Decision details

To provide Cabinet with an update to the Five Year Plan, taking into account the impact of the ongoing pandemic and the uncertainties that have been created in relation to future budget and project planning.

RESOLVED –

1.     That, given the current exceptional social and economic context, a focus on the delivery of an updated set of priority projects and action plans in response to impact assessments associated with Covid-19 be approved;

2.     That the long-term priorities set out in the report be agreed and that further work be undertaken to develop and deepen these themes over the course of 2020 and 2021 as the financial context in which we will be operating becomes clearer and as the environment for external consultation improves; and

3.     That further consultation proposal be prepared to come back to Cabinet on 11 March 2021.

REASON FOR DECISION:  This approach would allow the Council to focus it resources on dealing with the immediate and pressing issues of recovery whilst waiting for funding certainty to become clearer.  It would also allow for further proposals and more consultation to take place during 2021.