Assistant Mayor for Finance and Support Services

SalfordCity Council - Record of Decision

I CLLR W HINDS,

ASSISTANT MAYOR FOR FINANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES,

in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 2 Paragraph 5.4 (c), of the Scheme of Delegation of the Council do hereby Authorise

The write off of Sundry Debts in the value of £33,322.85.

The Reasons are that these sundry debts , after exhaustive enquiries, have been found to be irrecoverable for a variety of reasons eg liquidation, absconders, no longer trading, bankrupt,deceased, hardship, statute barred, insufficient evidence, uneconomical to collect, and irrecoverable after court action,etc..

Options considered and rejected were not relevant due to the nature (age and value) of these accounts. The majority of accounts relate to those proven uneconomical to collect, irrecoverable after court action,statute barred, bankruptcy / liquidation, and those accounts that have proven irrecoverable due to age..

Assessment of Risk Medium.

The source of funding is the City Councils bad debt provision.

Legal Advice obtained Yes.

Financial Advice obtained Yes to ensure adequate bad debt provision.

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process.

(if the documents disclose exempt or confidential information, they should not be listed, but the following wording shall be inserted : "(The relevant documents contain exempt or confidential information and are not available for public inspection)":-

Contact Officer: Tony Hennessy, Exchequer Manager Tel No 0161-793-3279

*This matter is also subject to consideration by the Assistant Mayor for/ Director of and, accordingly, has been referred to that Assistant Mayor / Director for a decision.
*This decision is not subject to consideration by another Assistant Mayor/Director
*This document records a key decision, but the matter was not included in the Council's Forward Plan and it has been dealt with under the emergency procedure.
*This decision is urgent and is not subject to call-in, in accordance with paragraph 5 of the Decision Making Procedure Rules
*The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the decision is the Corporate Issues Scrutiny Committee.

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Signed:Councillor Hinds. Dated 25 June 2012.

Assistant Mayor

FOR COMMITTEE SERVICES USE ONLY

*This decision was published on 25 June 2012.

*This decision will come in force on 3 July 2012 unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.

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