Agenda item

Report of the Director (Resources, Environment and Cultural Services) on the Council Tax setting for 2018/19. 

Report of the Director (Resources, Environment and Cultural Services) on setting the Council Tax for 2018/19.

RESOLVED:

(24 voting for and 20 against)

Voting FOR: J.Beckerman, D.Bell, D.Bennett, S.Boulton, H.Bower, N.Chapman, J.Cragg, I.Dean, J.Dean, B.Fitzsimon, C.Gillett, S.Glick, K.Holman, T.Kingsbury, P.Mabbott, S.Markiewicz, G.Michaelides, T.Mitchinson, N.Pace, M.Perkins, B.Sarson, N.Taylor, F.Thomson, R.Trigg

Voting AGAINST: T.Bailey. H.Beckett, M.Birleson, L.Brandon, J.Broach, A.Chesterman, L.Chesterman, M.Cook, S.Elam, J.Fitzpatrick, G.Hayes, M.Holloway, M.Larkins, T.Lyons, H.Quenet, S.Roberts, P.Shah, K.Thorpe, J.Weston, P.Zukowskyj

(1)     That it be noted that the 2018/19 General Fund budget as approved at the Council meeting on 5 February 2018 is shown in Appendix A to the report.

(2)     That it be noted that at the Cabinet and Council meetings on 9 January and 5 February 2018 respectively, the following amounts for the year 2018/19 were agreed in accordance with regulations made under Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”).

(a)     The gross 2018/19 Tax base for the District is 41,612.8 equivalent Band D properties before the application of a collection rate.

(b)     41,363.2 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations), as its Council Tax Base for the year 2018/19; including deductions for Council Tax support and a collection rate of 99.4%.

(c)     Part of the Council's Area being the amounts calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations, as the amounts of its Council Tax Base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate;

(3)       That in accordance with the statutory legislation the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2018/19 in accordance with sections 31 - 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

(a)       £147,874,789 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)       £137,701,013 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(c)       £10,173,776 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.

(d)       £245.96 being the amount at (3)(c) above, all divided by the Council tax base at (2)(b) 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)       £2,200,039 being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

(f)        £192.77 being the amount at (3)(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at (3)(e) by (2)(b) 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.

(g)       Part of the Council's area:

Being the amounts given by adding to the amount at (3)(f) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned above divided in each case by the amount at (2)(c) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34 (3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.

(h)       Part of the Council’s Area:

Amounts given by multiplying the amounts at (3)(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 dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the Council, 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 dwellings listed in different valuation bands.

Valuation bands £

(4)     That it be noted that for the year 2018/19 the major precepting authorities, Hertfordshire County Council and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire have stated the amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings in the Council’s area as indicated in the table below.

(a)     Hertfordshire County Council

(b)     Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire

(5)     That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at (3)(h) and (4)(a) and (b) above, the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 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 2018/19 for each part of its area and for each categories of dwellings.