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23/07/2020 - COVID-19 Business Support Grants – Discretionary Fund – Cohort 2 - Tranche 1 ref: 845 Recommendations Approved
To confirm the award of grant funding to those
businesses detailed.
Decision Maker: Director: Finance
Decision published: 20/08/2020
Effective from: 23/07/2020
Decision:
The Council has been awarded funding of
£4.728m by the government to deliver a discretionary grant
funding scheme. West of England regional authorities’ have
joined together to develop a framework policy under which grant
funding can be delivered, supporting those businesses with fixed
ongoing property costs and who were not entitled to claim grant
funding from previous government schemes. This is the first tranche
of funding allocated under the Cohort 2 policy and further grant
funding will be paid over the coming weeks.
The total award for this tranche is £193,760.00 allocated to
the business types as outlined in the table attached:
Lead officer: Sarah Wilson
31/07/2020 - COVID-19 Business Support Grants – Discretionary Fund – Tranche 2 ref: 846 Recommendations Approved
To confirm the award of grant funding to those
businesses detailed.
Decision Maker: Director: Finance
Decision published: 20/08/2020
Effective from: 31/07/2020
Decision:
The Council has been awarded funding of
£4.728m by the government to deliver a discretionary grant
funding scheme. West of England regional authorities’ have
joined together to develop a framework policy under which grant
funding can be delivered, supporting those businesses with fixed
ongoing property costs and who were not entitled to claim grant
funding from previous government schemes. This is the second
tranche of funding allocated under the policy and further grant
funding will be paid over the coming weeks.
The total award for this tranche is £337,290.00 allocated to
the business types as outlined in the table attached.
Lead officer: Sarah Wilson
30/07/2020 - Outbreak Management (Test and Trace) Funding: External Communications ref: 836 Recommendations Approved
The Director of Public Health recommends
additional capacity within external communication to support
campaigns, messaging and outbreak management in response to
Covid-19. Consistent and regular public communication is essential
in both preventing and managing local outbreaks of Covid -19 This
will include liaising with neighbouring authorities, the NHS,
Public Health England and City Partners. The communication team
will work closely with the Director of Public Health and the
Bristol Public Health Team. The funding will pay for additional
External Communication Officers, to work with the Public Health
Team on external communications, campaigns and public messaging to
support outbreak prevention and outbreak control.
Funding is from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace
Fund) and will pay for communications, campaigns and public
messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak
control.
The Outbreak Management Fund is a ring fenced grant to be used for
the specific purpose of managing the local response to Covid-19, as
described in the Local Outbreak Management Plan
The Director of Public Health, with the Chief Executive Officer, is
responsible for advising the authority in relation to the Outbreak
Management Plan and associated funding.
Decision Maker: Director: Communities & Public Health
Decision published: 17/08/2020
Effective from: 30/07/2020
Decision:
To use funding from the ring fenced Outbreak
Management (Test and Trace Fund) to pay for communications,
campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and
outbreak control in the sum of £210,167
Lead officer: Christina Gray
30/07/2020 - Outbreak Management (Test and Trace) Funding: Environmental Health Capacity ref: 831 Recommendations Approved
The Director of Public Health recommends
additional specialist Environmental Health Officer (EHO) resource
is needed to meet requirements to prevent and manage Covid-19
outbreaks in local businesses. Particular high risk contexts are
meat processing and refrigerated premises. EHOs hold legal powers
to close and serve notice on premises. EHOs must work closely with
Public Health Team.
Funding is from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace
Fund) grant which is to be used for the specific purpose of
managing the local response to Covid-19, as described in the Local
Outbreak Management Plan. The Director of Public Health, with the
Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for advising the authority
in relation to the Outbreak Management Plan and associated
funding.
The funding will pay for additional Environmental Health Officers,
to work with the Public Health Team on prevention and outbreak
control with local businesses.
Decision Maker: Director: Communities & Public Health
Decision published: 10/08/2020
Effective from: 30/07/2020
Decision:
To use funding from the ring fenced Outbreak
Management (Test and Trace Fund) grant to pay for additional
Environmental Health Officers, to work with the Public Health Team
on prevention and outbreak control with local businesses.
Lead officer: Jacqui Jensen
30/07/2020 - Outbreak Management (Test and Trace) Funding: Community Engagement and Community Hubs ref: 832 Recommendations Approved
The Director of Public Health has identified
community engagement, including the network of volunteer hubs as
having an important role in local preparedness and resilience in
response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The network of engagement will
support and coordinate volunteering, including local welfare
support, amplify campaign messaging and support outbreak
management. The network will further strengthen our local eyes and
ears for prevention and response, Consistent and regular public
communication is essential in both preventing and managing local
outbreaks of Covid -19. The engagement network will work closely
with the Director of Public Health and the Bristol Public Health
Team.
Funding is from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace
Fund) and will pay for communications, campaigns and public
messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak
control.
The Outbreak Management Fund is a ring fenced grant to be used for
the specific purpose of managing the local response to Covid-19, as
described in the Local Outbreak Management Plan
The Director of Public Health, with the Chief Executive Officer, is
responsible for advising the authority in relation to the Outbreak
Management Plan and associated funding.
Decision Maker: Director: Communities & Public Health
Decision published: 10/08/2020
Effective from: 30/07/2020
Decision:
To use funding from the ring fenced Outbreak
Management (Test and Trace Fund) to pay for communications,
campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and
outbreak control.
Lead officer: Jacqui Jensen
15/06/2020 - Managed Service Provision for Training Services. ref: 829 Recommendations Approved
The appetite to trial this solution is born of
a recognition of the significant officer resource, across the
organisation in independently commissioning a range of learning and
development courses and programmes under different mechanisms. The
aim is to consolidate this activity and associated contracts.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 30/07/2020
Effective from: 15/06/2020
Decision:
A managed service provision will provide a
complete solution in relation to the Council’s training
requirements. This service is being implemented as a trial for one
year to determine whether the service fulfils the requirements of
the council.
The Council will be awarding a contract via a direct award approach
under ESPO framework 383 for Managed Training Services.
Lead officer: Sarah Wilson
22/07/2020 - Pothole fund ref: 828 Recommendations Approved
To enable full spend of budget within
financial year and allow works to progress on the new Pot hole
fund.
Decision Maker: Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration
Decision published: 22/07/2020
Effective from: 22/07/2020
Decision:
Additional funding has been allocated to
authority to undertake further repairs to the highways of the city.
The funding is allocated for 2020/21 and therefore needs to
progress quickly. Therefore a decision is requested to allow spend
up to £499k in advance of a full cabinet report in September
to approve the full budget spend. This would allow works to be
undertaken in the summer months and expand some existing summer
program works. E.g. the slurry seal footway program which prevents
potholes on footways would be expanded to continue into
August.
Lead officer: Sarah Wilson