Issue details

Leeds City Region (LCR) Business Rates Pooled arrangements for 2022/23

To ratify the Council’s membership, and arrangements for the operation and governance and of the Leeds City Region (LCR) Business Rates Pool for 2022/23.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure>£500,000 and affects2 or more wards;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 23/02/2022

Reason for urgency:
It has not been possible to give 28 clear days’ notice of the intention to make the Key Decision. The reasons why compliance is impracticable in this matter are as follows:-

Individual Pool members have been requested by the LCR Business Rates Pool administering authority to formally ratify both their membership of the Pool and the Pool arrangements for its operation and governance for 2022/23, prior to 1 April 2022. Hence the requirement for the report to be included on Cabinet agenda on 8 March, to comply with this request.

The Chair of Overview and Scrutiny has been informed of the matter.

Decision due: 8 Mar 2022 by Cabinet

Lead member: Portfolio Holder for Corporate

Lead director: Service Director - Finance S151 Officer

Department: Corporate

Contact: James Anderson, Head of Accountancy 01484 221000 Email: james.anderson@kirklees.gov.uk.

Members/Officers Involved: Cllr Paul Davies – corporate portfolio-holder Julie Muscroft – Monitoring Officer

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