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.
Decision:
RESOLVED: That Council:
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(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)
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):-
g)
being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 2.2(f) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned above divided in each case by the amount at 2.1(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.
h)
being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 2.2(f) and 2.2(g) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(l) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.
(3) Noted that for 2024/2025 Hertfordshire County Council and the Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner has stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Act, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:-
(4) Having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2.2(h) and 2.3 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby set out the following provisional amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for 2024/2025 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:-
List of parishes and tax at different bands (County, Care, Police, District and Parish)
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REASONS FOR DECISIONS:
(1) The Council is required to set the Council Tax and to set the overall level of Council Tax for the following financial year, taking into account the precepts of all major and local precepting authorities.
(2) The level of Council Tax Requirement has been considered necessary to meet the budgeting needs of the Council for 2024/25.
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:
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RESOLVED: That Council:
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(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)
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):-
g)
being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 2.2(f) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned above divided in each case by the amount at 2.1(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.
h)
being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 2.2(f) and 2.2(g) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(l) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.
(3) Noted that for 2024/2025 Hertfordshire County Council and the Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner has stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Act, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:-
(4) Having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2.2(h) and 2.3 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby set out the following provisional amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for 2024/2025 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:-
List of parishes and tax at different bands (County, Care, Police, District and Parish)
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REASONS FOR DECISIONS:
(1) The Council is required to set the Council Tax and to set the overall level of Council Tax for the following financial year, taking into account the precepts of all major and local precepting authorities.
(2) The level of Council Tax Requirement has been considered necessary to meet the budgeting needs of the Council for 2024/25.
Supporting documents: