Issue - meetings

Report of Chief Executive

Purpose of report

This report asks the Executive to support the joint COVID Recovery and Renewal Framework, as set out in Appendix1. 

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended to:

1.1         Adopt the Oxfordshire System Recovery and Renewal Framework, as set out in Appendix1, as the key partnership document guiding joint programme planning beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic period.

1.2         Delegate final revisions to the Oxfordshire System Recovery and Renewal Framework to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, as partnership organisations complete their engagement and decision-making processes.

Resolved

(1)          That the Oxfordshire System Recovery and Renewal Framework (Annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be adopted as the key partnership document guiding joint programme planning beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic period.

(2)          That final revisions to the Oxfordshire System Recovery and Renewal Framework be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, as partnership organisations complete their engagement and decision-making processes.

The Chief Executive submitted a report to seek Executive support of the joint COVID Recovery and Renewal Framework. 

Resolved

(1)          That the Oxfordshire System Recovery and Renewal Framework (Annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be adopted as the key partnership document guiding joint programme planning beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic period.

(2)          That final revisions to the Oxfordshire System Recovery and Renewal Framework be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, as partnership organisations complete their engagement and decision-making processes.

Reasons

Effective partnership working across Oxfordshire has been at the heart of the local system response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the national and local picture improves, agreeing a joint approach for Recovery and Renewal will set overarching common ambitions for the issues and themes to be worked on together as organisations and the community learn from the pandemic. The framework aims to ensure that Cherwell and Oxfordshire are best placed to recover from the immediate impacts of the pandemic, to support the long-term renewal of communities and places, and enhance our joint impact on national and international challenges.

Alternative options

Option 1: Do not adopt the joint framework. Rejected: working in partnership will support Cherwell District Council to deliver on its priorities, as set out in the Council’s plan.