Agenda item

Recommendation II:                        Cabinet

                                                (13 December 2012)

(i)                 Further to item 3 on the Extraordinary Summons, the Leader of the Council, Councillor Thaya Idaikkadar, rose and moved tabled amendments to the recommendations contained at Recommendation II of the Cabinet meeting held on 13 December 2012.

(ii)               During the debate on this item, Councillor Keith Ferry moved a Motion that the question now be put.  Upon a vote this Motion was carried.

(iii)             Upon the rising of 10 Councillors making the request a Roll Call Vote was held on the recommendations:

            FOR:  The Mayor (Councillor Ismail), the Deputy Mayor (Councillor Asante), Councillors Akhtar, Anderson, Bond, Choudhury, Currie, Davine, Dharmarajah, Ferry, Gate, Green, Henson, Idaikkadar, James, Khalid, Marikar, Maru, Miles, O’Dell, Omar, Parmar, Perry, Phillips, Ray, Navin Shah, Sachin Shah, Silver, Stephenson, Krishna Suresh, Sasikala Suresh and Wealthy.

            AGAINST:  Councillors Ashton, Bath, Bednell, Champagnie, Chana, Chauhan, Ferrari, Greek, Hall, Kara, Macleod-Cullinane, Mithani, Moshenson, Chris Mote, Janet Mote, John Nickolay, Joyce Nickolay, Osborn, Romain, Anthony Seymour, Lynda Seymour, Teli and Wright.

            ABSTAIN:  Councillor Noyce.

(iv)             Upon the Roll Call vote, the amended recommendations were agreed.

RESOLVED:  That

(i)                 the new Harrow Localised Council Tax Support Scheme, at appendix II to these minutes, be agreed and adopted;

(ii)               the Council agree and adopt the parameter configuration set out in Scheme 1 for the two year period April 2013 to March 2015 as recommended by officers, which fully manages the funding gap, unless a policy decision is taken at annual review to replace or alter the scheme following consultation;

(iii)             the Scheme remain in perpetuity after the two year period, with parameters uprated as per the Scheme rules, unless a policy decision is taken to replace or alter the Scheme at annual review;

(iv)             the existing s13A policy on hardship agreed by Cabinet on the 3 August 2006 and now known as s13A(1)(c) be continued.