1. The purpose of this technical note is to inform Members of plans for a Special Council meeting on 29th June 2021.
    
2. Members will be aware that the last scheduled Council meeting in advance of the summer is schedule has been impacted by the operational response to COVID-19 pandemic and the imminent election. Decision making has taken place via delegated reports or by Council.
    
3. Members will also be aware that a cycle of meetings is scheduled to take place on 17th June 2021.
    

1. The purpose of this technical note is to inform Elected Members that the Economic Recovery Plan for East Dunbartonshire has been approved and will now be published and publicised to aid local businesses and residents.
    
2. The attached delegated report sets out the work completed to update the Plan approved in October 2020, including data analysis and the findings of the COVID-19 Economic Impacts Survey. It also sets out work to deliver the Plan and the potential requirement for a future update.

The purpose of this technical note is to provide Elected Members with an update to the date change for the notification to parents / carers for School Placing Requests 2021.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Scottish Government has issued revised dates for Councils to respond to Placing Requests for the new school year starting in August 2021.

1. The purpose of this technical note is to provide Elected Members with summary of the Clothing & Footwear Grants (C&FG) and Education Maintenance Grants (EMA) that have been provided to families who claimed by Council Ward area.
    
2. A request was made at a recent Education Committee for this information to be provided to Elected Members. The table below shows a summary of the C&FG and EMA for each Council ward:

1. The purpose of this technical note is to update Members regarding current arrangements for asymptomatic testing in East Dunbartonshire.
    
2. Members will be aware from the recent Service update Technical Note that the existing Asymptomatic Testing Site (ATS) at Auchinairn Early Years & Community Centre closed this afternoon. This means that the centre will be available to the community and others for lets now that restrictions have eased.
    

In June of this year the Children & Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland published a report on compliance with statutory duties when admitting children and young people to secure care.

The report can be found here Statutory Duties in Secure Accommodation: Unlocking Children's Rights - The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland (cypcs.org.uk) Findings

HWRC Summer Opening Hours

Following on from the Scottish Governments further easing of travel restrictions, I can now confirm that from Monday 26th April, the Mavis Valley Recycling Centre will move to the normal Summer operating hours.

Summer Opening hours

1. The purpose of this technical note is to update Elected Members on work associated with the improvement of Regent Gardens and consultation that will be undertaken to help inform detailed designs and a recommended option to progress to final detailed design stage and construction (subject to available funding).

1. The purpose of this technical note is to inform elected members about the energy efficiency methods accounted for in Para 181 of the Audit Scotland’s Isa 260 Letter & Annual Audit Report 2019/20 .