Issue - decisions

RESOLVED:-

    (i)        Cabinet approved the suggested overarching principles for a Council-Wide Fair Debt Policy;

  (ii)        Cabinet approved the suggested approaches to individuals with multiple debts, vulnerable debtors, and those in financial difficulty;

 (iii)        Cabinet approved the recommendation to create an in-house bailiff service as part of our approach to collecting Council debts, to be implemented as existing arrangements come to an end.

 (iv)        Cabinet noted the justification for recruiting Enforcement Agents outside of the Council’s standard employment terms and conditions, in order to implement performance related pay, and gives authority to recruit on this basis.