Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

The Chief Officer (Community and Enterprise) introduced the report which sought approval of various policies for the administration of Council Tax and Business Rates for the financial year 2015-16, which did not propose any changes to the current policies.

RESOLVED:

That continuation of the current Council Tax and Business Rate Policies for 2015-16 be approved as follows:

1. Not to award Council Tax discounts on any prescribed class and that this applies to the whole of the county area
2. For the Chief Officer (Community and Enterprise) and Cabinet Member for Corporate Management to consider section 13a discretionary discounts through the use of delegated powers
3. Discretionary rate relief as set out in 5.01 of the report
4. For the Chief Officer (Community and Enterprise) and Cabinet Member for Corporate Management to consider any applications for Business Rate discretionary discounts not within the scope of the existing policy as set out in 5.01 of the report through the use of delegated powers
5. Not to award discretionary ‘top up’ discounts to small business