Consideration of recommendations to the Cabinet from the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee of 27 April 2021, held immediately prior to the meeting.

The Cabinet resolved that:

(1)        in the event that the Borough Council is lawfully able to continue holding remote meetings (as a result of the proceedings brought by LLG/ADSO/ Hertfordshire County Council) then all meetings continue to be held remotely until all social distancing restrictions due to coronavirus are removed or expire;

(2)        in the event that the Borough Council is not lawfully able to continue holding remote meetings, the arrangements set out in the report for holding physical face to face meetings post 7 May 2021 be approved;

(3)        the draft response to the ‘Call for Evidence’ at Annex 2 be approved; and

(4)        the Borough Council continue to livestream all Council meetings.