Agenda item

Policy and Resources Committee – 18 June 2015

 

Minute 10 – Council Tax Discretionary Relief Policy

 

It was moved by Councillor Cowling and seconded by Councillor Goodrick that the following recommendations of the Policy & Resources Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended:

 

i.    That approval be given to introduce the attached Council Tax Discretionary Relief Policy attached at Appendix A of the report, incorporating powers to grant relief under section 13A(1)(c) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

 

ii.   That delegated authority be given to the Finance Manager to determine such applications for Council Tax Discretionary Relief where they relate to cases of exceptional hardship.

 

iii. That application of Council Tax Discretionary Relief to a class of case be determined by the Policy and Resources Committee, the application of the relief is then delegated to the Finance Manager as under (ii).

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

i.    That Council approves the Council Tax Discretionary Relief Policy attached at Appendix A of the report, incorporating powers to grant relief under section 13A(1)(c) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

 

ii.   That Council authorises the Finance Manager to determine such applications for Council Tax Discretionary Relief where they relate to cases of exceptional hardship.

 

iii. That application of Council Tax Discretionary Relief to a class of case be determined by the Policy and Resources Committee, the application of the relief is then delegated to the Finance Manager as under (ii).

 

Voting Record

Unanimous

 

 

Minute 11 – NNDR Transitional Relief

 

It was moved by Councillor Cowling and seconded by Councillor Arnold that the following recommendations of the Policy & Resources Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended:

 

That the policy to award discretionary rate “Transitional Relief”, attached at Appendix A of the report, be approved.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That Council approves the policy to award discretionary rate “Transitional Relief”, attached at Appendix A of the report.

 

Voting Record

26  For

0   Against

2   Abstentions

 

Minute 12 – Draft York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Housing Strategy 2015-2021

 

It was moved by Councillor Cowling and seconded by Councillor Arnold that the following recommendations of the Policy & Resources Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended:

 

That the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Housing Strategy for 2015/21 be approved.

 

Councillor Goodrick moved and Councillor Clark seconded the following amendment:

 

            Add "This council rejects any moves by York Council to off load its       housing delivery in Ryedale"

 

Upon being put to the vote the amendment was carried.

 

Voting Record

15 For

11 Against

1 Abstention

 

On being put to the vote, the substantive motion was then carried.

 

Resolved

 

(i) That Council approves the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding                      Housing Strategy for 2015/21.

 

(ii)This council rejects any moves by York Council to off load its                 housing delivery in Ryedale.

 

Voting Record

22  For

1  Against

4 Abstentions

 

 

Minute 13 – Homelessness Strategy and Action Plan

 

It was moved by Councillor Cowling and seconded by Councillor Clark that the following recommendations of the Policy & Resources Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended to approve:

 

That the draft 2015/2020 Homelessness Strategy and Action Plan be approved.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That Council approves the draft 2015/2020 Homelessness Strategy and Action Plan be approved.

 

Voting Record

Unanimous

 

 

Exempt Information

 

It was moved by Councillor Burr and seconded by Councillor Cowling that the meeting move into exempt business.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the part of the  following item where there would be  a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person.

 

Voting Record

Unanimous

 

Before the debate on the item it was moved by Councillor Clark and seconded by Councillor Goodrick that the meeting move out of the exempt session.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Voting Record

21 For

2  Against

1  Abstention

 

 

Minute 16 – Funding for Citizen’s Advice Bureau

 

It was moved by Councillor Cowling and seconded by Councillor Acomb that the following recommendations of the Policy & Resources Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended to approve:

 

That the additional provision of up to £35k to the CAB be delayed until the CAB have presented their business case and forward plan beyond 2015/16 to Members of the Policy and Resources Committee.

 

Councillor Burr moved and Councillor Paul Andrews seconded the following amendment:

 

            Add "And once the presentation has been satisfactorily received          officers are authorised to make the immediate payment of £35,000"

 

Upon being put to the vote the amendment was lost.

 

Voting Result

4  For

13  Against

2  Abstentions

 

Councillor Clark moved and Councillor Thornton seconded the following amendment:

 

            Add "So as to assist the cash flow of the Citizen's Advice Bureau         Ryedale District Council releases £10,000 now and reviews up to £25,000 after the presentation by the Citizen's Advice Bureau   and due process in Ryedale District Council, which is Policy and     Resources in September."

 

Upon being put to the vote the amendment was lost

 

Recorded Vote

 

For

Councillors Joy Andrews, Paul Andrews, Thornton and Clark

 

Against

Val Arnold, Steve Arnold, Burr, Cleary, Cowling, Duncan, Farnell, Gardiner, Hope, Ives, Jainu-Deen, Oxley and Wainwright

 

Abstentions

Councillors Goodrick and Jowitt

 

Resolved

 

That Council approve that the additional provision of up to £35k to the CAB be delayed until the CAB have presented their business case and forward plan beyond 2015/16 to Members of the Policy and Resources Committee.

 

Voting Record

16  For

3   Against

0   Abstentions

 

 

Planning Committee – 23 June 2015

 

Minute 24 – Helmsley Plan Adoption

 

It was moved by Councillor Windress and seconded by Councillor Burr that the following recommendations of the Planning Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended to:

 

Adopt the Helmsley Plan as part of the Development Plan for the District.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That Council adopts the Helmsley Plan as part of the Development Plan for the District.

 

Voting Record

Unanimous