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Report of Head of Finance

Summary

The purpose of this paper is to present to the Executive for discussion and onward approval to full Council, the draft Corporate Debt Policy. The policy (Appendix 1) sets out the Council’s framework for providing a consistent ‘fair but firm’ approach to collecting debt, ensuring that the Council continues to maximise collection performance.

Recommendations

The Executive is recommended:

(1)               To review and comment on the content and format of the Corporate Debt Policy (Appendix 1) to inform its onward progress to Full Council for approval.

Recommendations Approved

The Head of Finance submitted a report which presented to the Executive for discussion and onward approval to full Council, the draft Corporate Debt Policy. The policy set out the Council’s framework for providing a consistent ‘fair but firm’ approach to collecting debt, ensuring that the Council continued to maximise collection performance.

Resolved

(1)               That the Corporate Debt Policy as set out in the annex to these minutes (as set out in the minute book) be recommended to Full Council for approval.

Reasons

It was recognised that that an updated corporate debt policy is required each year in order to document how we manage debt within the Council.

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