Decisions

To approve the provision of provision of 47 Hospital Support Discharge Unit Beds to allow customers who have tested positive for Covid 19 to be discharged from hospital in timely manner to continue their journey.

Two providers have been selected and the total value for initial period is anticipated to be £1,080.00. Please see appendix 1 for details of the contracts to be awarded.

The contracts shall have staggered commencement dates with the initial contract on the 09th April with the initial term expiring on the 31st July 2020.

Discussions in relation to exit provisions are on going and may require a separate Record of Officer Decision Report to be produced.

To allow either the Strategic Procurement Hub or Legal services to enter in to the resulting contracts in line with the Council’s Constitution and Schemes of Delegation.

• To approve the provision of provision of block homecare hours to as part of the planning and organisation of health & social care services across Wiltshire during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. This will support customers who have tested positive for Covid 19 to return to their homes and support those in the community who develop symptoms.

• Eight providers have been selected. The total value for initial period is anticipated to be £768,417.26. This is funded by the B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group using monies provided by central government to enable the health & care sector to respond to the COVID-19 situation. Please see appendix 1 for details of the contracts to be awarded.

• The contracts shall commence on 9th April with the initial term expiring on 2nd of August 2020. There is an extension period available of up to 16 weeks. To exercise this extension period a further Record of Officer Decision Report will need to be produced and authorised.

• To allow either the Strategic Procurement Hub or Legal Services to enter into the resulting contracts in line with the Council’s Constitution and Schemes of Delegation.

Wiltshire Council has reviewed the statement from the DfE relating to child employment during COVID-19; businesses can now apply for dispensation to allow children to continue working provided they meet clear criteria to ensure the child’s well-being is safeguarded and the child is able to work in safe conditions.

To approve the proposal to reduce payments made for early years entitlement for 2, 3- & 4-year olds to settings and childminders closed during the coronavirus pandemic in order to create a pool of funds to incentivise settings to remain open to children of key workers, to children with a social worker or, education health & care plan (EHCP.)

The council undertakes promotion of the work of food banks to encourage the community to donate food.

Further exploration of use of Charitable Funds to support local food banks.

The Council provides grant funding of an average of £2.5k per food bank ( total of £ 47.5k) upon request to match fund grant provided by Wiltshire Community Foundation. This to be funded from the local welfare assistance budget reducing this budget to £100k.

Council offers food banks the opportunity to take grant funding in the form of food direct from suppliers from the Council’s wholesale suppliers.

1.To provide an emergency food parcel service to provide food for at least three days for vulnerable households unable to source food themselves.

2.To establish a gross budget for this service of £30,000 subject to ongoing review of demand. This sum will be reduced by the contributions by those able to pay and the local welfare provision payments.

3.To agree that the charges of the food parcels will be £20 for standard food parcel for one person, £ 30 for two people and up to £25 for a food parcel that caters for special dietary requirements for one person.

4.To agree that charging for emergency food parcels will be implemented in week commencing 6th April 2020

To approve the temporary Closure of the Salisbury Park & Ride sites whilst Government travel restrictions are in place due to the Covid-19 Pandemic .

To approve:

The Cancellation of all Indoor & Outdoor Markets - In line with the Government’s instruction to stop all unnecessary contact and travel, Wiltshire Council will close all non-food markets and arrangements as part of their efforts to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

To approve:

In line with the Government’s instruction to stop all unnecessary contact and travel, Wiltshire Council will close all play and sports areas as part of their efforts to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) to include all communal places within parks, such as playgrounds, sports courts and outdoor gyms.

To approve the ongoing temporary closure of ten household recycling centres operated on behalf of Wiltshire Council by FCC in accordance with the Lot 2 contract and Hills Waste Solutions in accordance with the Lot 1 contract, following review of government guidance