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Agenda and decisions

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COUNCIL TAX BASE 2020/21 AND ASSOCIATED MATTERS pdf icon PDF 91 KB

CABINET MEMBER:             County Councillor P Murphy

 

AUTHOR:     

Ruth Donovan – Assistant Head of Finance: Revenues, Systems and Exchequer

 

CONTACT DETAILS:

E-mail: ruthdonovan@monmouthsire.gov.uk

Tel: 01633 644592

Decision:

That in accord with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995, the amount calculated by the Council as its Tax Base for 2020/21 shall be notified as 46,331.92 and the Collection Rate set at 99.0%.

 

That no Special Resolution declaring Drainage Rates as Special Expenses be made.

That any expenses incurred by the Council in performing in part of its area a function performed elsewhere in its area by a Community Council shall not be treated as a special expense for the purpose of Section 35 of the Local Govt. Finance Act 1992.

 

That Council Tax setting continues to be a function of full Council.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE FAIRTRADE COUNTY RENEWAL pdf icon PDF 68 KB

CABINET MEMBER: County Councillor Sara Jones

 

AUTHOR: Hazel Clatworthy, Sustainability Policy Officer

 

CONTACT DETAILS:

            Tel: 01633 644843

            E-mail: hazelclatworthy@monmouthshire.gov.uk

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Approved the attached report (Appendix 1) and supporting evidence (Appendix 2) as an accurate record of the progress made by Monmouthshire County Council to promote Fairtrade from 2017 to date.

 

Approved the actions that are proposed in the report as Monmouthshire County Council’s commitments towards promoting Fairtrade from 2020-22.

 

Authorised the Sustainability Policy Officer to submit this report to the Fairtrade Foundation to renew our Fairtrade County status.