Decision details

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

RESOLVED that (1) Cabinet agrees that –

 

(a)       the Local Council Tax Support Scheme for 2020/21 should remain the same as the current year’s scheme;

(b)       the Council Tax Exceptional Hardship Policy be as set out in Appendix B to item A.8 of the Joint Report of the Housing Portfolio Holder and the Corporate Finance & Governance Portfolio Holder; and

(c)       the discretionary Council Tax Exemptions and Discounts should remain unchanged in 2020/21.

 

(2) it is therefore:-

 

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that –

 

(a)       that the Local Council Tax Support Scheme (LCTS), as set out as Appendix A to item A.8 of the Joint Report of the Housing Portfolio Holder and the Corporate Finance & Governance Portfolio Holder be approved with the maximum LCTS award being 80% for working age claimants;

 

(b)       the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Housing Portfolio Holder, be authorised to undertake the necessary steps to implement the LCTS scheme from 1 April 2020;

 

(c)       the locally determined council tax discounts, as set out as Appendix C to the above-mentioned report, be approved;

 

(d)       the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Housing Portfolio Holder, be authorised to undertake the necessary steps to implement the council tax exemptions and discounts from 1 April 2020;

 

(e)       it is agreed, in principle, to levy the maximum allowable council tax premiums from 1 April 2021 and that Officers be requested to write to the relevant homeowners to advise them of the Council’s intentions;

 

(f)        Officers explore the option of potentially providing discounts for young people leaving care and present the outcome of that exploration and potential options to Members as soon as practicable in 2020/21; and

 

(g)       the Annual Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) Policy Statement for 2020/21, as set out in Appendix D to the aforesaid report, be approved.

 

 

Report author: Richard Barrett

Publication date: 08/11/2019

Date of decision: 08/11/2019

Decided at meeting: 08/11/2019 - Cabinet

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