County Councillor Amanda Jenner |
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Subject: |
Non critical council services |
Question To: |
County Councillor Rosemarie Harris, Leader and County Councillor Aled Davies, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Countryside & Transport |
Question:
Is it possible for me to be provided with a complete list of every service which we are not currently providing as a council, as it is not considered a critical service during this COVID period.
Minutes:
Response by the Portfolio Holder:
During the CVID19 pandemic the Council is focusing on Business Critical Activities and as well as some other business priorities associated with statutory or contractual obligations:
Responding to Covid-19
Keeping our communities safe and resilient
Corporate – running the Council
The table below sets out as at the beginning of June 2020 those activities that are not currently being undertaken by the Council.
Suspended Activity as at 3 June 2020 |
Service Area |
Provision of receptions to customers |
Digital Services |
ICT support in office locations |
Digital Services |
Full provision of responses to information requests |
Digital Services |
Public Service Board (Board due to meet in June and annual report being prepared) |
Transformation and Communications |
Vision 2025 Transformation Delivery Board (limited work on overall programme. Some transformation is continuing e.g. schools and digital) |
Transformation and Communications |
Public Protection prosecution cases |
Planning, Property, and Public Protection |
Planning enforcement |
Planning, Property, and Public Protection |
Planning complaints |
Planning, Property, and Public Protection |
Planning policy |
Planning, Property, and Public Protection |
Environmental protection – private water supplies |
Planning, Property, and Public Protection |
Food Hygiene routine inspections |
Planning, Property, and Public Protection |
Health and Safety routine interventions |
Planning, Property, and Public Protection |
Community Safety (routine work) |
Planning, Property, and Public Protection |
Civil Contingencies (routine work) |
Planning, Property, and Public Protection |
Progressing legal Orders for changes to the Definitive Map of public rights of way |
Housing and Community Development |
Countryside Volunteer programme for management and improvement of public rights of way (urgent risks being managed by PCC officers) |
Housing and Community Development |
Non-urgent Tree Management (reactive management and tree survey work continues) |
Housing and Community Development |
Play Equipment |
Housing and Community Development |
Open water management (reactive work and risk management continues) |
Housing and Community Development |
School catering (excluding learning hubs) |
Housing and Community Development |
Corporate catering |
Housing and Community Development |
Corporate cleaning (on closed buildings, however compliance testing is still being undertaken) |
Housing and Community Development |
Mobile libraries and delivery service |
Housing and Community Development |
Wider PCC services delivered through libraries |
Housing and Community Development |
Libraries – public access to computers, printing, scanning, copying facilities, and internet use |
Housing and Community Development |
Physical visits by public to archives search room to view records |
Housing and Community Development |
Physical visits by the public to museums to view exhibitions are displays |
Housing and Community Development |
Leisure Centres (operated by Freedom Leisure) - however people can access fitness online and via a Freedom Leisure App |
Housing and Community Development |
Sports Development (staff redeployed to childcare hubs) |
Housing and Community Development |
Sport Powys (face-to-face suspended but communication and engagement with participants, partners, and participants continues via alternative methods) |
Housing and Community Development |
Fleet/Pool cars |
Highways, Transport, and Recycling |
On & off-street parking enforcement |
Highways, Transport, and Recycling |
Home to school transport (excluding hubs) |
Highways, Transport, and Recycling |
Road Safety (Education, Training, Publicity) |
Highways, Transport, and Recycling |
Face to face contact with families, with the exception of CP Visits |
Children's Services |
Integrated Family Support Team |
Children's Services |
Short Breaks |
Children's Services |
Contract Monitoring Visits |
Children's Services |
New admissions to in house residential care. |
Children's Services |
Support and parenting groups other than online |
Children's Services |
Face to face family time has reduced |
Children's Services |
Partnership Boards |
Children's Services |
CLA visits to regulatory placements |
Children's Services |
Day Centres for elderly/disabled. |
Adult Social Care |
Priority 2 Domiciliary Care Visits |
Adult Social Care |
Quality Assurance peer audits |
Adult Social Care |
Finance Transformation Programme (some elements are being progressed) |
Finance |
Registrars – registering births |
Legal and Democratic Services |
Registrars – registering marriage |
Legal and Democratic Services |
Civil Ceremonies |
Legal and Democratic Services |
Public examinations |
Education |
Face to face learning |
Education |
Open Access Youth Club |
Education |
Youth Worker in Schools |
Education |
Holiday Programme of Activities |
Education |
Apprentice Programme |
Workforce and Organisational Development |
Workforce Development Programme |
Workforce and Organisational Development |
Leadership Development |
Workforce and Organisational Development |
The Council has started to plan for recovery and is working on short term plans to re-open/re-start key services such as outdoor sports courts, outdoor markets and public transport and to ensure the safe reopening of PCC premises at the appropriate time. We are also considering how to embed good practice we have developed through the pandemic period into our recovery phase.
The Council’s GOLD command reviews the Business Critical Services and Suspended activities following each Welsh Government lockdown review. An announcement of any changes following the next of these is expected on 19 June, so this list will be reviewed and if necessary updated on Monday 22 June 2020.