Agenda and minutes

Report of the Director of the Leader of the Council outlining the proposed approach for drafting a new city plan.

Decision Made: (CAB 24/25 45650)

On consideration of the report of the Leader of the Council, having received representations from Councillor Peter Baillie, Cabinet agreed to endorse the proposed approach for the development of a city wide 10 year Southampton City Plan.

To consider the report of the Leader of the Council detailing the Transformation Programme.

Decision Made: (CAB 24/25 45579)

On consideration of the report of the Leader and having received representations from Councillor Peter Baillie, Cabinet approved the following:

(i)  To agree the transformation strategy set out in the report and appendices and the establishment of the “adapt | grow | thrive” transformation programme.

(ii)  To agree the overall programme structure and governance arrangements for the “adapt | grow | thrive” transformation programme.

(iii)  To agree the initial definition, scope and expected outcomes of the current 28 programmes of activities within the transformation programme, including the ‘key next steps’ for each of these, set out within the main appendix – “Transformation Update-July 2024”.

(iv)  To delegate authority to the Chief Executive following consultation with the Leader of the Council to take all consequential decisions necessary to deliver the agreed programme scope within the governance and decision-making framework set out in the main appendix.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Adults and Health seeking approval for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. 

Decision Made: (CAB 24/25 45422)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing Operations, having received representations from Councillor Peter Baillie, Cabinet approved the following:

(i)  To approve the new Southampton Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and supporting documents.

(ii)  To approve delegation to the Director of Public Health to make minor changes to the strategy during its lifetime.

(iii)  To provide formal approval for the establishment of the Southampton Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership.

To consider the report by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services on the rebasing of the Medium Term Financial Strategy.

Decision Made: (CAB 24/25 45335)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Adults and Health, Cabinet approved the following:

(i)  To approve the rebasing amendments to the MTFS and set out in Appendix 1.

(ii)  To agree the revised medium term financial forecast after the quarter 1 review and rebasing exercise for the period 2024/25 to 2028/29 and MTFS update commentary as set put in Appendix 1.

(iii)  To agree in year savings that are transformation related and recurrent in nature, a budget adjustment will be completed to remove the budget once there is evidence of achievement. This will be completed on a quarterly basis and used to offset the Exceptional Financial Support (EFS) requirement.

(iv)  To agree the next steps to developing the MTFS and creating a balanced budget including further developing the business planning framework to deliver savings going forward.

To consider the report by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services on the Capital Outturn for 2023/24.

Decision Made: (CAB 24/25 45590)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services, Cabinet approved the following:

(i)  To note the actual capital spending in 2023/24 for the General Fund was £61.73M and for the HRA was £36.77M, as detailed in paragraphs 2 to 5.

(ii)  To note the capital financing in 2023/24 as shown in table 3.

(iii)  To recommend Council to approve the revised capital programme for 2023/24 to 2028/29 and financing as summarised in paragraph 18 and detailed in Appendix 2.

(iv)  To note the latest prudential indicators for the revised capital programme as detailed in Appendix 3.

To consider the report by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services on the Revenue Outturn for 2023/24.

Decision Made: (CAB 24/25 45586)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services, Cabinet agreed to recommend the report to Full Council. 

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Children and Learning seeking approval for the SEND consultation notice.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing seeking approval of an updated housing allocations scheme.

Decision Made: (CAB 24/25 45227)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Children and Learning, Cabinet approved the following:

(i)  To approve the new Allocations Policy.

(ii)  To delegate approval to the Executive Director for Resident Services to make minor changes to the policy and approve the implementation timescales of the policy once a new computer system is purchased.