Venue: Teams/ hybrid at Council Chamber - Port Talbot Civic Centre
Contact: Tammie Davies
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Appointment of Chairperson Minutes: Agreed
that Councillor S.K.Hunt be appointed Chairperson for the meeting. |
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Chairpersons Announcement/s Minutes: The
Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: No
declarations of interest were received. |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting Minutes: The
Minutes from the meeting of 4 October, 2022, were agreed. |
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Public Question Time Questions
must be submitted in writing to Democratic Services, democratic.services@npt.gov.uk
no later than noon on the working day prior to the meeting. Questions must relate to items on the
agenda. Questions will be dealt with in
a 10 minute period. Minutes: No
questions from the public were received. |
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Council Tax and Business Rates - Representatives at Magistrate Court Proceedings Minutes: Decision: That
the revised list of people, to represent the Authority in proceedings before a
Magistrate Court for the purpose of the recovery of Council Tax and Business
Rates, as detailed within the circulated report, be approved. Reason for Decision: To
confirm officers authorised to represent the Authority at Magistrate Court
proceedings. Implementation of Decision: The
decision will be implemented after the three day call in period, which ends on
Saturday 19 November 2022, at 9.00am. |
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Access to Meetings - Exclusion of the Public To
resolve to exclude the public for the following items pursuant to Regulation 4
(3) and (5) of Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2290 and the relevant exempt
paragraphs of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. Minutes: Decision: That
the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following
item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of
exempt information as set out in Paragraph 14 of Schedule 12A of the Local
Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information)
(Variation) (Wales) Order 2007 subject to the Public Interest Test (where
appropriate) being applied. |
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Write Off Of Council Tax Minutes: Sub
Committee Members noted the correct total value of Council Tax’s Write Offs, as
verbally amended by the Chief Finance Officer. Decision: That
approval be granted to write off the amounts as detailed in the private
circulated report. Reason for Decision: To
enable the Council to write off irrecoverable accounts. Implementation of Decision: The
decision will be implemented after the three day call in period, which ends on
Saturday 19 November 2022, at 9.00am. |
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Application for Business Rates Hardship Relief Minutes: Decision: That
the application for hardship relief, as detailed within the private, circulated
report, be rejected. Reasons for Decision: ·
The long term viability of the business cannot be guaranteed. ·
The community would not be adversely affected by the loss of the
business. ·
The business does not have a large workforce, job losses would be
minimal. ·
The proprietor should proactively seek alternative, more appropriate
accommodation and look to end their current lease, or contact the landlord to
undertake essential repairs if this is impacting on their ability to generate
income. ·
The proprietor should contact the Valuation Office to seek a reduction
in their rateable value. Implementation of Decision: The
decision will be implemented after the three day call in period, which ends on
Saturday 19 November 2022, at 9.00am. |
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Sundry Debtor Write Offs Minutes: Decision: That
approval be granted to write off the Sundry Debtor amounts, as detailed in the
private circulated report. Reason for Decision: As
the amounts due are irrecoverable. Implementation of Decision: The
decision will be implemented after the three day call in period, which ends on
Saturday 19 November 2022, at 9.00am. |