Councillor P Findlow had eclared a non-pecuniary interest in this item.
Consideration was given to the Council Tax Base for 2013/14 and to important changes in its calculation. Approval of the Tax Base was required before 31 January 2013 so that the information could be used by the Cheshire Police Authority, and by the Cheshire Fire Authority, for their budget purposes.
The Portfolio Holder for Finance gave a detailed explanation of the changes in addition to which he reported on the recommendations to Cabinet by the Corporate Scrutiny Committee following its meeting on 7 December 2012 which were circulated at the meeting.
RESOLVED
1. That the Cabinet, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992, recommends to Council, the amount to be calculated by Cheshire East Council as its Council Tax Base for the year 2013/14 as 137,122.19 for the whole area.
2. That the Cabinet recommends to Council the Cheshire East Council Tax Support Scheme, in accordance with Appendix A of the report.
3. That the Cabinet recommends to Council the calculation of the Council Tax Base for Local Preceptors, in accordance with Appendix B of the report.