Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
RESOLVED that Cabinet:-
(a) Note that the Chief Executive in his capacity as the Gold Command Officer for COVID 19 will authorise any urgent expenditure to support the Councils response to the coronavirus; and
(b) Request that the Chief Finance Officer brings forward for Cabinet consideration a fundamental review of the 2020/21 Budget in response to the impact on the Councils finances of the coronavirus and the costs likely to be incurred in support of the most vulnerable within our community.
Voting: Unanimous
Portfolio Holder: Finance
Reason
The Council needs to ensure it has a robust and prudent strategy to manager the impact of Covid-19 on its financial sustainability.
Publication date: 20/03/2020
Date of decision: 18/03/2020
Decided at meeting: 18/03/2020 - Cabinet
Effective from: 28/03/2020
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