Agenda item

To consider a joint report of the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Devolution and the Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Resources, Commissioning and Governance and to pass the appropriate resolutions setting the Council Tax for 2021/22.

(Draft report and resolutions enclosed)

The Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member Devolution (Councillor Elise Wilson) submitted a report (copies of which were circulated) setting out the Council Tax for 2021/22 and the level of precepts for the Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner Precept and Mayoral General Precept.

RESOLVED – (37 for, 25 abstentions) (1) That it be noted that on 21 January 2021, the Council has calculated the Council Tax Base for the financial year 2021/22 as:-

·         95,945.1 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 2021/22 as being £167,894,330.

(3) That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2021/22 in accordance with sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

(a) £696,815,351 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) £528,921,021 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) £167,894,330 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) £1,749.90  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) £1,749.90 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 2021/22 the Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner precept for Greater Manchester 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 2021/22 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

(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 2021/22 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 Dean Fitzpatrick); Councillors Brian Bagnall, Sheila Bailey, Laura Booth, Kate Butler, Anna Charles-Jones, Laura Clingan, Becky Crawford, Dickie Davies, Tom Dowse, Roy Driver, Colin Foster, Yvonne Guariento, Philip Harding, Linda Holt, Mike Hurleston, Carole McCann, John McGahan, Tom McGee, David Meller, Janet Mobbs, Adrian Nottingham, Amanda Peers, Dena Ryness, David Sedgwick, Andy Sorton, Charlie Stewart, John Taylor, Alanna Vine, Lisa Walker, Kerry Waters, Jude Wells, Wendy Wild, David Wilson, Elise Wilson, John Wright and Matt Wynne.

The councillors who abstained were:-

The Deputy Mayor (Councillor Chris Gordon); Councillors Malcolm Allan, Lou Ankers, Paul Ankers, Grace Baynham, Angie Clark, Christine Corris, Stuart Corris, Will Dawson, Helen Foster-Grime, Charles Gibson, Graham Greenhalgh, Steve Gribbon, Keith Holloway, Mark Hunter, Colin MacAlister, Wendy Meikle, John Pantall, Iain Roberts, Mark Roberts, Becky Senior, Lisa Smart, Aron Thornley, Mark Weldon and Suzanne Wyatt.