Decision details

DECISIONS TAKEN UNDER CORONAVIRUS CONTINGENCY PLANNING PROCEDURES, 25 MARCH 2020

Decision Maker: Chief Executive

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Under the new Coronavirus Contingency Planning Procedures, as approved by the Leader of the Council, the executive (Leader and Cabinet) priorities of the Council are amended to simply be:

(i)  preservation of life;

(ii)  supporting the vulnerable;

(iii)  safeguarding children; and

(iv)  aiding the Borough’s businesses and economy

during this period that contingency planning is required to respond to an emergency situation and manage the effects of a covid-19 epidemic.

 

In view of the Leader’s decision to agree that

 

(i)  the Head of Paid Service is authorised to take any action in furtherance of the priorities set out above, acting in consultation with the Leader, Cabinet member and/or Group Leaders wherever it is reasonable and practicable in the opinion of the Head of Paid Service to do so; and

 

(ii)  the Head of Paid Service and each Director is authorised to take any action that  officer consider is reasonably necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of individuals.

Decision:

no.

Date

decision

1

25/03/20

Mancoed the Council’s Tree Maintenance Contractor to provide a call out service and to undertake only essential tree maintenance works for the foreseeable future 

2

25/03/20

Scaling back of all parking enforcement

3

25/03/20

Scaling back inspection & monitoring of non-essential Street Works activities

4

25/03/20

Suspension of Planned schemes (Hose Side Road footway scheme, Argyle Street South Merseytravel access scheme,

Rolleston Drive / Grove Rd crossing improvement)

5

25/03/20

Reducing number of mourners permitted to attend a funeral within Wirral Cemeteries and Crematorium to 15 (from 30).

Temporary suspension of staff service: witnessing the scattering of ashes and burial of ashes.

Temporary suspension of non-essential Exhumations.

6

25/03/20

To advise all allotment plot holders and site secretaries that we will be waiving any allotment ‘non-cultivation’ inspections and notices for three months. Also to agree that proof of ID will not be required ‘in person’ for new allotment plot applications for the period to the end of September 2020

 

Publication date: 26/03/2020

Date of decision: 26/03/2020

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