Issue - decisions

Council Tax 2017/18

31/03/2017 - Council Tax 2017/18

The Leader of the Council (Policy, Finance & Devolution) (Councillor Alex Ganotis) submitted a report (copies of which were circulated) setting out the Council Tax for 2017/18 and the level of precepts for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester and the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority.

 

RESOLVED - (57 for) (1) That it be noted that on 19 January 2017, the Council has calculated the Council Tax Base for the financial year 2017/18 as

 

·         92,587.3 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 the Council Meeting approve the Council Tax Requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2017/18 as being £140,896,576

 

(3) That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2017/18 in accordance with sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

 

(a)          £621,131,918 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)          £480,235,342 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)          £140,896,576 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)          £1,521.77 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)           £1,521.77 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 2017/18 the Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester 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.

 

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 2017/18 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

 

Valuation Bands

Authority

£

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

1,014.51

1,183.60

1,352.68

1,521.77

1,859.94

2,198.11

2,536.28

3,043.54

Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester

108.20

126.23

144.27

162.30

198.37

234.43

270.50

324.60

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority

39.96

46.62

53.28

59.95

73.27

86.59

99.91

119.90

AGGREGATE OF COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENTS

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Area

1,162.67

1,356.45

1,550.23

1,744.02

2,131.58

2,519.13

2,906.69

3,488.04

 

(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 2015/16 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 Mayor (Councillor Chris Gordon) in the chair; Deputy Mayor (Councillor Lisa Walker); Councillors Geoff Abell, Malcolm Allan, Brian Bagnall, Sheila Bailey, Stuart Bodsworth, Laura Booth, Walter Brett, Anna Charles-Jones, Richard Coaton, Christine Corris, Stuart Corris, Dickie Davies, Tom Dowse, Roy Driver, Annette Finnie, Dean Fitzpatrick, Colin Foster, Alex Ganotis, Graham Greenhalgh, Tom Grundy, Yvonne Guariento, Paul Hadfield, Philip Harding, Daniel Hawthorne, Keith Holloway, Linda Holt, Sylvia Humphreys, Mark Hunter, Mike Hurleston, Susan Ingham, Oliver Johnstone, Mags Kirkham, Julian Lewis-Booth, Syd Lloyd, John McGahan, Tom McGee, Wendy Meikle, Chris Murphy, Adrian Nottingham, John Pantall, Paul Porgess, Iain Roberts, David Sedgwick, Lisa Smart, June Somekh, Andy Sorton, Charlie Stewart, John Taylor, Jon Twigge, Alanna Vine, Mark Weldon, Wendy Wild, David Wilson, Elise Wilson and John Wright.