Issue - meetings
Authority to Implement and administer the Covid 19 Additional Relief Scheme (CARF scheme)
Meeting: 23/06/2022 - Cabinet (Item 21)
21 Authority to Implement and administer the Covid 19 Additional Relief Scheme (CARF scheme) PDF 307 KB
Report of the Director of Finance.
Additional documents:
- CARF Policy 2021 to 2022 draft 4 Final, item 21 PDF 221 KB View as DOCX (21/2) 29 KB
- CARF EQIA V1 010622, item 21 PDF 619 KB View as DOCX (21/3) 120 KB
- CARF_LA_Guidance, item 21 PDF 597 KB
- Webcast for Authority to Implement and administer the Covid 19 Additional Relief Scheme (CARF scheme)
Minutes:
RESOLVED: That
(1) the discretionary “Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) Scheme” for business rate payers who met the proposed eligibility criteria attached at Appendix 1 to the officer report, be agreed for the year 2021/22; and
(2) the Director of Finance, following consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Human Resources, may exercise discretion under Section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, (as amended) (hereinafter “LGFA”), in order to operate the approved scheme and determine the percentage level of support once modelling was carried out.
Reason for Decision: To ensure Harrow Council’s eligible business ratepayers received the maximum amount of centrally funded relief that could be claimed and to ensure the Council supported the local economy.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected: As set out in the report.
Conflict of Interest relating to the matter declared by Cabinet Member/Dispensation Granted: None.