Issue - meetings

South Somerset District Council Recovery and Renewal Strategy

Meeting: 01/04/2021 - District Executive (Item 283)

283 South Somerset District Council Recovery and Renewal Strategy pdf icon PDF 568 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

 

RESOLVED:

That District Executive:-

 

a.

approved the South Somerset District Council Recovery & Renewal Strategy with supporting documentation as outlined in the report.

 

 

b.

approved the transfer of £464,140 from the COVID Recovery Reserve to the revenue budget for 2021/22 within the Place & Recovery Directorate.

 

Reason:

To approve the updated Recovery and Renewal Strategy and to proceed with implementation.

 

Minutes:

The Chairman, as Portfolio Holder for Strategy and Housing, introduced the report which she said was well written and she invited the Director to outline the detail to Members.

 

The Director for Commercial Services and Income Generation said this was a large and complex document but the recovery touched every part of council business and the community and so was necessarily lengthy.  It covered the whole of the South Somerset area and every Council objective, work stream, focus area and resource required.  The strategy was also aligned with the work of the Council’s partners including the County Council, other District Councils and the NHS so they would be working to achieve similar outcomes. 

 

The Income and Opportunities Manager reminded Members that this was a refresh of an existing Strategy which learned lessons from the pandemic and aligned with the Council’s Plan and internal economic, environment and digital strategies.  Further engagement with community and business leaders was planned to help co-design and deliver some on the wider strategies in the plan.

The Scrutiny Committee had considered the report earlier that week and had suggested an Executive Summary document to accompany the Strategy for easier public viewing.

 

The Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee noted that several questions had been raised during consideration of the report and officers had responded to them.  He said they acknowledged the work which had gone into putting the Strategy together and said an Executive Summary would be useful.

 

The Chairman proposed the recommendations and they were seconded by Councillor Peter Seib and unanimously agreed by all Members.

 

At the conclusion of the debate, the Chairman thanked the Director, Income and Opportunities Manager and officers involved in the compilation of the Strategy for their work. 

 

RESOLVED:

That District Executive:-

 

a.

approved the South Somerset District Council Recovery & Renewal Strategy with supporting documentation as outlined in the report.

 

 

b.

approved the transfer of £464,140 from the COVID Recovery Reserve to the revenue budget for 2021/22 within the Place & Recovery Directorate.

 

Reason:

To approve the updated Recovery and Renewal Strategy and to proceed with implementation.