to the report be approved.

2.      That the Head of City Transport be authorised to proceed with development work for each project on the list including surveying, site investigation, options appraisal, feasibility analysis, traffic modelling, detailed design, statutory advertising and public consultation, as appropriate.

3.      That the projects marked ‘Approve’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report be approved for implementation, subject to the availability of funding.

4.      That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an Individual Executive Decision Notice (IEDN), implementation of the projects on the list marked ‘IEDN’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report, subject to the satisfactory outcome of public consultation, availability of funding and any other relevant considerations.

5.      That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an IEDN, the bringing forward of projects from appendix 5 to appendices 3 or 4 to the report and thereafter to approve them for implementation during 2020-2021 subject to the satisfactory outcome of public consultation, availability of funding and any other relevant considerations.

6.      That the Cabinet Member for City Environment, in consultation with the Director for City Environment be authorised to approve, through an IEDN, appropriate virements between existing approved budgets within the transport capital programme maximising use of resources.

7.      That further reports be submitted at the appropriate time in order to obtain the necessary authority to implement the projects marked ‘Cabinet’ in the ‘Approval’ column of appendices 3 and 4 to the report.

8.      That the Chief Legal Officer be authorised to serve all necessary notices in respect of the projects listed in appendices 3 and 4 to the report and, subject to there being no unresolved objections, make traffic regulation orders as required.

10.That the Head of City Transport be authorised to make applications and bids for additional external funding noting that agreement ahead of submission would be obtained from the Director of Finance and appropriate governance would be followed to amend budgets on receipt of such funding.

11.That the Director of Finance be authorised to approve the Council entering into funding agreements with the various funding bodies to receive grant funding in respect of the projects included in the report.

12.That the expenditure and progress made in delivering £41 million worth of projects in the Transportation Capital Programme during 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 as set out in appendix 2 to the report be approved.

13.That the Council’s continuing success in bidding for additional funding and delivering new projects through the Local Growth Fund, Access to Growth, and the West Midlands Combined Authority be noted.

To approve the Safer Wolverhampton Partnership refreshed Community Safety Strategy for 2020-2023.

That subject to amendments to emphasise the links between the strategy and Anti-Social Behaviour Teams, and to bolster the equalities implications section, Full Council be recommended to endorse the Safer Wolverhampton Partnership Community Safety and Harm Reduction Strategy 2020-2023.

1.     That supplementary expenditure budgets totalling £2.3 million funded by the COVID Local Government Grant be established to support the costs of the discretionary business grant.

2.     That the approach to the distribution of the discretionary business grant as detailed in the report be approved.

3.     That it be authorised, to use any underspend in Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Fund, that Government agrees to being so used, to increase the relevant budget at paragraph 1 and to be spent in line with the principles at paragraph 2 as detailed in the report.

Approved payments totalling £57,470 as detailed at section 5.3.

Approved payments totalling £61,960 as detailed at section 5.3.