Issue - meetings

Report of Councillor Alan Shuttleworth on behalf of the Cabinet.

Councillor Shuttleworth moved and Councillor Tutt seconded that the recommendations of the Cabinet be approved.

Resolved: (Unanimously)

1)   That Eastbourne Borough Council’s Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2017/18 be adopted as the equivalent scheme for 2018/19

2)   That the Exceptional Hardship Fund be continued for 2018/19, subject to continued support by the major preceptors.

Report of Director of Service Delivery.

Lead Cabinet members:  Councillor Alan Shuttleworth.

(BPF) (1) That full Council be recommended to adopt Eastbourne Borough Council’s Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2017/18 as the equivalent scheme for 2018/19. (2)That the Exceptional Hardship fund continued for 2018/19, subject to continued support by the major preceptors.

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Service Delivery, regarding the proposed local council tax reduction scheme for 2018/19, outlined in the report.

It was recommended that the current 2017/18 scheme be adopted again for 2018/19.  The scheme was similar to schemes adopted by Lewes, Rother and Wealden councils. Information relating to the Exceptional Hardship Fund and Council Tax Collection Rate were detailed in the report.

It was a legal requirement that full Council approve the scheme annually, once recommended by Cabinet.

Resolved:

(1) That full Council be recommended to adopt Eastbourne Borough Council’s Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2017/18 as the equivalent scheme for 2018/19.

(2) That the Exceptional Hardship fund continued for 2018/19, subject to continued support by the major preceptors.

Reason for decision:

It is a legal requirement that full Council approve the scheme annually.