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Decision Maker: Programme Director – Major Regeneration
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To amend the Cambridge City Council council tax rates and aggregate amounts for bands A, B, C, E, F, G and H as in the attached revised Appendix A(b) – Council Tax Setting 2020/21.
CAMBRIDGE CITY
COUNCIL
Officer Urgent Decision - Record
Amendment of the City Council Tax aggregate amounts
Decision(s)
taken: |
To amend the figures for the City Council
aggregate amount in appendix A (b) of the Council’s adopted resolution of 25
February 2020. |
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Decision of: |
Strategic Director 1 |
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Date of decision: |
27th February 2020 |
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Matter for Decision: |
To amend the Cambridge City Council council
tax rates and aggregate amounts for bands A, B, C, E, F, G and H as in the
attached revised Appendix A(b) – Council Tax Setting 2020/21. |
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Any alternative options considered and rejected: |
Without
making this administrative change, there is a possibility of the City
Council’s tax rates being challenged as the rates agreed by Full Council on
25 February 2020 are incorrect by 1p.
A requirement to re-bill, if at any time in the 2020/21 year they were
challenged, would be a significant additional cost and an inconvenience to
residents, that is being prevented by the urgent action. By not making this change the City Council
would see a small shortfall in its budget for 2020/21 of £444. |
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Reason(s) for the decision including any
background papers considered: |
An
urgent decision under paragraph 2 of section 9, Council Procedure Rules was
necessary to enable the printing and delivery of Council Tax bills for the
Council’s area within the statutory timescales. To delay the matter for a further decision
by a meeting of the Full Council was not possible if the Council was to meet
its statutory timescales for billing. |
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Conflicts of
interest and dispensations granted by the Chief Executive: |
None. |
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Other Comments: |
The
Chief Executive was unavailable and therefore not able to be consulted before
the action was taken. The Head of Finance
advised the Leader of the Council and the Executive Councillor for Finance
and Resources prior to the action being taken. |
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Reference: |
20/OfficerUrgent/SR/01 |
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Contact for further information: |
Caroline
Ryba, Head of Finance, 01223 458134 caroline.ryba@cambridge.gov.uk |
Publication date: 12/05/2020
Date of decision: 27/02/2020