Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Emergency Decision due to suspension of
Council meetings including Cabinet as a result of Government
Directives of social contact/social distancing and allow immediate
implementation of contractual changes for school transport as a
result of changes to provision associated with the
pandemic
Option c, at paragraph 4 of the attached report approved. This
option will enable operators to continue to receive payments to
ensure the following:-
• Operators who are providing routes would continue to be paid
in full for those routes.
• Businesses remain sustainable and economically viable as far
as they can,
• The authority benefits from an additional transport resource
should this be required,
• Availability of transport for children is widened to enable
the service to maintain effective service delivery.
(See attached report)
Publication date: 29/04/2020
Date of decision: 28/04/2020