Agenda item

Recovery Plans

To consider the Recovery Plans report and the recommendations (as below) from the Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee 1 and 2 meeting on 26 August 2021.

 

RECOMMENDED

 

The Executive be advised of the Joint committee’s recommendations as follows:

 

1.   The Joint Committee supports the approach to recovery from the impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic as outline in the agenda report and all Projects Plans at appendices 14 to 20, for approval by the Executive subject to the following additions:

·     Appendix 14 -Training and support for business project – project summary to make it clear that existing businesses are also eligible to receive this support.

·     Appendix 15 -Transport Hubs – project summary to be clear that e-bikes need to be looked at in all towns, not just ‘main’ so rural towns can be covered; and  Project Objectives  to include ‘accessibility for all.’

·     Appendix 16 Recycling campaign to reduce waste – the outcomes section included the investigation of community repair workshops.

·     Appendix 17 -Supplier section of TDC website – clarification on whether the requirements on the supplier, for example in terms of insurance, basic public liability levels are the same for schemes under £10k and those over £10k due to concern that onerous requirements would discourage the businesses we’re seeking to engage with.

·     Appendix 20  - Community – Combined data demand analysis pilot scheme – the last paragraph of the project summary specify parish and town councils

 

2.   The delivery of the Project Plans are included in the Executive Forward Plan.

 

 

Minutes:

Councillor Purser presented the Recovery Plan report and the recommendations arising from the joint meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees. He proposed that Executive support these recommendations.

 

Executive thanked all those staff and members involved in the work over the past 18 months to bring this Recovery Plan forward.

 

RESOLVED that:-

 

(1)            The approach to recovery from the impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic as outline in the circulated report and all Projects Plans at appendices 14 to 20, be approved subject to the following additions:

·     Appendix 14 -Training and support for business project – project summary to make it clear that existing businesses are also eligible to receive this support.

·     Appendix 15 -Transport Hubs – project summary to be clear that e-bikes need to be looked at in all towns, not just ‘main’ so rural towns can be covered; and  Project Objectives  to include ‘accessibility for all.’

·     Appendix 16 Recycling campaign to reduce waste – the outcomes section included the investigation of community repair workshops.

·     Appendix 17 -Supplier section of TDC website – clarification on whether the requirements on the supplier, for example in terms of insurance, basic public liability levels are the same for schemes under £10k and those over £10k due to concern that onerous requirements would discourage the businesses we’re seeking to engage with.

·     Appendix 20  - Community – Combined data demand analysis pilot scheme – the last paragraph of the project summary specify parish and town councils; and

 

(2)            The delivery of the Project Plans be included in the Executive Forward Plan be approved.

 

The vote was unanimous.

 

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