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Agenda and decisions

Venue: Committee Room A, Town Hall, Blackpool

Contact: Lennox Beattie  Executive and Regulatory Manager

Items
No. Item

1.

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; 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.

2.

COUNCIL TAX REDUCTION SCHEME 2016/17 pdf icon PDF 322 KB

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Decision:

The Executive resolved as follows:

 

  1. To recommend to the Council to agree to continue to operate a Discretionary Discount Policy for Council Tax to be awarded in cases of exceptional hardship as set out at Section 3 of Appendix 2a, to the Executive report. 

 

  1. To recommend to the Council that the reduction applied to Working Age claimants remains at 27.11% for the 2016/17 Scheme and that the main elements and method of calculating awards previously agreed by Council on 21st  January 2015 will remain the same.  

 

3.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING AS AT MONTH 7 2015/16 pdf icon PDF 217 KB

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Decision:

The Executive agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:

 

  1. To note the report  

 

  1. To require the respective Directors and Director of Resources to continue to closely monitor and manage financial and operational performances, particularly in Children’s Services, Public Health, Property Services, Concessionary Fares, Adult Services, Parking Services, Community and Environmental Services, and Places.