Agenda item

To enable Members, following a recorded vote, to formally resolve the Borough Council’s Council Tax for 2019/20.

The Council considered a joint report of the Cabinet Member for Finance and the Director of Finance, inviting members to formally resolve the Borough's Council Tax for 2019-20, recognising that Billing Authorities have a statutory requirement to set the annual Council Tax bills by 11th March.

Councillor Russell Holland moved and Councillor David Renard seconded and the Council agreed:

“(1) That it be recorded that the advice of the Interim Director of Law (Monitoring Officer) has been taken into account in the setting of the level of Council Tax for 2019-20.

(2) That it be noted that the Council's revenue budget is £142,497,235 as recommended by the Cabinet to this Council on 6^th February 2019.

(3) That it be recorded that the advice of the Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) has been taken into account in the setting of the level of Council Tax for 2019-20.

(4) That it be noted that in accordance with Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (as amended) the Council’s Tax Base for 2019-20 is 74,532.0 in total with the breakdown by Parish set out in Appendix 3.

(5) That the following amounts be calculated by the Council in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended by the Localism Act 2011:-

(a)      Borough / Parish Gross Expenditure £489,133,180 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the 1992 Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils.

(b)      Borough Gross Income plus Collection Fund Balance£379,272,043 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(c)      Borough/Parish Net Expenditure £109,861,137 being the amount by which the aggregate at 4(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 4(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4)  of the Act, as its COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENT for the year.

(d)      Basic Amount of Tax (including average parish precepts)£1,575.64 being the amount at 4(c) above divided by the amount at 3 above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.  In accordance with Schedule 5 of the Localism Act 2011, this sum is not considered to be excessive.

(e)      Special Items £8,039,245 being the aggregate of Parish Precepts and collectively known as special items and referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

(f)       Basic Amount of Tax £1,366.15 being the amount at 4(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 4(e) above by the amount at 3, 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)      Basic Amount of Tax (Special and Parished Areas)the amounts shown in Appendix 2, being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 4(f) above, the amounts of the special items relating to dwellings in the appropriate part of the Council's area - divided by the appropriate amount at 3 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 a special item relates. 

(h)      Borough/Parish Council Tax Rates the amounts shown in Appendix 1, being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 4(g) 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.

5        (6) Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and SwindonThat it be noted that for the year 2019-20 the Police and Crime Commissioner has stated the following amounts in precept issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

6        (7) Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue AuthorityThat it be noted that for the year 2019-20 the Swindon and Wiltshire Joint Fire Authority has stated the following amounts in precept issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

The Motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

In line with The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the vote on this Motionwas recorded:

Councillors voting for the Motion were: Councillors Junab Ali, Steve Allsopp, Abdul Amin, John Ballman, Ray Ballman, Alan Bishop, Emma Bushell, Matthew Courtliff, Malcolm Davies, Mark Dempsey Paul Dixon, Oliver Donachie, Toby Elliott, Claire Ellis, Stephanie Exell, Emma Faramarzi, Fionuala Foley, Brian Ford, Mary Friend, Jim Grant, John Haines, Dale Heenan, Russell Holland, Fay Howard, Mary Martin, Nick Martin, Cathy Martyn, Brian Mattock, Jane Milner-Barry, Des Moffatt, Stan Pajak, Teresa Page, Stan Pajak, Barbara Parry, Kevin Parry, Maureen Penny, Garry Perkins, David Renard, Imtiyaz Shaikh, Carol Shelley, Kevin Small, Roger Smith, Andy Spry, Gary Sumner, Tim Swinyard, Caryl Sydney-Smith, Rahul Tarar, Vera Tomlinson, Chris Watts, Nadine Watts, Peter Watts, Steve Weisinger, Keith Williams, and Robert Wright.

There were no abstentions or votes against the Motion.