The Head of Policy, Communication and Governance introduced the report that highlighted the work undertaken by the Communications Team over the last year, with the proposed action plan for 2020-21 shown in Appendix B to the report.

The Committee were informed that the plan would be flexible due to the Communications Team often having unexpected issues to manage, such as the communication work necessary to respond to the flooding experienced earlier this year and in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The plans for supporting Covid-19 recovery were shown in Appendix C to the report with the internal engagement plan for completeness shown in Appendix D to the report.

The Committee felt that the work undertaken was to be commended, with their thanks expressed to the teams involved in the work carried out with particular reference made to the improvements to the Council’s website.

RESOLVED: That the Communication and Engagement Action Plan for 2020-21 be agreed.

Note: Councillor Round was absent for part of the debate on the item and as such decided not to vote on the item.