Agenda and minutes

An apology for absence was received on behalf of Councillor Jen Snape.

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and / or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Leader asked Members to note that there were a number of agenda packs for the meeting, the contents of which were clarified.

Minutes from the meeting of the Executive Committee on 23^rd February 2026 will follow in a supplementary pack.

RESOLVED that

The minutes of the Executive Committee meeting held on 23^rd February 2026 be approved as a true and correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Council Tax Resolutions will follow in a supplementary pack for this meeting.

Please note that as Worcestershire County Council may not agree their Council Tax precept at their Council meeting scheduled to take place on 26^th February 2026, there is the possibility that part or all of this report will need to be considered at an extra meeting of the Executive Committee immediately prior to a Council meeting on 6^th March 2026.

The Interim Director of Finance and Section 151 Officer presented the Council Tax Resolutions 2026/27 report.

In doing so, the Committee was informed that Worcestershire County Council had agreed its Council Tax precept, thereby enabling Members to exercise their duty and vote on the Borough’s Council Tax for 2026/27.

RESOLVED that

1) The calculation for the council tax requirement for the council’s own purposes for 2026/27 (excluding parish precepts) as £7,571,719.791.2.2.

2) The following amounts be calculated for the year 2026/27 in accordance with sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

a) £64,256,433.00 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) £56,618,713.21 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) £7,637,719.79 being the amount by which the aggregate of 1.2.2(a) above exceeds the aggregate of 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) £288.43 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) £66,000 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Feckenham Parish precept) referred to in section 34(1) of the Act.

f) £285.94 being the amount at 1.2.2(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 1.2.2(e) above by Item T (1.1 (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 parish precept relates.

g) £459.26 being the amount given by adding to the amount at 1.2.2(f) the amount for the special item relating to the parish of Feckenham 1.2.2(e), divided by the amount in 1.1(b) above.

h) The amounts shown below given by multiplying the amounts at 1.2.2(f) and 1.2.2(g) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band, divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwelling listed in band D, calculated in accordance with section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwelling listed in different valuation bands.

To receive and consider any outstanding minutes or referrals from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Executive Panels etc. since the last meeting of the Executive Committee, other than as detailed in the items above.

There were no minutes or referrals from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee or any of the Executive Advisory Panels on this occasion.

There was no urgent business for discussion at the meeting.