Agenda, decisions and minutes
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FILMING AT MEETINGS Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on. By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.
The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council. Minutes: The Chair referred to the notice of filming at meetings and this information was noted. |
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Apologies for absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: There were none.
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Declarations of interest A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct Minutes: There was no urgent business.
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URGENT BUSINESS The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered under the agenda item where they appear). Minutes: There were none.
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DEPUTATIONS / PETITIONS / QUESTIONS |
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Council Tax Hardship Policy Minutes: The report had recommended approval of a new Council Tax Hardship Fund Policy to provide support for residents experiencing financial difficulties.
The cost?of?living crisis had placed many households under strain and affected Council Tax collection. The proposed policy had set out criteria and mechanisms for distributing funds to those in arrears or hardship, aiming to ease their burden.
Funding of £66,000 for the scheme had been agreed by the Cabinet Member for Resident Services and Tackling Inequality on 8 October 2025, subject to the establishment of a policy and application process. This report had therefore sought formal approval of that policy.
The Cabinet Member queried whether this policy was for 1 year only or permanent. It was stated that it would this is a policy that can continue. The funding will be dependent.
RESOLVED:
That the Cabinet Member for Resident Services & Tackling Inequality: 2.1 Approved the Council Tax Hardship Fund Policy set out in Appendix 1. 2.2 Delegated authority to the Corporate Director for Environment and Resident Experience, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Resident Services and Tackling Inequality, to make amendments to this policy following annual review or changes in legislation.
Reasons for decision
Funding for a Council Tax Hardship Fund for 2025-26 was agreed in October 2025, and the fund cannot be administered without a policy.
Alternative options considered
The alternative option is to do nothing. The funding would not be spent on this purpose and a new decision would be required to reallocate the funding set aside in 2025-26. Financially vulnerable residents in council tax arrears would not receive proactive support to pay their bill
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