Council Tax – Year ending 31st March 2012
On the resumption of the meeting, to receive and consider recommendations from the Executive Committee and to pass the appropriate resolutions fixing the Council Tax for the year ending 31st March 2012.
(Executive Committee Report refers)
Minutes:
Members considered a report that enabled the setting of the level of Council Tax for the Borough for the coming year.
The recommendations of the Executive Committee were the subject of the following named vote in accordance with Standing Order 16:
Members voting FOR the motion:
Councillors Peter Anderson, Kath Banks, Michael Braley, Andrew Brazier, Juliet Brunner, Michael Chalk, Simon Chalk, Anita Clayton, Brandon Clayton, Carole Gandy, Adam Griffin, Roger Hill, Gay Hopkins, William Norton, Jinny Pearce, Brenda Quinney and Derek Taylor.
(17 votes)
Members abstaining from voting:
Councillor Greg Chance, Jack Cookson, Andy Fry, Malcolm Hall, Bill Hartnett, Nigel Hicks, Robin King, Wanda King, Mark Shurmer, Debbie Taylor and Graham Vickery.
Accordingly, the Motion was approved.
RESOLVED that
1) it be noted that at its meeting on the 12th of January 2011 Council calculated the following amounts for the year 2011/12 in accordance with regulations made under Section 33 (5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:
a) 27,569.18
Being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992, as its Council Tax Base for the year;
b) Feckenham Parish – 367.29
being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with regulation 6 of the regulations, as the amount of its Council Tax Base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate;
2) the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2011/12 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:
a) £48,641,448 (including bids)
being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32 (2) (a) to (e) of the Act.
(2011/12 Gross General Fund Expenditure)
b) £38,150,160
being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32 (3) (a) to (c) of the Act.
(2011/12 Gross General Fund Income)
c) £10, 491,288
being the amount by which the aggregate at (a) above exceeds the aggregate at (b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 32 (4) of the Act as its budget requirement for the year;
(2011/12 Net General Fund Expenditure)
d) £4,716,488
being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its General Fund in respect of redistributed Non-domestic Rates, Revenue Support Grant or additional grant increased by the amount of the sums which the Council estimates will be transferred in the year from its Collection Fund to its General Fund in accordance with Section 97 (3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Council Tax Surplus) and increased by the amount of any sum which the Council estimates will be transferred from its Collection Fund to its General Fund pursuant to the Collection Fund (Community Charges) directions under Section 98 (4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 made on 7 February 1994 (Community Charge ... view the full minutes text for item 105