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The Head of Financial and Customer Services presented the Council Tax Resolutions for the Executive Committee’s consideration.  Members were advised that the report detailed the Council Tax calculations for the Council and the other precepting authorities. 

The Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Authority had not yet held a meeting to determine their requirements and therefore assumptions had had to be made in the report about the contribution to that organisation.  Delegated authority had been requested for Officers to be able to amend the resolutions should the Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Authority agree a position that differed from the assumptions detailed in the report.

During consideration of this item reference was made to the late notice that had been provided to Members in respect of the report, with publication having occurred on the day of the meeting.  The Chief Executive explained that this delay was not caused by Council Officers but as a consequence of the precepting authorities communicating their position to the Council at a late stage.  Members who served on the Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Authority were urged to raise the timing of their meetings with the authority to ensure that in future the Council could receive reports in respect of the Council Tax Resolutions in a timely manner.

RESOLVED to NOTE:

that at its meeting on 12th January 2021, the Executive Committee calculated the Council Tax Base 2021/22 as:

(a)      for the whole Council area as 26,158.13 [Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)]; and

(b)      for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates; this being Feckenham Parish as 367.22.

RECOMMENDED that

1)        the calculation for the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2021/22 (excluding Parish precepts) as £6,517,245.77;

2)        the following amounts be calculated for the year 2021/22 in accordance with sections 31 to 36 of the Act: 

(a)     £47,617,501 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) (i.e., Gross expenditure);                  

(b)     £41,090,255 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act. (i.e., Gross income);                       

(c)     £6,527,246 being the amount by which the aggregate of 1.2.2(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 1.2.2(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);                   

(d)    £249.53 being the amount at 1.2.2 (c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T (1.1(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 (including Parish precepts);                         

(e)     £10,000 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Feckenham Parish precept) referred  ...  view the full minutes text for item 86