Decision details
Critical Services and Decision-Making (emergency decision)
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To identify the council services assessed as critical and essential to deliver the Council’s response to COVID-19. It provides for decisions in respect of service changes and sets out the governance safeguards in place in respect of urgent decision-making.
Decision:
That the Chief Executive, acting under emergency delegated powers within the Constitution:
i) Agrees the assessment of critical council services contained in Appendix 1 of the report and notes that services not categorized as critical or essential may be subject to service change to maintain provision of critical and essential services.
ii) Notes and agrees the decisions specified in Appendix 2.
Reasons for the decision:
As detailed within the accompanying report.
Alternative options considered:
As detailed within the accompanying report.
Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:
None.
Cabinet/Committee Decision or Scheme of Delegation: Emergency delegated powers
Parties Consulted: There may conceivably be exceptional cases where public consultation becomes possible notwithstanding the COVID-19 crisis. However, it is not considered in the circumstances that non-statutory public consultation is a viable or reasonable option for the Council in taking the decisions which are the subject of this report, even if at other times it would have considered consultation with the public and / or stakeholders affected by the decision The Council will make reasonable efforts to communicate with and take on board the views of service users affected by decisions and informing residents and stakeholders about decisions as quickly as possible about any changes to service provision. Where appropriate and reasonably practicable, changes to the Council’s decisions will be made following responses from service users and others.
Urgent item?: Yes
Publication date: 01/06/2020
Date of decision: 22/04/2020
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