Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
The Cabinet will be asked to approve the Council’s application to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to form a pool with other local authorities in relation to NNDR receipts.
Cabinet resolved:
(i) To approve the creation of a business rates pool with the London Borough of Havering, Thurrock Council and Basildon District Council from 1 April 2014;
(ii) To delegate authority to the Chief Finance Officer, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, to agree the operational details of the pooling arrangements with the participating councils; and
(iii) To authorise the Chief Finance Officer, in consultation with the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, to make any amendments to the draft Memorandum of Understanding, attached at Appendix A to the report, as may be required by the Secretary of State, and to enter into the final Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the Council.
Report author: Jonathan Bunt
Publication date: 23/10/2013
Date of decision: 22/10/2013
Decided at meeting: 22/10/2013 - Cabinet
Effective from: 31/10/2013
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