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DECISIONS TAKEN UNDER CORONAVIRUS CONTINGENCY PLANNING PROCEDURES ON 26 MARCH 2020

Under the new Coronavirus Contingency Planning Procedures, as approved by the Leader of the Council, under which 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 officers consider is reasonably necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of individuals.

 

The following decision(s) have been made:

 

DECISION(S)  26 MARCH 2020

 

1.  That the Head of Paid Service authorises the officers from within Trading Standards, Environmental Health and Licensing to act under the powers conferred by regulation 4(1) and (2) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020 (“the Business Closure Regulations “) to monitor and enforce compliance with these regulations.

 

2.  Council Customer Call Centre – That opening hours be reduced by 90 mins each day, moving to a 9am - 5pm arrangement from Monday 30/03/20.

 

3.  Free School Meals Scheme - That Wirral Council is to provide funding, in the amount of £124k per week, for 3 weeks, to schools for food vouchers, for children that would usually receive free school meals – bridging the gap until central government funding is in place.

 

4.  Library services - That an automatic extension for library books be confirmed i.e. extended for 3 months, no fines payable.

 

Decision type: Key

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 30/03/2020

Decision due: 26 Mar 2020 by Chief Executive

Lead director: Paul Satoor

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