Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the Council’s response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) global pandemic, adding updated information since the report was last presented to the Cabinet on 9 June 2020. It outlined the approach in the coming weeks as priorities around the Council’s response would alter to reflect the easing of the lockdown and the moves to restart the economy and reopen businesses and schools.

The report provided detailed information as to how the Council had managed the response to the pandemic, the requirement to develop a COVID-19 Local Outbreak Control Plan, and the Council’s work with the voluntary and community sector. The report also provided detailed information, at a service level (critical or noncritical), in terms of the Council’s response to the pandemic.

Reasons:

To highlight the role that the Council has played in responding to Covid-19 as well as supporting the process in place for managing the restarting of services post lockdown and longer-term recovery.