Issue - meetings

Further to Minute No’s. 75 and 88 of the meetings of the Cabinet held on 5 December 2013 and 16 January 2014 respectively, the Council considered the report of the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT which provided an update on the review of the current Council Tax Reduction Scheme following the recent consultation exercise on the proposed revision to the current Scheme; details of a proposed change to the discount for unoccupied properties from 1 April 2014; and an updated Council Tax Base for both Sefton Council and for each Parish Area for 2014/2015.

It was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Maher and

RESOLVED:

That:

(1)       the revision to the Council Tax Reduction Scheme as detailed in paragraph 4.3 of the report be approved and adopted;

(2)       the change to the discount for empty and unoccupied properties as set out in section 5 of the report be approved to take effect from 1 April 2014;

(3)       approval be given to a budget of £150,000 for exceptional hardship payments in 2014/2015;

(4)       approval be given to the Tax Base for Sefton Council and for each Parish Area for 2014/2015, as set out in Annex C of the report; and

(5)       approval be given to the payment of grants to the Parish Councils in 2014/2015 to compensate them for the cost of the Council Tax Reduction Scheme as set out in Annex C of the report.