Agenda item
CORPORATE DEBT POLICY
- Meeting of Growth, Infrastructure and Resources Scrutiny Committee, Thursday, 13th September, 2018 7.00 pm (Item 250.)
- View the background to item 250.
To receive Report No. 130/2018 from the Strategic Director for Resources.
Minutes:
Report No. 130/2018 was received from the Strategic Director for Resources.
Mr Della Rocca introduced the report, the purpose of which was to seek views and comments from the Panel for the revised Corporate Debt Policy detailed in Appendix A and for the adoption of the Council Tax Protocol detailed in Appendix B.
During discussion the following points were noted:
i. Mr Della Rocca noted the need for people to get in contact with the Council if they require help with paying their Council debts.
ii. Mr Bird asked whether the Council was looking out to support individuals in real difficulty before resorting to recovery methods that would add costs to their debt. Mr Della Rocca confirmed that everyone was encouraged to get in contact with the Council if they needed help but also that the Council had lots of information that can and is used to help support vulnerable people. The Council was there to help, the more the Council knew, the more the Council could do.
iii. The Chair questioned whether guarantors should be considered as an option for debts. Mr Andrew Merry, Finance Manager, noted to look into the suggestion.
RESOLVED
That the Panel NOTED the report.
Supporting documents:
- Report No. 130-2018 - Corporate Debt Policy, item 250. PDF 80 KB
- Report No. 130-2018 - Appendix A, item 250. PDF 306 KB
- Report No. 130-2018 - Appendix A1- Council Tax Recovery Flowchart - Part 1, item 250. PDF 39 KB
- Report No. 130-2018 - Appendix A2- Council Tax Recovery Flowchart - Part 2, item 250. PDF 36 KB
- Report No. 130-2018 - Appendix A3 - Sundry Debt Recovery Flowchart, item 250. PDF 45 KB
- Report No. 130-2018 - Appendix A4 - Housing Benefit Overpayment Recovery Process Flowchart, item 250. PDF 47 KB
- Report No. 130-2018 - Appendix A5 - Penalty Charge Notice Recovery Process Flow Chart, item 250. PDF 40 KB
- Report No. 130-2018 - Appendix B, item 250. PDF 198 KB