Issue - meetings

To set the Council Tax for the financial year 2011/12, in accordance with the formal resolution as shown in section 19 of the Report.

Consideration was given to a report requesting the Council to set the Council

Tax for the financial year 2011/2012. 

At, at the time of writing the report, Cheshire Police Authority had not set its budget and its Council Tax precept. A revised report, indicating the Police Authority precept, was tabled at the meeting. 

RESOLVED

That the Council Tax for the financial year 2010-2011 be approved, in accordance with the formal resolutions, as shown in paragraph 19 of the report and that it be noted that the Council calculated the following amount for the year 2011/2012, in accordance with Regulations made under Section 30-36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 : -

a.     £775,794,711 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2) (a) to (e) of the Act.

b.     £523,337,000 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3) (a) to (c) of the Act.

c.      £252,457,711 being the amount by which the aggregate at (a) above exceeds the aggregate at (b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year.

d.     £70,335,452 being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its general fund in respect of redistributed non domestic rates (£53,727,978) and revenue support grant (£16,607,474) in accordance with Section 97(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

e.     £1,239.78 being the amount at (c) above less the amount at (d) above, all divided by the amount of the tax base, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

f.        £3,442,711 being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

g.     £1,216.34 being the amount at (e) above less the result given by dividing the amount at (f) above by the amount of the tax base, 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.

h.  Appendix A being the amounts calculated by the Council, in accordance with regulations 3 and 6 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992, as its total council tax base for the year and council tax base for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.

i.   Appendix B           being the amounts given by adding to the amount at (g) above, the amounts of special items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area mentioned above divided by in each case the appropriate tax base from Appendix A, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34(3) of the 1992 Act, as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year  ...  view the full minutes text for item 92