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Recommendations approved
 
Reason for recommendations
There are circumstances which
are exceptional, and which are not of the Council’s making,
which have prompted the recommendations, Further details about this
are in paragraphs 8 to 12 of the report. 
 
Other
options considered and rejected
Allowing the existing contract
to expire and not seek to extend was considered. The Handyperson
service is not a statutory service, and it would have been possible
to discontinue it. However, this would have created a significant
gap in service provision which would have disadvantaged vulnerable
residents and potentially led to adverse reputational damage for
the Council.