Finance & Governance
(a) The functions and areas of policy and decision making responsibility to the extent that they are not non-executive are:
- Financial Services, including Accounting and Budgeting, Internal Audit and Assurance and Procurement, Capital Investment Strategy and Capital Programme
- Collection of council tax and NNDR
- Administration of Housing Benefit and Local Council Tax Support
- Veterans – Armed forces champion and Armed Forces Covenant
- Information Governance
- ICT
- Democratic Services, including Electoral and Mayoral Services; Member Services
- Legal Services
- Arrangements for Coroner’s, Local Land Charges and Registration Services
- Additional specific delegated decision making powers to:
- Be consulted by the Director: Governance and Partnerships on proposals to write off debtor accounts in excess of £5000 for any one debtor
- Approve the grant of Discretionary Rate Relief
- Approve changes to the capital programme in excess of £350k