Issue - meetings

To consider an Cabinet report on the Council’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Committee considered the December 2020 Cabinet report on the Covid-19 Update on Response and Recovery.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.

To consider an update report on the Council’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cabinet considered an update report on the Council’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet

1.    notes the issues outlined in the report;

2.    approves a Supplementary Revenue Estimate for £880,472, fully funded from the Covid Winter Grant;

3.    delegates responsibility to the Executive Director of People to distribute the Covid Winter Grant, to provide assistance to vulnerable households over the winter period, in line with the eligibility criteria outlined within the report;

4.    approves a Supplementary Revenue Estimate for £500,000, fully funded from Covid-19 Emergency Grant, to provide an increase in the 2020/21 management fee payment to Everybody Sport and Recreation Trust to support the continuation of Leisure Services in the Borough; and

5.    notes that a Supplementary Revenue Estimate of £15,262,935 was approved by the Chief Executive for the 2020/21 Financial Year, to be funded from the Local Restrictions Support Grant, in order to support businesses affected by measures introduced in the response to Covid-19, in accordance with government guidelines, and in accordance with the Discretionary policies also approved under urgency powers.