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COUNCIL TAX RESOLUTION 2023/24

 

 

Meeting: 28/02/2023 - Council Tax Setting Committee (Item 42)

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REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR - RESOURCES

To obtain approval for the Council Tax requirement and the overall Council Tax rates for the district of North Hertfordshire for 2023/24.

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

(1)   That it was noted that at its meeting on 30 January 2023 the Council Tax Setting Committee confirmed the amount 50,663.60 as its Council Tax base for the year 2023/2024 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations).

 

a)    50,663.60 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Regulations, as its Council Tax base for the year.

 

b)     

Parish/Town

Council Tax Base

Parish/Town

Council Tax Base

Ashwell

910.90

Knebworth

2,042.30

Barkway

419.80

Lilley

174.80

Barley

327.90

Offley

620.10

Bygrave

129.60

Pirton

705.30

Caldecote and Newnham

47.90

Preston

224.80

Clothall

82.40

Radwell

56.20

Codicote

1,665.30

Reed

165.20

Graveley

172.40

Royston

6,773.00

Great Ashby

2,032.80

Rushden and Wallington

205.10

Hinxworth

159.40

St Ippolyts

941.10

Holwell

159.20

St Pauls Walden

586.00

Ickleford

885.30

Sandon

242.40

Kelshall

76.00

Therfield

265.70

Kimpton

1,059.10

Weston

439.40

Kings Walden

419.40

Wymondley

428.40

 

 

 

 

 

Being the amounts calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations, as the amounts of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.

 

c)     That it was noted that at its meeting on the 23 February 2023 the Council calculated the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2023/24 (excluding Parish precepts) as £12,790,533. As detailed in 2.2 (e) below the sum of special items is £1,388,250 and hence the total Council Tax requirement (including Parish precepts) is £14,178,783.

 

(2)   That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for 2023/2024 in accordance with Sections 31A, 31B and 34 to 36 of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992 (the Act) :-

 

a)

£76,861,049

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2)(a) to (f) of the Act.

 

b)

£62,682,266

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) (a) to (d) of the Act.

 

c)

£14,178,783

being the amount by which the aggregate at (a) above exceeds the aggregate at (b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act, as its Council Tax requirement for the year.

 

d)

£279.86

being the amount at (c) above divided by the amount at 2.1(a) above calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31B(1) as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

 

e)

£1,388,250

being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

 

f)

£252.46

 

being the amount at (d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at (e) above by the amount at 2.1(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 special item relates.

 

g)       

Parish/Town

Basic

Parish Precept

Total

£

£

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Minutes:

Audio recording – 2 minutes 33 seconds

 

The Service Director – Resources presented the report entitled ‘Council Tax Resolution 2023/24’, including the addendum circulated following the agenda publication, and advised that:

 

·       The update provided in the addendum was required as neither the district nor county Council had approved their budgets by agenda publication date.

·       The calculations at 2.2 in the report were required by law.

·       The amounts include the precepts approved by Herts County Council, the Herts Police and Crime Commissioner, and Town and Parish Councils, as well as the District Council Tax requirement.

·       The table at 2.4 in the report detailed the valuation bands in each area of the district.

 

Councillor Ian Albert proposed, as Chair, and Councillor Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg seconded and the vote was as follows:

 

VOTE TOTALS:

 

YES:                                                                2

ABSTAIN:                                                       1

NO:                                                                  0

TOTAL:                                                           3

 

NUMBER OF DELEGATES PRESENT: 3

 

THE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

 

Cllr Ian Albert                                                 YES

Cllr Claire Strong                                            ABSTAIN

Cllr Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg                      YES

 

Therefore, it was: 

 

RESOLVED:

 

(1)   That it was noted that at its meeting on 30 January 2023 the Council Tax Setting Committee confirmed the amount 50,663.60 as its Council Tax base for the year 2023/2024 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations).

 

a)    50,663.60 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Regulations, as its Council Tax base for the year.

 

b)     

Parish/Town

Council Tax Base

Parish/Town

Council Tax Base

Ashwell

910.90

Knebworth

2,042.30

Barkway

419.80

Lilley

174.80

Barley

327.90

Offley

620.10

Bygrave

129.60

Pirton

705.30

Caldecote and Newnham

47.90

Preston

224.80

Clothall

82.40

Radwell

56.20

Codicote

1,665.30

Reed

165.20

Graveley

172.40

Royston

6,773.00

Great Ashby

2,032.80

Rushden and Wallington

205.10

Hinxworth

159.40

St Ippolyts

941.10

Holwell

159.20

St Pauls Walden

586.00

Ickleford

885.30

Sandon

242.40

Kelshall

76.00

Therfield

265.70

Kimpton

1,059.10

Weston

439.40

Kings Walden

419.40

Wymondley

428.40

 

 

 

 

 

Being the amounts calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations, as the amounts of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.

 

c)     That it was noted that at its meeting on the 23 February 2023 the Council calculated the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2023/24 (excluding Parish precepts) as £12,790,533. As detailed in 2.2 (e) below the sum of special items is £1,388,250 and hence the total Council Tax requirement (including Parish precepts) is £14,178,783.

 

(2)   That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for 2023/2024 in accordance with Sections 31A, 31B and 34 to 36 of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992 (the Act) :-

 

a)

£76,861,049

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2)(a) to (f) of the Act.

 

b)

£62,682,266

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) (a) to (d) of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 42