Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Skills, Strategic Transport and Strategic Property
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To propose that Wiltshire council adopts a new corporate debt management policy for use throughout the whole Council.
1. That the Council approves proposed corporate debt management policy.
The adoption of the corporate debt management policy will help manage debt throughout the council in a fair and appropriately manner.
The Councils collects raises invoices in many areas, and therefore has to chase debt in these areas.
Although the procedures are working well in these individual areas, there is a requirement of an overall debt recovery policy for Wiltshire Council.
The policy recognises the wide ranging social responsibilities of the Council and recognises that it is not possible to have one standard approach for the recovery of all types of debt.
It facilitates teams raising debt working together to improve debt recovery whilst protect both the debtor and the Council.
Other reasons / organisations consulted
This operational policy was considered by the officers charged with raising and chasing debt.
Contact: Matthew Tiller, Chief Accountant 01225 713602 email matthew.tiller@wiltshire.gov.uk Tel: 01722b434244.
Publication date: 28/10/2010
Date of decision: 28/10/2010
Effective from: 06/11/2010
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