Wrthi'n llwytho
Does dim crynodeb o'r cyfarfod hwn eto. Caiff crynodebau eu hysgrifennu pan fydd y cyngor yn cyhoeddi'r cofnodion, sef ei gofnod swyddogol o'r hyn a benderfynodd cyfarfod. Maen nhw fel arfer yn ymddangos ychydig wythnosau ar ôl y cyfarfod.
Response by the Cabinet Member: As Cllr Lewington knows, waste and recycling collection service makes up a tiny part of the Council Tax bill. In the current year, 73% of the Council Tax collected is budgeted for spending on Education and Social Services. The Recycling and Waste Collection service is part of the 12% that is shared with highways and public transport. It is estimated that each household collection costs a band D council tax payer just under £1. That includes the cost of salaries, vehicles, fuel, depot and disposal costs. So if the Council were able to refund the cost of a missed collection that would be the approximate value of the refund to a band D taxpayer. Council Tax is a statutory local tax set in accordance with national legislation. It is not a charge for individual services received, but a contribution towards the overall cost of delivering a wide range of services across Powys, including social care, education, highways and environmental services. The level of Council Tax is set based on the overall budget required to deliver these services across the area. As such, liability for Council Tax is not dependent on the frequency or quality of any specific service provided to an individual household. There is no provision within the Council Tax framework to offer refunds or reductions linked to missed or delayed service delivery, or the use of any service, including waste and recycling collections. This differs from discretionary services such as garden waste, where residents choose to pay a separate, direct charge for a specific service. Residents in higher council tax bands will pay more than £1 per collection and those in lower are paying less. Single person households have a discount of 25% and there are many residents on low incomes who do not pay the full council tax for whom the share is substantially less. That variation would also have to be considered in any refund. If the Council were able to issue a refund, we would need to determine who had missed a collection completely, not simply suffered a delay of hours or a day. The Council would then need to calculate the appropriate refund based on the Council Tax paid by that household and apply it based upon the way that council tax is paid (direct debit, cheque or cash). The cost of making that assessment and applying the refund would fall on the whole of the Council. If a collection is missed, the costs of running the service (wages, fuel, vehicles, depot and disposal costs) still apply. So Councillor Lewington’s proposal would require either cuts to the service, or to another service, or an addition to the Council Tax of every council tax payer in the County, regardless of whether they had missed a collection, to cover both the refund and the possibly larger cost of calculating and issuing the refund. For those reasons Cllr Lewington’s proposal, even if were legally possible, would not be in the best interests of the council tax payers to pursue. Cllr Richard Church
Rhaid i gynghorwyr ddweud pan fydd ganddyn nhw gysylltiad personol â rhywbeth sy'n cael ei drafod, fel swydd, eiddo neu aelod o'r teulu. Mae buddiant sy'n rhagfarnu yn ddigon cryf i'r cynghorydd adael yr ystafell fel arfer a pheidio â chymryd rhan.
Caiff datganiadau eu darllen o'r cofnodion unwaith y byddan nhw wedi'u cyhoeddi.
Dyw'r cyngor ddim wedi cofnodi presenoldeb ar gyfer y cyfarfod hwn.
Yn rhestru cynghorwyr presennol y cyngor yn unig. Nid yw aelodau cyfetholedig, swyddogion a chyn-gynghorwyr yn cael eu dangos.