Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services advised on action taken by the Chief Executive, on behalf of the Cabinet, to support the Council’s leisure centre provider, Sport and Leisure Management Limited (SLM), during the COVID-19 pandemic following the closure of all centres within the Borough.

The Cabinet Member explained that in order to ensure that leisure centre staff were paid during April, in advance of the implementation of the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, it had been agreed to provide a loan of £241,000 as well as other financial measures to support SLM’s cashflow position.

Cabinet resolved to note the action taken by the Chief Executive, in accordance with the Urgent Action procedures set out in Part 2, Chapter 16, paragraph 4 and the Special Urgency provision under Part 2, Chapter 17, paragraph 15 of the Council Constitution, in relation to approving a financial support package for SLM in the light of the enforced closure of the Borough’s leisure centres due to the COVID-19 pandemic.