Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Corporate, Customer & Community Services)

In light of important announcements contained in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on 5 December 2013, further consideration of the implications for Stockport and the content of this report are required. Therefore, this report has been marked ‘to follow’.

Officer contact: Andy Moran, 0161 474 4086, andy.moran@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Corporate, Customer & Community Services) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive Meeting to consider a forecast for the outturn position of the Council Tax Collection Fund for 2013/14 as well as the Council Tax Base for 2014/15, and presenting a forecast for Business Rates income for 2014/15.

RESOLVED – (1) That

·           a forecast Collection Fund surplus relating to Council Tax Revenues of £1.306m for 2013/14 and a forecast Collection Fund deficit relating to Business Rates of £2.910m be declared;

·           the Council Tax Base for 2014/15 at a Band D equivalent figure of 88,533.7;

·           the forecast for Business Rates Income of £88.209m for 2014/15 be provisionally approved.

(2) That the following decisions be delegated to the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services, in consultation with the Executive Councillor (Corporate, Customer & Community Services):

·           any decision to vary the Business Rates forecast presented at paragraphs 4.9 to 4.13 of the report;

·           the decision as to whether or not to join the Greater Manchester/Cheshire East Business Rates Pool as set out in section 5.