To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive any declarations of interest by members in respect of items on this agenda.

To report the outcome from the recent Audit of the Herefordshire Local Area Agreement (LAA) undertaken by Audit Commission.

To approve the Medium-Term Financial Management Strategy (MTFMS), taking into consideration any comments from the Strategic Monitoring Committee meeting on 16th October, 2006.

To seek the Council’s approval for the draft Corporate Plan 2007-10 and steers for its completion, including in respect of proposals for additional budgets to achieve the Council’s priorities, so as to provide the basis for the initial preparation of Directorate and Service plans for those years and the Annual Operating Plan for 2007-08.  

To consider further proposals for the establishment in principle of a Public Service Trust for Herefordshire designed to give effect to the Council’s response to the West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority (SHA) consultations early in 2006 on the reconfiguration of Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in the region.  That consultation arose from the Department of Health’s publication “Commissioning a Patient Led NHS”.

To note the report of the Strategic Monitoring Committee to Council.  (Report to follow).