Agenda - pdf - Selby District Council

miscellaneous debts where the debtor is adjudged bankrupt, insolvent
or (in the case of companies) in liquidation and where the officer
judged that recovery of the monies was not economically possible.
There was no financial limit to the amount that could be written off in
these circumstances
2.4.3 In simplifying these arrangements the new constitution has set a limit in
all cases of write-offs at £5,000.
2.4.4 It is proposed to amend delegation 11.1 (d) (i) so that any proposed
write off over a specified amount can only be authorised by the
Executive Director with S151 responsibilities after consultation with the
Leader of the Council (or other specified Executive Member).
2.4.5 The Executive is asked to consider an appropriate financial limit and
whether, in the case of bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation the same
financial limit should apply or whether the Council should revert to an
unlimited delegation.
2.5 The State of the Area Address
2.5.1 The Council Procedure Rules (pages 60 to 78) at Rule 16 require the
State of the Area Address to be reported to the Scrutiny Committee for
consideration as part of the consultation process. This provision was
copied across from the previous constitution when the Council had a
single Scrutiny Committee. Having regard to the remits of the Policy
Review Committee and the Scrutiny Committee it is more appropriate
for the State of the Area Address to the considered by the Policy
Review Committee (as it was this year) and it is proposed that
Procedure Rule 16 is amended to reflect this.
3 Legal/Financial Controls and other Policy matters
3.2 Legal Issues - None
3.3 Financial Issues - None
4. Conclusion
The relatively minor administrative amendments set out above are proposed
as sensible improvements to the Constitution and have come to light in the
first six months of operating with the new arrangements
5. Background Documents - None
Contact Details Jonathan Lund, Monitoring Officer
Appendices: None
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