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Covid-19 Recovery

Meeting: 19/10/2021 - Cabinet (Item 9)

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Background:

 

This report provided an update on the Council’s recovery from the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) global pandemic, following a previous Cabinet report in March 2021. It outlined how the Council was using the opportunity to ‘Build Back Better’ and to identify opportunities for Medway to emerge stronger and more resilient from the pandemic.

 

The report had also been considered by the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 19 August 2021 and its comments were set out in section 8 of the report.  Appendix 1 to the report set out a briefing note in response to requests for further information made by the Committee.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

 

The Cabinet noted the comments of the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny, as set out in section 8 of the report.

 

The Cabinet noted the overall approach set out in the report and the proposal to mainstream this activity into Business as Usual

 

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.