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Determination of Council Tax Reduction (CTR) scheme for 2019/20

Meeting: 20/11/2018 - Council (Item 42)

Determination of the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2019-2020

The material relevant to this item is the report on pages 19 to 23 in the agenda and its three appendices on pages 19 to 77 of the agenda supplement considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday 6 November 2018.

 

RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

 

That the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2019-2020 be approved.

 

Minutes:

The Council considered the recommendation made to it by the Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday 6 November 2018, as set out in the Cabinet report (pages 19 to 23 of the Cabinet agenda and pages 19 to 77 of the agenda supplement).  

 

Mr P Wilding (Cabinet Member for Corporate Services) formally moved the Cabinet’s recommendation and this was seconded by Mr A Dignum (Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Growth and Place).

 

In the absence of Mr R Barrow (Cabinet Member for Residents Services) Mr Wilding presented the Cabinet’s recommendation by summarising the report with respect to sections 3 (the abolition of the national council tax benefit scheme in 2013 and the new local scheme operated by CDC since then), 5 (the four minor amendments made to simply the scheme and reduce the administrative costs), and 6 and 8 (the large level of support during the summer 2018 consultation for the proposed changes). As noted in para 3.6 of the report, CDC was among the minority of local authorities which since the end of the national means-tested council tax benefit scheme had continued to protect its financially vulnerable residents in what was a generous scheme.  

 

Mr R Hayes (Southbourne) said he was proud to be a member of CDC, which took very seriously assisting its residents in need, especially those receiving Universal Credit. 

 

Decision

 

On a show of hands the members voted in favour of the Cabinet’s recommendation with no votes against and no abstentions. 

 

RESOLVED

 

That the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2019-2020 be approved.

 

 


Meeting: 06/11/2018 - Cabinet (Item 598)

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The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its three appendices in the agenda supplement and to make the following recommendation to the Council:

 

That the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2019-2020 be approved.

Additional documents:

Decision:

RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

 

That the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2019-2020 be approved.

 

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet received and considered the agenda report and its three appendices in the agenda supplement.

 

This item was presented by Mr P Wilding (Cabinet Member for Corporate Services).

 

Mrs M Rogers (Business Suport Manager Revenues and Performance) was in attendance for this matter.

 

Mr Wilding summarised sections 3 and 5 of the report, with particular reference to three of the amendments which were being proposed to simplify the scheme and reduce the administrative cost (section 5.1).

 

Mrs Rogers did not wish to add to Mr Wilding’s introduction.

 

In reply to members’ questions and comments, Mrs Rogers explained the steps taken by staff (which included notification letters) to explain the changes to housing benefit entitlement, the introduction of Universal Credit and the Council Tax Reduction Scheme to customers who would or might be unaware because they could not or did not access CDC’s online facilities.

 

Decision

 

The Cabinet voted unanimously to make the recommendation set out below.    

 

RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

 

That the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2019-2020 be approved.

 

 

 


 

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