Venue: Committee Room A, Town Hall, Blackpool
Contact: Lennox Beattie
Executive and Regulatory Manager
Items
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Members are asked to declare any
interests in the items under consideration and in doing so
state:
(1) the type of interest concerned
either a
(a)
personal interest
(b)
prejudicial interest
(c)
disclosable pecuniary interest (DPI)
and
(2) the nature of the interest
concerned
If any member requires advice on
declarations of interests, they are advised to contact the Head of
Democratic Governance in advance of the meeting.
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2. |
COUNCIL TAX REDUCTION SCHEME 2018/2019 PDF 341 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive resolved as
follows:
- To
note the impact of the scheme to date.
- To
recommend Council to agree the Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2018/19
as set out in Appendix 2d, to the Executive report.
- To
recommend to Council that the reduction applied to working age
claimants remains the same as the 2017/18 Scheme agreed by Council
on 25thJanuary 2017 and that the main elements and method of
calculating awards will be the same with the exception
of:
- Minor amendments to continue to align the Scheme to Housing
Benefit.
- The provision of additional support for low income groups of
claimants (in receipt of Income Support, or Income-Based Jobseekers
Allowance, or Income-Related Employment Support Allowance) by
amending the percentage reduction applied to their award from
27.11% to 13.56%.
- To
recommend that the Council agrees to continue to operate a
Discretionary Discount Policy to be awarded in cases of exceptional
hardship as set out at Appendix 2a, to the Executive
report.
- To
note at this point in time the Department for Communities and Local
Government may still issue changes to the known position for the
Pensioner National Scheme. Required changes would be incorporated
into the final Scheme presented for adoption at Council on 24
January 2018.
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3. |
COUNCIL BUDGET 2018/2019 CONSULTATION PROCESS PDF 332 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive resolved as
follows
- To
approve the outline service changes detailed at line 2.2 of
Appendix 3(a)(Re: income generation from the
Council’s wholly owned companies),to the Executive report, as the basis on which the consultation and equality analyses
will be undertaken with affected parties.
(Councillor Cain and Smith
having declared prejudicial interests left the room during
consideration of the decision above.)
- To
approve the other outline service changes excluding line 2.2.
detailed at Appendix 3(a),
to the Executive report, as the basis
on which the consultation and equality analyses will be undertaken
with affected parties.
- To
approve the use of an Enhanced Voluntary Redundancy payment (EVR)
incentive at a level of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time
employees) for a set period of time determined by the Chief
Executive.
- To
continue to engage through formal consultation mechanisms where
budget proposals require appropriate feedback and to ensure that
the Council is engaged with all partners.
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4. |
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING AS AT MONTH 6 2017/18 PDF 222 KB
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
note the report.
- To continue to
lobby Government along with other local authorities facing similar
pressures, the Local Government Association and the Association of
Directors of Children’s Services for more funding to cope
with the mounting demand and new burdens presenting in
Children’s Services.
3.
To require the respective directors and Director of Resources to
continue to closely monitor and manage service
financial and operational performances, specifically
Children’s Services, Strategic Leisure Assets, Parking
Services and Treasury Management/Business Loans Fund.
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5. |
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING AS AT MONTH 7 2017/18 PDF 221 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
note the report.
- To continue to
lobby Government along with other local authorities facing similar
pressures, the Local Government Association and the Association of
Directors of Children’s Services for more funding to cope
with the mounting demand and new burdens presenting in
Children’s Services.
3.
To require the respective directors and Director of Resources to
continue to closely monitor and manage service
financial and operational performances, specifically
Children’s Services, Strategic Leisure Assets, Parking
Services and Treasury Management/Business Loans Fund.
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6. |
PROPOSAL TO CONSULT ON A SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENT FOR SIGNAGE PDF 296 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
approve the draft Supplementary Planning Document for signage, as
attached at Appendix 6a to the Executive report, for consultation
for a period of 6 weeks.
- To
delegate the authority to adopt the Supplementary Planning Document
to the Director of place if no objections are received.
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