Agenda item

Setting of Council Tax 2021/22

Minutes:

Having determined its Council Tax Requirement for 2021/22, the Council was now required formally to approve the Council Tax for the area taking into account precepts received from Surrey County Council, Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner and the Parishes.

 

In approving the Council Tax for 2021/22, the Council noted that the Executive, at its meeting on 9 December 2020, had approved the draft Council Tax base for 2021/22 at 38,810.56 Band D equivalent properties, that precepts for 2021/22 had been received from the Parishes, the Surrey County Council and the Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner.

 

It was moved by Councillor David Lewis, seconded by Councillor Alan McClafferty and

 

RESOLVED

 

(i)        to note that the Council Tax Base for 2021/22 calculated in accordance with regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

 

(a)      for the whole Council area is 38,810.56 (Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the ‘Act)); and

 

(b)      for dwellings in those parts of the area to which a Parish precept relates the following:

 

Bisley                                       1,650.60

Chobham                                 2,062.08

West End                                 2,393.17

Windlesham                             8,134.78

 

(Being the amounts calculated by the Council in accordance with regulation 6 of the Regulations, as the amount of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of the area to which special items relate);

 

(ii)      that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2021/22 (excluding parish precepts and special expenses) is £8,874,423;

 

(iii)     that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2021/22 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

(a)      £44,812,557 being the aggregate for the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31(A)2 of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils.

 

(b)      £35,145,610  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section31A(3) of the Act.

 

(c)      £9,666,947 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. (Item R in the formula in Section 31B of the Act).

 

(d)      £249.08 being the amount at (c) above (Item R), as divided by Item T ((i) (a) above) calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts).

 

(e)      £792,524 being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

 

(f)        £228.66 being the amount at (d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at (e) above by Item T, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount for its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no Parish precept relates.

 

(iv)     to note that the County Council and Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each category of dwelling as indicated in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of the Table at Annex A to these minutes.

 

(v)      that the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown at paragraphs (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of the Table at Annex A to these minutes, as the amounts of Council Tax for 2021/22 for each part of its area and for each category of dwellings.

 

(vi)     to note that the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2021/22 is NOT excessive in accordance with the principles approved under Section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as the proposed increase is not more than £5.00 at Band D.

 

Note: In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, a recorded vote was taken.

 

Voting in favour of the motion:

Councillors Dan Adams, Graham Alleway, Peter Barnett, Rodney Bates, Richard Brooks, Sarah Jane Croke, Vivienne Chapman, Paul Deach, Colin Dougan, Shaun Garrett, Edward Hawkins, Josephine Hawkins, Rebecca Jennings-Evans, David Lewis, David Mansfield, Alan McClafferty, Emma McGrath, Charlotte Morley, Adrian Page, Robin Perry, Darryl Ratiram, Pat Tedder, Victoria Wheeler, Valerie White.

 

Voting against the motion:

Councillors Cliff Betton, Tim FitzGerald, Sharon Galliford, Ben Leach, Sashi Mylvaganam, Morgan Rise, John Skipper, Graham Tapper, Helen Whitcroft, Kristian Wrenn.

 

 

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