To receive any apologies for absence.

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

To receive a report on the operations and performance of the Strategic Service Delivery Partnership between the Council, Herefordshire Jarvis Services Limited and Owen Williams Limited during the period April 2006 to August 2007. 

To note progress in respect of the Herefordshire Connects programme, approve the technology platform on which further progression will be based, and approve the extension of the existing interim agreement with Deloitte.

To note the process of the Local Area Agreement (LAA) “super-refresh” and endorse the preliminary list of key priorities in appendix 1.

To approve the proposal to establish a single registration district for Herefordshire and the implementation of a new governance framework.

To update Cabinet on the Government’s post office closure programme and the progress being made on an initiative to develop sustainable options for the delivery of post office services to rural communities in Herefordshire.

To inform Cabinet of the outcomes of the recent public consultation on the Fairer Charging for non-residential Social Services recommendations made by Cabinet in June 2007.  The report also recommends revisions to the recommendations made in June following the consultation.

To provide an update to Cabinet of the progress made in delivering improvements to housing stock transferred to Herefordshire Housing.

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS

In the opinion of the Proper Officer, the next two items will not be, or are likely not to be, open to the public and press at the time they are considered.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12(A) of the Act as indicated below.

To seek approval for acquisition of the freehold property of Blueschool House, Blueschool Street, Hereford HR1 2LX.

This item discloses information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

To see approval for the funding of the Affordable Housing Development Programme in Herefordshire for 2007/08.

This item discloses information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).