Issue - meetings

David Tait (Emergency Planning and Corporate Resilience Manager)  attended the meeting to provide the annual update regarding Emergency Planning and Corporate Business Continuity. He informed Members that it had been a busy year; he had been involved with the Covid 19 testing programme, and he said that he was very impressed with the way that people across the board had responded to the Pandemic.

The Chairman asked Mr Tait how he had been involved in the police raid on Travellers site at Star Lane. Mr Tait answered and said that he was the Council’s police liaison officer, and the fact that he had formerly worked for the Metropolitan Police made him an obvious choice. Mr Tait had worked closely with the police and various LBB officers, and also with Sara Bowrey who was the LBB Gold Command at the time of the operation. Mr Tait stated that he was very impressed with the local authority response.

At this point Mr Tait lost internet connection and the Chairman requested that if anyone had any further questions for Mr Tait, they should send them in via email.

RESOLVED that the update on emergency planning and corporate resilience business continuity be noted.