The coronavirus crisis will cost East Ayrshire Council £6.3million from April to June, it is estimated. The local authority has had to pay out extra to meet the costs of responding to the pandemic.
It has also suffered huge financial blows to income.“The impact is estimated to be around £6.351m for the period April to June 2020 and this will have a serious and potentially long-lasting effect on our budget for 2020 to 2021 and beyond,” the council said.Officials have warned budgets must be re-examined and departments will struggle to make projected savings.It has rapidly transformed how it works to deal with employees self-isolating, social distancing and the other effects of the pandemic.Hundreds of council employees have taken on new