Decision details
COVID19 - Update report and position statement
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
This report summaries the Council’s local response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It sets out the revised Governance Arrangements to ensure that the Council took quick and decisive action to effectively manage the impacts of the coronavirus as they arise.
As a result of the exceptional circumstances facing the country in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council has streamlined its decision-making processes to respond quickly and effectively to situations as they arise in order to meet obligations to protect life, contain and mitigate the impact of the emergency, and to create the conditions needed for an eventual recovery to a new normality
Decision:
The Cabinet (UNANIMOUSLY) agreed to:
2.1 Note the report on the Council response to COVID -19 pandemic
2.2 Consider the comments and feedback from the Corporate Scrutiny Panel meeting on the 27th May.
Reasons for the decision:
The report details how the Council has worked to protect the most vulnerable, support businesses and maintain local services in its response to the COVID-19 emergency. It also highlights the financial impact of the coronavirus on the Council and the need for additional funding to address the predicted £50m shortfall for services this year.
The Cabinet was asked to note the report.
Alternative options considered:
Not applicable.
Publication date: 01/06/2020
Date of decision: 29/05/2020