Decision Maker: Executive
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
The purpose of this report is to set out the Council’s Finance Recovery Plan in response to the Covid-19 pandemic including the emergency revised budget for 2020/21.
The Council’s Finance Recovery Plan forms part of a Recovery Framework which was approved by to the Executive on 3August 2020.
Covid-19 has had a significant impact on every aspect of life and society in our borough and it has led to logistical challenges, created financial difficulties and prompted community-wide concerns around health and well-being.
This report focuses on the impact of the pandemic on the Council’s Financial position and suggests an emergency budget plan to enable the Council to meet its financial commitments through to the end of the financial year.
RESOLVED that the Executive approves:
(a) the Covid-19 Finance Recovery Plan and actions contained therein (as set out from paragraph 55 of the report); and
(b) recommends that the Council approves the following revised budgets:
i. the Emergency General Fund Revised Revenue budget for 2020/21;
ii. the use of £1,143,700 from the General Fund Revenue Reserve to balance the 2020/21 Revised Budget;
iii. the Emergency Housing Revenue Account Revised budget for 2020/21; and
iv. the Revised Capital Programme for 2020/21.
Report author: Neil Wood
Publication date: 09/09/2020
Date of decision: 07/09/2020
Decided at meeting: 07/09/2020 - Executive
Effective from: 19/09/2020
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