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COUNCIL TAX RESOLUTION 2024/25

 

 

Meeting: 29/02/2024 - Council (Item 272)

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REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES


The purpose of this report is to obtain approval for the Council Tax requirement and the overall Council Tax rates for the district of North Hertfordshire for 2024/25.

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED: That Council:

 

(1)           Noted that at its meeting on 29 January 2024 the Council Tax Setting Committee confirmed the amount 50,562.60 as its Council Tax base for the year 2024/2025 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations).

 

a)    50,562.60 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

911.30

Knebworth

2,018.80

Barkway

421.20

Lilley

175.00

Barley

330.30

Offley

612.40

Bygrave

133.00

Pirton

699.20

Caldecote and Newnham

54.90

Preston

226.90

Clothall

82.20

Radwell

57.90

Codicote

1,663.10

Reed

165.80

Graveley

173.40

Royston

6,823.60

Great Ashby

2,017.40

Rushden and Wallington

207.40

Hinxworth

162.50

St Ippolyts

936.00

Holwell

158.20

St Pauls Walden

582.80

Ickleford

905.60

Sandon

242.90

Kelshall

79.10

Therfield

266.00

Kimpton

1,059.20

Weston

438.20

Kings Walden

425.00

Wymondley

427.60

 

 

 

 

 

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 be noted that at this meeting on the 29 February 2024 the Council has calculated the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2024/25 (excluding Parish precepts) as £13,146,782. As detailed in 2.2 (e) below the sum of special items is £1,476,117 and hence the total Council Tax requirement (including Parish precepts) is £14,622,899.

 

(2)           That the following amounts were calculated by the Council for 2024/2025 in accordance with Sections 31A, 31B and 34 to 36 of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992 (the Act):-

 

a)

£79,013,921

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)

£64,391,022

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)

£14,622,899

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)

£289.20

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)

£1,476,117

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

 

f)

£260.01

 

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

£

£

£

Ashwell  ...  view the full decision text for item 272

Minutes:

Audio recording – 3 hours 55 seconds

 

The Service Director – Resources presented the report ‘Council Tax Resolution 2024/25’ and advised that:

 

·       This was a technical paper to set the overall Council Tax for the district including elements from Hertfordshire County Council and the Police and Crime Commissioner.

·       There had been an increase to the level of expenditure of £35k which had resulted in a change to the figures in recommendation 2.2 a) and b).

·       The reasons for the recommendations were set out in the Appendix.

 

Councillor Ian Albert proposed and Councillor Matt Barnes seconded the amended recommendations and, the outcome of the recorded vote was:

 

VOTE TOTALS:

 

YES                 :           26

ABSTAIN        :           4

NO                   :           6

TOTAL            :           36

 

THE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

 

Cllr Daniel Allen                      YES

Cllr Adam Compton                NO

Cllr Alistair Willoughby            YES

Cllr Amy Allen                         YES

Cllr Bryony May                      YES                            

Cllr Chris Lucas                      YES

Cllr Claire Strong                    ABSTAIN

Cllr Claire Billing                     YES                                 

Cllr Dave Winstanley              YES

Cllr David Barnard                  NO

Cllr David Levett                     NO                      

Cllr Elizabeth Dennis              YES                           

Cllr Gerald Morris                    ABSTAIN

Cllr Ian Albert                          YES

Cllr Ian Mantle                         YES

Cllr Ian Moody                         ABSTAIN                          

Cllr Keith Hoskins                   YES                                

Cllr Louise Peace                   YES

Cllr Mandi Tandi                      NO

Cllr Matt Barnes                      YES

Cllr Michael Muir                     NO                               

Cllr Mick Debenham               YES

Cllr Nigel Mason                     YES

Cllr Philip Weeder                   YES

Cllr Ralph Muncer                   ABSTAIN

Cllr Richard Thake                  YES

Cllr Ruth Brown                      YES

Cllr Sam Collins                      YES

Cllr Sean Prendergast            YES

Cllr Simon Bloxham                NO

Cllr Steve Jarvis                      YES

Cllr Tamsin Thomas                YES

Cllr Terry Hone                       YES

Cllr Tom Plater                        YES

Cllr Tom Tyson                       YES

Cllr Val Bryant                         YES

 

Therefore, it was:

 

 

RESOLVED: That Council:

 

(1)           Noted that at its meeting on 29 January 2024 the Council Tax Setting Committee confirmed the amount 50,562.60 as its Council Tax base for the year 2024/2025 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations).

 

a)    50,562.60 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

911.30

Knebworth

2,018.80

Barkway

421.20

Lilley

175.00

Barley

330.30

Offley

612.40

Bygrave

133.00

Pirton

699.20

Caldecote and Newnham

54.90

Preston

226.90

Clothall

82.20

Radwell

57.90

Codicote

1,663.10

Reed

165.80

Graveley

173.40

Royston

6,823.60

Great Ashby

2,017.40

Rushden and Wallington

207.40

Hinxworth

162.50

St Ippolyts

936.00

Holwell

158.20

St Pauls Walden

582.80

Ickleford

905.60

Sandon

242.90

Kelshall

79.10

Therfield

266.00

Kimpton

1,059.20

Weston

438.20

Kings Walden

425.00

Wymondley

427.60

 

 

 

 

 

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 be noted that at this meeting on the 29 February 2024 the Council has calculated the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2024/25 (excluding Parish precepts)  ...  view the full minutes text for item 272