Decisions for issue Council Tax Reduction Review

(1)          Note that the council undertook informal and formal consultation as a part of this review and that as a part of the formal consultation a draft scheme was published and people were invited to give their views on that draft scheme.

(2)          Note the outcome of that consultation as set out in section 5

(3)          Note that an Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) has been undertaken on the proposed changes in the draft scheme (appendix 1) which has been summarised in section 7

(4)          Notes that the Executive Director Finance & Resources will, prior to 1^st April 2015, exercise her delegated powers to increase the appropriate calculative elements of the scheme, to give effect to national changes.

(5)          That Policy & Resources Committee recommends to Council that:

(a)       That the changes set out in section 3.17 are made to The Council Tax Reduction Scheme (Persons who are not Pensioners) (Brighton & Hove City Council) 2013 to take effect from 1^st April 2015.

(b)       Council note the consequence of the decision in 2.5.1 will mean the option to generate £1.7million through a more widely revised scheme included within the savings proposals elsewhere on this agenda cannot form part of the package for setting the 2015/16 budget and therefore alternative savings proposals will need to be identified. There is no further opportunity to revisit this scheme to support setting the 2015/16 budget.