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Agenda item

Council Tax 2021/22

Minutes:

Councillor Evemy proposed the recommendations for setting the Council Tax for the next municipal year, 2021/22, which included precepts for Gloucestershire County Council, Town and Parish Councils and the Police and Crime Commissioner. 

             

Councillor Dale seconded the proposals which he considered were clear and prudent. 

 

             

 

RESOLVED that

 

1)   for the purposes of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 Section  35(2), there are no special expenses for the District Council in  2021/22;   

2)   it be noted that, using her delegated authority, the Chief Finance  Officer calculated the Council Tax Base for 2021/22: 

 

(a)    for the whole Council area as 41,848.15  [item T in the formula  in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as  amended (the “Act”)]; and   

(b) for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish Precept  relates as in the attached Schedule 1. 

 

3)   the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for  2021/22 (excluding Parish Precepts) is £138.93.   

 

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

 

(a)    £43,111,935 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 and any additional special expenses.   

 

(b)    £33,777,152 being the aggregate of the amounts which the  Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) of the  Act.   

 

(c)    £9,334,783 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 (Item R in the formula in  Section 31B of the Act).   

 

(d)    £223.06 being the amount at 4(c) above (Item R), all divided by  Item T (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 and Special  Expenses);   

 

(e)    £3,520,820 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish Precepts and Special Expenses) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act as per the attached Schedule 2.   

 

(f)     £138.93 being the amount at 4(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 4(e) above by Item T(2(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  or special item relates;   

 

(g)    the amounts shown in Schedule 2 being the amounts given by  adding to the amount at 4(f) above, the amounts of the special  item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the  Council’s area shown in Schedule 2 divided in each case by the  amount at 2(b) 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) the amounts shown in Schedule 3 being the amounts given by  multiplying the amounts at 4(f) and 4(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; 

 

5)   it be noted that for the year 2021/22 the Gloucestershire County  Council and the Police & Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire  have issued precepts to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of  the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each category of  dwellings in the Council’s area as indicated below: 

 

Valuation Band

Gloucestershire County Council

Police and Crime Commissioner

 

 

£

 

£

A

939.48

180.05

B

1,096.06

210.06

C

1,252.64

240.07

D

1,409.22

270.08

E

1,722.38

330.10

F

2,035.54

390.12

G

2,348.70

450.13

H

2,818.44

540.16

 

 

6)   the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local  Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts  shown in Schedule 4 as the amounts of Council Tax for the year  2021/22 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of  dwellings.   

 

7)   the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2021/22 is not  excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB  Local Government Finance Act 1992.   

 

8)   the following Council/Publica Officers: 

 

Chief Finance Officer,

Group Manager – Resident Services,

Interim Group Manager - Legal Services & Monitoring Officer,

Legal Executive,

Business Manager – Operational Support,

Revenues Manager, Revenues Lead and

Court Officer

 

be authorised to: 

 

(a)      collect and recover any National Non-Domestic Rates and Council Tax; and   

 

(b)      prosecute or defend on the Council’s behalf or to appear on its behalf in proceedings before a magistrate’s court in respect of unpaid National Non-Domestic Rates and Council Tax. 

 

 

For:  Councillors Bloomer, Brassington, Coleman, Coxcoon, Dale, Doherty, Evemy, Forde, Joe Harris, Mark Harris, Roly Hughes, Ind, Layton, Maclean, Maunder, Neill, Robbins, Selwyn, Spivey, Webster – Total: 20

 

Against:  Councillors Andrews, Annett, Beale, Berry, Blomefield, Hirst, Robin Hughes, Jepson, Judd, Keeling, Morgan, Norris, Theodoulou, Trotter – Total: 14

 

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