Michelle was joined on the telephone for this weeks Brentwood Council updates with the Leader of Brentwood Council, Chris Hossack.
Topics Covered this week
- Joint statement from Cllr Chris Hossack, Leader Brentwood Borough Council, Cllr Barry Aspinall, Leader, Brentwood Liberal Democrats, Cllr Gareth Barrett, Leader of Brentwood Labour Group and Cllr Roger Keeble (independent)
- The first Virtual Council Meeting
- Grass Cutting
- Virtual Celebrations for VE DAY 75th Anniversary Friday 8th May
- Covid 19 Business Grants (874 companies helped so far with business grants of between 10k – 25k. 12 Million pounds released already)
- Community Hub – Increase in those seeking help this month
- Community Support
- Food donations are still needed
- Volunteer Groups
- The Brentwood Housing Team
- Business Partnership and Networking – Getting ready for business reopening
- Question from Foxtel. With the roads a lot quieter now would be a good time to get some of the potholes filled and pavements repaired? Has the council got the manpower to achieve this .