Decisions set out in the book have been made under delegated powers by the Chief Executive, Executive Directors or the Chief Finance Officer and Monitoring Officer, in consultation either with the relevant committee or Lead Councillor.
The Decision Book process has been altered to suspend the current Councillors’ call-in arrangements within the 10-day period after its publication and replace it with the ability during that period for three Councillors to request a retrospective review of the decision in writing to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services.
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The officer reports accompanying the decisions are attached.
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This report sets out the decision to use additional Covid Winter Grant Scheme funding of £161,481, received from the Department of Work and Pensions, as set in 2.1 (a) to (d) below, and provides an update on the Scheme.
It is the decision of the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council that the £161,481 additional Covid Winter Grant Scheme funding is used to provide the following:
(a) A targeted fuel voucher scheme for households with vulnerable 2 year olds and care leavers – one £49 voucher per household to cover the period 1 December 2020 to 16 April 2021.
(b) A targeted food voucher scheme for households with vulnerable 2 year olds and care leavers – two £15 vouchers per individual to cover the Easter Holidays 2021.
(c) Funding for Citizens Advice Reading to provide support and guidance to vulnerable families and individuals in relation to fuel poverty.
(d) Funding for food parcels/hot meals at the Easter holidays playschemes funded by the Holiday Activity Fund (HAF).