There were no apologies – all members were present. 

The minutes of the Emergency Committee meeting held on 5^th June 2020 were signed as a true record.

Report to follow.

The Additional Restrictions Grant was announced on 31 October 2020. The report outlined how Brentwood Borough Council would locally administer this discretionary scheme, aimed at businesses that have been adversely impacted by the national and Local Covid Alert Level (LCAL) restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

The committee was asked to delegate authority to the council’s Director of Corporate Resources to finalise and implement the Additional Restrictions Grant Scheme and supporting discretionary funds as outlined in the policy.

Members were in support of this and after a full discussion, Cllr Hossack MOVED and Cllr Parker SECONDED the recommendations in the report.  A vote was taken and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that:

Members were asked to:

R1 Approve the Additional Restrictions Grants (ARG) Scheme attached as Appendix A of the report.

R2 The committee delegates authority to the Director of Corporate Resources (Section 151 Officer), in consultation with the Leader, to administer the Additional Restrictions Grants and is authorised to make technical scheme amendments in line with Government guidance.

Reason for recommendation

To allow the Council to have an Additional Restriction Grant scheme in place in order to process and administer Grants as quickly as possible to businesses who qualify during COVID-19.

There were no items of urgent business.

The Chair closed the meeting at 7.27pm.