Democracy in Crawley

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Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Disclosures of Interest

In accordance with the Council's Code of Conduct, Councillors of the Council are reminded that it is a requirement to declare interests where appropriate.

 

Minutes:

No disclosures of interests were made.

2.

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To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Cabinet held on 4 October 2017.

 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 4 October 2017 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

3.

Public Question Time

To answer any questions asked by the public which are relevant to the functions of the Cabinet.

 

Public Question Time will be concluded by the Chair when all questions have been answered or on the expiry of a period of 15 minutes, whichever is the earlier.

Minutes:

There were no questions from the public.

 

4.

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The Leader’s Portfolio

 

To consider report FIN/425 of the Head of Finance, Revenues and Benefits.

 

The Cabinet is informed that the Chief Executive has agreed that this will be treated as an urgent item under Cabinet Procedure Rule 1.5, due to work not concluding with all potential West Sussex pooling local authorities until mid-October.  In view of the need for the matter to have been dealt with as a matter of urgency, this item has been protected from the call in procedure, and the Cabinet is requested to note the action that has been taken.

 

 

Minutes:

The Leader of the Council presented report FIN/425 of the Head of Finance, Revenues and Benefits. The report sought to determine whether to submit a bid to the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) for Crawley Borough Council to take part in the West Sussex wide 2018-2019 pilot for 100% business rate retention.

 

The Chief Executive had agreed that this item would be treated as an urgent item under Cabinet Procedure Rule 1.5, due to work not being concluded with all potential West Sussex pooling local authorities until mid-October 2017.  In view of the need for the matter to have been dealt with as a matter of urgency, this item had been protected from the call in procedure.

 

 

RESOLVED

 

That Cabinet:

 

1)         Approve the submission of a bid to the Department of Communities and Local Government for Crawley Borough Council to take part in the West Sussex wide 2018-2019 pilot for 100% business rate retention.

 

2)         Delegate to the Head of Finance, Revenues and Benefits, in consultation with the Leader, the authority to accept the Pilot if the Council is successful.

 

 

Reasons for Decision

 

a)         To enable a bid to be prepared in line with the timescales set out by DCLG which required delegated authority to be granted. The deadline for submission is 27 October 2017.

 

b)         If taxation receipts grow faster than spending on additional responsibilities, a successful bid should result in a greater share of local taxation being retained in the area, for the benefit of residents and service users.

5.

Supplemental Agenda

Any urgent item(s) complying with Section 100(B) of the Local Government Act 1972.