Responding to Covid remains Powys council priority
Responding to the coronavirus outbreak continues to dominate Powys County Council’s work and its performance against its Vision 2025 Corporate Improvement Plan, the cabinet will be told next week.
The council collects a wide range of service information to gauge performance against national and strategic targets which are reported to the council’s cabinet, with quarter three figures being presented to the Cabinet on February 16.
Last March the council invoked its Business Continuity Plan in response to the pandemic to focus on business-critical activities identifying three priority areas, responding to Covid-19, keeping communities safe and resilient and running the council.
Cabinet member for corporate governance and engagement, Councillor Graham Breeze, said: “The council’s work continues to be dominated by the response to the coronavirus pandemic with the Business Continuity Plan still in operation. However, performance against usual performance measures has been encouraging with two thirds of objectives maintaining performance compared to the last quarter and 16 per cent improving.
“While our focus has been responding to the pandemic the council has made progress on its 21st Century School Improvement programme gaining Welsh Government support for the £48m state-of-the art flagship learning and leisure campus in Machynlleth and a new, £12.9 million, 270-place primary school in Newtown.
“A strong economy will be crucial when we finally see the end of the pandemic and last month the Mid Wales Growth Deal passed a vital milestone when heads of terms were agreed between the council, Ceredigion, Welsh and UK Governments.
“The signing demonstrated a commitment to work together to deliver the deal as well as £110m investment for the region,” he added.
