Issue - meetings

Localisation of Council Tax Support Scheme

Meeting: 15/11/2018 - Policy and Resources Committee (Item 51)

51 Localisation of Council Tax Support Scheme

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Considered – Report of the Section 151 Officer

 

Recommendation to Council

 

That Council approves;

 

(i) a Local Council Tax Support Scheme for 2019/20 to include a minimum payment of 8.5%, and with the changes proposed:- disregard payments paid by the Thalidomide Trust, disregard payments paid by the Infected Blood Schemes, disregard payments paid by either WLMEF & LET and disregard the new Bereavement Support payments.

(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 2020/21, in light of the experience in previous years, to be presented to Policy and Resources Committee in December 2019.

 

Voting record

Unanimous