• The decision to extend the lifespan of taxi cabs to nine years for saloon cars, and twelve years for wheelchair adapted vehicles was approved.
• The subsidy for  CCTV cameras will be extended until September 2014, and as CCTV cameras are to remain mandatory, the trade will investigate to see if there are cheaper models on the market.
• The council is also going to contact Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Hayes  to try to get funding towards the subsidy for CCTV cameras.

Other Points of interest: The recent talk of Southampton taxi drivers going on strike within our City is incorrect. It was never discussed with the trade. (Some of the individuals responsible for making this remark do not actually drive taxi's).  With the economy the way it is at the present moment, no self employed taxi driver would consider this as a course of action.