Agenda and minutes

Cabinet Member for Resources - Monday, 29th November, 2010 2.00 pm

Venue: Fred Flint Room, Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach CW11 1HZ. View directions

Contact: Paul Mountford  Email: paul.mountford@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

No apologies were received.

2.

Declarations of Interest

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests in any item on the agenda

Minutes:

No interests were declared.

3.

Public Speaking Time/Open Session

In accordance with Procedure Rules Nos.11 and 35 a period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the meeting on any matter relevant to the work of the meeting. Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes but the Chairman will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned where there are a number of speakers. Members of the public are not required to give notice to use this facility. However, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours’ notice is encouraged.

 

Members of the public wishing to ask a question at the meeting should provide at least three clear working days’ notice in writing and should include the question with that notice. This will enable an informed answer to be given.

 

Minutes:

There were no members of the public present.

4.

Council Tax Base 2011/12 pdf icon PDF 71 KB

To consider a report on the Council Tax Base for Cheshire East to enable the Resources Portfolio Holder to make a recommendation to Council.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member considered a report on the Council Tax Base for Cheshire East with a view to making a recommendation to Council.

 

In accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992, Cheshire East Council was required to agree its Tax Base before 31 January 2011 so that the information could be provided to Cheshire Police Authority and Cheshire Fire Authority for their budget processes. 

 

The Tax Base for the area was the estimated number of chargeable dwellings expressed as a number of Band D equivalents adjusted for an estimated number of discounts, exemptions, disabled relief and appeals plus an allowance for non-collection.

 

The Cabinet Member requested further information and agreed to adjourn the meeting so that this could be provided.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the meeting be adjourned.