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Covid-19 Response and Recovery Update

Meeting: 29/07/2020 - Cabinet (Item 113)

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The Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance and Growth, will report at the meeting.  Report attached.

Minutes:

The Leader, Councillor O’Brien presented a report updating Cabinet on the Council’s planning for recovery from Covid-19. 

 

The Leader reported that planning work is now under way to support the recovery from Covid-19 in Bury. This work is critical to support Bury’s residents, the economy and businesses during this rapidly changing situation. It will also enable reforms to be made to the delivery of public services across the Borough, including with key health and care partners, and for the Council to make sustained changes to how it operates internally. The recovery work will also include the financial recovery required for the Council and Bury One Commissioning Organisation given the very significant impacts that the pandemic has had on the financial position of the Council, as with all other Local Authorities and NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups.

 

Delegated decision:

 

Cabinet agrees to:

 

1. Note the progress on the Borough’s response to the Covid-19 emergency; and

2. Approve the proposals for a 10 point plan for immediate recovery over the next six months as set out in section 8 of this report and the proposals for medium term recovery combined with the development of the Bury 2030 strategy as set out in section 14 of this report.

 

Reasons for the decision:

 

The Council is a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act and as such is at the core of the response to meet the Covid- 19 emergency. The Council is subject to a full set of civil protection duties including putting in place emergency plans, business continuity and public information arrangements, all in cooperation with other local responders. 

 

Other option considered and rejected:

 

To reject recommendations contained within the report.