Wolverhampton City Council cancelled all sports fixtures due to take place on its park pitches over the weekend because of conditions and the forecasted snow.
No wonder the Leader of Wolverhampton City Council, Councillor Roger Lawrence, describes the proposed strikes as "unfortunate" and hopes they will be limited to one-day events.
The club said there were still some remaining legal formalities to be completed with Wolverhampton City Council, but these were expected to be finalised "within a matter of days".
Mr Atkins talks with pride about his decision, alongside neighbouring Labour-controlled Wolverhampton City Council, to pay for and build a motorway junction to ensure a new engine plant run by Jaguar Land Rover would bring 1, 450 jobs to the area.
At an earlier hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court, Warwickshire County Council admitted a limited breach of Health and Safety legislation, but disputed many of the allegations made by the prosecution.
Deputy police area returning officer Robert Connelly said the figures in the Walsall and Solihull council areas were 12.5%, 12.8% in Birmingham and Wolverhampton and 12.18% in Sandwell.