Exempt Appendices 1 and 2: Revenues Collection and Performance Write-Offs (paras 1 and 2)
Exempt Appendices 1 and 2 to Report No: CAB/FH/16/040
Portfolio Holder: Stephen Edwards Lead Officer: Rachael Mann
(This item is to be considered under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as it contains information relating to an individual(s) and information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual)
(No representations have been received from members of the public regarding this item being held in private)
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Minutes:
(Report No CAB/FH/16/040)
The Cabinet considered Exempt Appendices 1, 2 and 3* (Urgent Item) to Report No CAB/FH/16/040, where reference was made to the specific detail contained within these Appendices.
The Head of Resources and Performance also explained that as an urgent decision was required in relation to Exempt Appendix 3, the Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee had also agreed that the Cabinet decision for this write-off should be exempted from the Call-in procedure, in line with Part 4: Overview and Scrutiny Committee Procedure Rules (paragraph 14.4) of the Council’s Constitution.
With the vote being unanimous, it was
RESOLVED:
That the write-off of the amounts detailed in the exempt Appendices to Report No CAB/FH/16/040 be approved, as follows:
1. Exempt Appendix 1: Housing Benefit Overpayment totalling £9,812.86.
2. Exempt Appendix 2: FHDC Debtor Write-Off totalling £2,971.92.
3. Exempt Appendix 3: Business Rates (Urgent Decision)*
(a) Delegated authority be given to the Head of Resources and Performance, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to write-off an amount, as set out in Exempt Appendix 3.
(b) Delegated authority be given to the Head of Resources and Performance to write-off the daily rate of business rates accruing for the next 14 days.
(*The settlement of this outstanding debt would be agreed, by consent, with funds only being available for a limited time. Once settled, the agreement would not be open for change at a later stage legally and any call-in would be incapable of altering the Cabinet’s decision. Therefore, due to this urgency, the Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee had agreed that this Cabinet decision should be exempted from the Call-in procedure, in line with Part 4: Overview and Scrutiny Committee Procedure Rules (paragraph 14.4) of the Council’s Constitution.