Issue - meetings
Local Council Tax Support Scheme
Meeting: 05/12/2012 - Mayor and Cabinet (Item 424)
424 Local Council Tax Support Scheme 
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Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet Member for Customer Services, Councillor Susan Wise, the Mayor agreed that
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That
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(i) the outcomes of the consultation and the Equalities Analysis Assessment be noted;
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(ii) a local CTRS be introduced from 1 April 2013 that passes on the cut in full;
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(iii) a hardship scheme be introduced for the purposes of awarding additional support to individuals facing extreme hardship which meets the broad policy objectives as detailed;
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(iv) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Customer Services and Head of Public Services, to set up and implement a hardship scheme with a maximum available spend in any one year of £100k. Further delegation should be sought by the Executive Director for Customer Services and Head of Public Services if they consider it necessary for this threshold to be exceeded;
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(v) no application be made for a share of the £100m transitional grant.
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