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Council Tax 2016/17

 

 

Meeting: 22/02/2016 - Council (Item 61)

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To set the Council Tax for 2016/2017.

Additional documents:

Decision:

The recommendations were agreed, subject to the amendment at 10.4 that the total for the precepting authorities for Band A dwellings be 868.22 and Band G 2,170.56.

Minutes:

All members of the Council had been granted dispensations to speak and to vote on this matter.

 

The Council considered the Council Tax for 2016/17.

 

The Chairman moved that under recommendation 10.4 (page 9) of the report, to correct an arithmetical error, the totals for the precepting authorities for Bands A and G dwellings be amended to £868.22 for Band A and £2,170.56 for Band G. The amendment was seconded.

 

A recorded vote was taken on the recommendation with the above amendment. The outcome was:

 

Members voting for:                53

Members voting against:           2

Abstentions                               0

 

Details are shown in Appendix 4 to these minutes.

 

The motion was carried.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.         That it be noted that on 2 December 2015 the Council calculated the Council Tax Base for the year 2016/17:

 

(a)        for the whole Council area as 69,632.30 [Item T in the formula in Section 31B(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)]; and

 

(b)        for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates as in the attached Appendix 3. 

 

2.         To calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding Parish Precepts) is £11,026,971.

 

3.         That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31A, 31B and 34 to 36 of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992 as amended by the Localism Act 2011: -

 

(a)

£142,052,117

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 all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils.

 

(b)

£125,890,440

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

 

(c)

£16,161,677

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(1) of the Act).

 

(d)

£232.10

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

 

(e)

£5,134,706

being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

(f)

£158.36

being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above 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 specifically for the District Council.  There are no non-parished areas.

 

(g)

 

 

 

 

 

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