Agenda item

To consider a joint report of the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Policy, Finance and Devolution and the Cabinet Member for Reform and Governance and to pass the appropriate resolutions setting the Council Tax for 2018/19.

(Draft report and resolutions enclosed)

The Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Policy, Finance & Devolution (Councillor Alex Ganotis) submitted a report (copies of which were circulated) setting out the Council Tax for 2018/19 and the level of precepts for the Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner Precept and Mayoral General Precept.

RESOLVED – (35 for, 18 against, 2 abstentions) (1) That it be noted that on 19 December 2017, the Council has calculated the Council Tax Base for the financial year 2018/19 as:-

·         93,361.2 for the whole Council area [Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the "Act")]

(2) That approval be given to the Council Tax Requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2018/19 as being £149,164,123.

(3) That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2018/19 in accordance with sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

(a) £660,027,080 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in section 31A(2) of the Act (Appendix Two).

(b) £510,862,957 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 ) £149,164,123 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) £1,597.71 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.

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

(f) £1,597.71 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.

(4) That it be noted that for the year 2018/19 the Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner Precept and the Mayoral General Precept (including Fire Services) have been issued 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.

(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 2018/19 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 2018/19 is not excessive in accordance with the principles determined by the Secretary of State under section 52ZC of the Act.

The names of those councillors voting on this resolution were recorded as follows:-

Those councillors who voted for the resolution were:-

The Deputy Mayor (Councillor Walter Brett); Councillors Brian Bagnall, Sheila Bailey, Kenny Blair, Kate Butler, Anna Charles-Jones, Richard Coaton, Becky Crawford, Dickie Davies, Roy Driver, Annette Finnie, Dean Fitzpatrick, Colin Foster, Alex Ganotis, Tom Grundy, Yvonne Guariento, Paul Hadfield, Philip Harding, Sylvia Humphreys, Julian Lewis-Booth, Syd Lloyd, John McGahan, Tom McGee, Chris Murphy, Adrian Nottingham, Andy Sorton, David Sedgwick, Charlie Stewart, John Taylor, Alanna Vine, Lisa Walker, Wendy Wild, David Wilson, Elise Wilson and John Wright.

Those councillors who voted against the resolution were:-

Councillors Geoff Abell, Malcolm Allan, Laura Booth, Christine Corris, Stuart Corris, Lord Goddard, Chris Gordon, Daniel Hawthorne, Keith Holloway, Mark Hunter, Wendy Meikle, John Pantall, Paul Porgess, Iain Roberts, Lisa Smart, June Somekh, Jon Twigge and Suzanne Wyatt.

Those councillors who abstained were:-

Councillors Tom Dowse and Oliver Johnstone.