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Cabinet also agreed to buy more properties for temporary accommodation to meet rising homelessness demand, and to delegate officers the power to handle the purchases and respond to a homelessness consultation.
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Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: that Council be recommended to - i. Note the agreement reached in principle and ratify the decision to complete the formal settlement agreement with HMRC ii. Agree that conclusion of the final terms of an Agreement is delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Section 151 Officer, Monitoring Officer, Leader of the Council and the Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation and Performance. iii. Note the Capitalisation Direction agreed and now available to support the financial strategy to fund the liability subject to Council agreement. iv. Agree to amend the 2024/25 budget in accordance with budget policy framework to align with the agreed financial strategy in relation to this issue. v. Agree to the inclusion within the Council’s Capital Strategy and program this expenditure in for 2024/25. vi. Agree the necessary changes to the Revenue Budget for the Medium Term reflecting the impact on Capital financing for future years in accordance with the Capital Direction (to be reflected as appropriate in future Budget Monitoring reports for 2024/25). vii. Agree to incorporate all medium-term Capital and Revenue implications within the amended Medium Term Financial Plan and Capital Strategy as part of the next annual Budget update through Council in February / March 2025. viii. Note that the Council will pursue all options available to pursue the Landfill tax debt outstanding.
Appendices A, B and D are exempt from publication because they contain information of the kind described in paragraphs 14 and 21 of parts 4 and 5 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. Cabinet received a report seeking approval of the Settlement Agreement on an longstanding Landfill Tax Liability with HMRC. This dispute connected with the Lamby Way landfill site and the landfill tax regime which began in January 2017, and is now subject to a proposed settlement agreement with HMRC. The landfill tax regime applicable to fines material is complex and the purported under-declaration of landfill tax arose during a period in which the compliance regime for fines material was relatively new and there was uncertainty in terms of its application The report also sought approval of an amendment to the 2024/25 budget, in accordance with the Budget Policy Framework, to accommodate a financial strategy within the Council’s Capital Strategy and Medium-Term Financial Plan and, as such, protect any disproportionate impact on Council Services. In addition, the report sought approval to actively pursue the outstanding debt from the Company involved. RESOLVED: that Council be recommended to - i. Note the agreement reached in principle and ratify the decision to complete the formal settlement agreement with HMRC ii. Agree that conclusion of the final terms of an Agreement is delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Section 151 Officer, Monitoring Officer, Leader of the Council and the Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation and Performance. iii. Note the Capitalisation Direction agreed and now available to support the financial strategy to fund the liability subject to Council agreement. iv. Agree to amend the 2024/25 budget in accordance with budget policy framework to align with the agreed financial strategy in relation to this issue. v. Agree to the inclusion within the Council’s Capital Strategy and program this expenditure in for 2024/25. vi. Agree the necessary changes to the Revenue Budget for the Medium Term reflecting the impact on Capital financing for future years in accordance with the Capital Direction (to be reflected as appropriate in future Budget Monitoring reports for 2024/25). vii. Agree to incorporate all medium-term Capital and Revenue implications within the amended Medium Term Financial Plan and Capital Strategy as part of the next annual Budget update through Council in February / March 2025. viii. Note that the Council will pursue all options available to pursue the Landfill tax debt outstanding.
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Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: that 1. the ongoing Housing Emergency and the new demands that will add further pressures to homelessness services and temporary accommodation be noted. 2. the acquisition of the properties identified in the confidential Appendix B be approved and authority be delegated to the Corporate Director - People and Communities in consultation with the S151 Officer, Legal services and the Cabinet members for Housing and Communities and Finance, Modernisation and Performance for all matters arising from the acquisitions and to authorise exchange of contracts and completion of those properties in accordance with the Heads of Terms annexed to this report subject to: a. Approval of appropriate grant funding being secured from Welsh Government b. Confirmation of a suitable financial viability assessment for each purchase c. Confirmation that the decision does not result in commitments outside the budget framework. d. Receipt of updated/formal valuation confirming the value contained in confidential Appendix E & F 3. authority be delegated to the Corporate Director People & Communities, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing & Communities, to consider responses to the recent Homelessness Consultation and to implement any consequential policy changes as appropriate and within existing budgets.
Appendices B, C, D, E F & G of this report are exempt from publication pursuant to Paragraphs 14, 16, and 21 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. Cabinet received a report which provided an update on the ongoing the Housing Emergency in Cardiff, including new and emerging pressures that will create increased demands on homelessness services and Temporary Accommodation in Cardiff. The report sought in principle approval for further property purchases to help meet these demands. The report also provided Cabinet with an update on the responses received to the public consultation on homelessness services in Cardiff, which closed on 1 September 2024. In line with the responses received, the report sought approval to amend policy to help accelerate move on out of Temporary Accommodation. Confidential and public scrutiny letters from the Community & Adult Services Scrutiny Committee were circulated. RESOLVED: that 1. the ongoing Housing Emergency and the new demands that will add further pressures to homelessness services and temporary accommodation be noted. 2. the acquisition of the properties identified in the confidential Appendix B be approved and authority be delegated to the Corporate Director - People and Communities in consultation with the S151 Officer, Legal services and the Cabinet members for Housing and Communities and Finance, Modernisation and Performance for all matters arising from the acquisitions and to authorise exchange of contracts and completion of those properties in accordance with the Heads of Terms annexed to this report subject to: a. Approval of appropriate grant funding being secured from Welsh Government b. Confirmation of a suitable financial viability assessment for each purchase c. Confirmation that the decision does not result in commitments outside the budget framework. d. Receipt of updated/formal valuation confirming the value contained in confidential Appendix E & F 3. authority be delegated to the Corporate Director People & Communities, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing & Communities, to consider responses to the recent Homelessness Consultation and to implement any consequential policy changes as appropriate and within existing budgets.
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