98 COUNCIL TAX RESOLUTION 2025/26 PDF 407 KB
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 2025/26.
Additional documents:
Decision:
RESOLVED: That Council:
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(1) Noted that at its meeting on 23 January 2025 the Council Tax Setting Committee confirmed the amount 50,836.30 as its Council Tax base for the year 2025/2026 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations).
b) 50,836.30 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Regulations, as its Council Tax base for the year.
c)
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.
d) That it be noted that at this meeting on the 27 February 2025 the Council has calculated the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2025/26 (excluding Parish precepts) as £13,612,944. As detailed in 2.2 (e) below the sum of special items is £1,522,848 and hence the total Council Tax requirement (including Parish precepts) is £15,135,792.
(2) That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for 2025/2026 in accordance with Sections 31A, 31B and 34 to 36 of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992 (the Act):-
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Minutes:
Audio recording - 3 hours 37 minutes 3 seconds
The Service Director – Resources presented the report ‘Council Tax Resolution 2024/25’ and advised that:
· The Council was required to incorporate the various other elements of the Council Tax precepts to set the overall Council Tax bills for the district.
· As there would be an increase to the forecast spend for 2025/26 this had resulted in a change to the figures in recommendations 2.2 (a) and (b)’
Councillor Ian Albert proposed and Councillor Daniel Allen seconded the amended recommendations and, the outcome of the recorded vote was:
VOTE TOTALS:
YES : 37
ABSTAIN : 3
NO : 1
TOTAL : 41
THE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
Cllr Ian Albert YES
Cllr Amy Allen YES
Cllr Daniel Allen YES
Cllr David Barnard NO
Cllr Matt Barnes YES
Cllr Tina Bhartwas YES
Cllr Clare Billing YES
Cllr Sadie Billing YES
Cllr Ruth Brown YES
Cllr Val Bryant YES
Cllr Rhona Cameron YES
Cllr David Chalmers YES
Cllr Jon Clayden YES
Cllr Mick Debenham YES
Cllr Elizabeth Dennis YES
Cllr Emma Fernandes YES
Cllr Joe Graziano ABSTAIN
Cllr Sarah Lucas YES
Cllr Keith Hoskins YES
Cllr Steve Jarvis YES
Cllr Tim Johnson YES
Cllr Chris Lucas YES
Cllr Ian Mantle YES
Cllr Nigel Mason YES
Cllr Bryony May YES
Cllr Caroline McDonnell YES
Cllr Ralph Muncer ABSTAIN
Cllr Louise Peace YES
Cllr Vijaiya Poopalasingham YES
Cllr Sean Prendergast YES
Cllr Martin Prescott
Cllr Emma Rowe YES
Cllr Claire Strong ABSTAIN
Cllr Tamsin Thomas
Cllr Tom Tyson YES
Cllr Paul Ward YES
Cllr Laura Williams YES
Cllr Alistair Willoughby YES
Cllr Stewart Willoughby YES
Cllr Claire Winchester YES
Cllr Dave Winstanley YES
Cllr Donna Wright YES
Cllr Daniel Wright-Mason YES
RESOLVED: That Council:
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(1) Noted that at its meeting on 23 January 2025 the Council Tax Setting Committee confirmed the amount 50,836.30 as its Council Tax base for the year 2025/2026 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations).
b) 50,836.30 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Regulations, as its Council Tax base for the year.
c)
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.
d) That it be noted that at this meeting on the 27 February 2025 the Council has calculated the Council ... view the full minutes text for item 98 |