Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Cabinet considered a proposal to the write off of debts in respect of rents, council tax and business rates as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report.
Members supported the proposal because they felt it struck the balance between collecting as much debt as possible, but not committing resources to debt that was unobtainable.
RESOLVED - That Cabinet agreed to the proposed write off of debts in respect of rents, council tax and business rates as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report.
REASONS FOR DECISION – All available options to recover this debt had been explored with write off being the final option in the debt management process.
OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED – These were outlined in the main body of the report.
Report author: Jayne Dethick
Publication date: 28/06/2023
Date of decision: 02/03/2023
Decided at meeting: 02/03/2023 - Cabinet