Local Council Tax Support 2016/17 Scheme
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Minutes:
Considered – Report of the Finance Manager (s151).
Recommendation to Council
That Council be recommended to:
(i) a Local Council Tax Support Scheme for 2016/17 to include a minimum payment of 8.5%, and with the charges proposed to limit the backdating of claims to one month instead of six months and to remove the family premium from 1 May 2016.
(ii) to authorise the Finance Manager in consultation with the Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee to undertake the necessary consultation work to design a scheme for 2017/18, in light of the experience in previous years, to be presented to Policy and Resources Committee in December 2016.
Voting record
7 for
0 against
1 abstention