To receive the open minutes of the following bodies (minutes reproduced in the Minute Book), to answer questions (if any) in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.5 and to consider the recommendations as set out below:
(a) Executive – 16 October and 20 November 2018.
Minute 41/E – Deanside Commuted Sums
RECOMMENDED to Council that
(i) £100,000 be made available to draw down from the Deanside Section 106 to refurbish the Old Dean playground; and
(ii) the implementation of the works be delegated to the Executive Head of Business in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Places & Strategy.
Minute 51/E - Council Tax Base
At its meeting on 11 December 2018 the Executive will be asked to RECOMMEND that
(i) the Local Council Tax Support Scheme for Surrey Heath, approved by Council on 22 January 2013, remains unchanged for 2019/20;
(ii) the Council Tax Exceptional Hardship Policy remains unchanged for 2019/20;
(iii) from 1st April 2019 young people who have left care (care leavers) will receive a full reduction from Council Tax until their 25th birthday;
(iv) authority be delegated the Executive Head of Finance to make minor changes to the Local Council Tax Support scheme so as to ensure that where applicable to income calculation it remains in line with Housing Benefit / Universal Credit changes introduced by legislation; and
(v) incomes and applicable amounts and non-dependant deductions are uprated in line with the percentages and amounts supplied by DWP and DCLG, and applied to Housing Benefit claims.
(b) Planning Applications Committee – 18 October and 15 November 2018
(c) External Partnerships Select Committee – 13 November 2018
(d) Audit and Standards Committee – 26 November 2018
Minutes:
(a) Executive – 16 October and 20 November 2018
It was moved by Councillor Moira Gibson, seconded by Councillor Richard Brooks, and
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meetings of the Executive held on 16 October and 20 November 2018 be received and the recommendations therein be adopted as set out below:
· Minute 41/E – Deanside Commuted Sums
RESOLVED that
(i) £100,000 be made available to draw down from the Deanside Section 106 to refurbish the Old Dean playground; and
(ii) the implementation of the works be delegated to the Executive Head of Business in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Places & Strategy.
· Minute 51/E - Council Tax Base
RESOLVED that
(i) the Local Council Tax Support Scheme for Surrey Heath, approved by Council on 22 January 2013, remains unchanged for 2019/20;
(ii) the Council Tax Exceptional Hardship Policy remains unchanged for 2019/20;
(iii) from 1st April 2019 young people who have left care (care leavers) will receive a full reduction from Council Tax until their 25th birthday;
(iv) authority be delegated the Executive Head of Finance to make minor changes to the Local Council Tax Support scheme so as to ensure that where applicable to income calculation it remains in line with Housing Benefit / Universal Credit changes introduced by legislation; and
(v) incomes and applicable amounts and non-dependant deductions are uprated in line with the percentages and amounts supplied by DWP and DCLG, and applied to Housing Benefit claims.
(b) Planning Applications Committee – 18 October and 15 November 2018
It was moved by Councillor Edward Hawkins, seconded by Councillor Valerie White, and
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meetings of the Planning Applications Committee held on 18 October and 15 November 2018be received.
(c) External Partnerships Select Committee – 13 November 2018
It was moved by Councillor Rebecca Jennings-Evans, seconded by Councillor Nic Price and
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meetings of the External Partnerships Select Committee held on 13 November 2018 be received.
(d) Audit and Standards Committee – 26 November 2018
It was moved by Councillor Jonathan Lytle, seconded by Councillor Edward Hawkins and
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Audit and Standards Committee held on 26 November 2018 be received.
Note: Councillor Rodney Bates declared a non-pecuniary interest in respect of the Deanside Community Sums decision as he was Chairman of the Old Dean Community Group, which had raised money for the playground.