Agenda item

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Finance) and to pass the appropriate resolutions setting the Council Tax for 2012/13.

(Draft Report and Resolutions enclosed)

RESOLVED – (61 for) (1) That it be noted that on 16 December 2011, the following amounts were approved by the Executive Meeting as the Council's Council Tax Base for the financial year 2012/13:-

(a)       99,771.73 for the whole Council area [Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the "Act")]

(b)       892.21 for dwellings in the Offerton Park Parish area to which a Parish precept relates.

(2) That the Council Meeting approve the Council Tax Requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2012/13 (excluding Parish precepts) as being £135,986,873.

(3) That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2012/13 in accordance with sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

(a)       £574,940,544 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in section 31A(2) of the Act taking into account any Precept for the Offerton Park Parish area (Appendix Two).

(b)       £438,953,671 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in section  31A(3) of the Act (Appendix Two).

(c)        £135,986,873 being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 31A(4) of the Act, as its Council Tax Requirement for the year (Item R in the formula in Section 31B of the Act). (Appendix Two).

(d)       £1,362.98 being the amount at 3(c) above, all divided by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts).

(e)       £0.00 being the aggregate  amount of all special items referred to in section 34(1) of the Act, being the Offerton Park Parish precept.

(f)         £1,362.98 being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by the amount by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates.

(g)       £1,362.98 (Offerton Park Parish area) being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 3(f) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned at 3(e) above divided by the amount at 1(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its council tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.

(4) That it be noted that for the year 2012/13 the Greater Manchester Police Authority and the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each category of dwellings in the Council's area as indicated in the table below.

Valuation Bands

(5) That the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2012/13 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

Aggregate of Council Tax Requirements

(6) That the Council, in accordance with section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 hereby determines that the Council’s relevant basic amount of council tax for 2012/13 is not excessive in accordance with the principles determined by the Secretary of State under section 52ZC of the Act.

A named vote was requested in relation to the voting on this resolution and the voting was recorded as follows:-

The councillors who voted for the resolution were:-

The Mayor; Councillors Ben Alexander, Shan Alexander, Brian Bagnall, Sheila Bailey, Paul Bellis, Andrew Bispham, Stuart Bodsworth, Walter Brett, Peter Burns, Martin Candler, Richard Coaton, Stuart Corris, Sue Derbyshire, Kevin Dowling, Dean Fitzpatrick, Colin Foster, Alexander Ganotis, Dave Goddard, Chris Gordon, Anne Graham, Lenny Grice, Tom Grundy, Philip Harding, Daniel Hawthorne, Brian Hendley, Kevin Hogg, Linda Holt, Sylvia Humphreys, Stella Humphries, Susan Ingham, Mick Jones, Pam King, Mags Kirkham, Bryan Leck, Hazel Lees, Syd Lloyd, Patrick McAuley, Tom McGee, Wendy Meikle, Paul Moss, Chris Murphy, Adrian Nottingham, Anthony O'Neill, Wendy Orrell, John Pantall, Paul Porgess, Iain Roberts, Maureen Rowles, Ann Smith, John Smith, June Somekh, Andrew Verdeille, Alanna Vine, Lisa Walker, Mark Weldon, David White, David Wilson, William Wragg, Craig Wright and Suzanne Wyatt.