Agenda item

Having determined its Council Tax Requirement for 2018/19, 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 2018/19, the Council noted that the Executive, on 5 December 2017, had approved the draft Council Tax base for 2018/19 but delegated the final setting of the base to the Executive Head of Finance. The tax base had been set at 37, 540.62 Band D equivalent properties

Resolved

1.              to note that the Council Tax Base for 2018/19 calculated in accordance with regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

a)              for the whole Council area as 37,540.62 (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 its area to which a Parish precept relates as in Table B below.

Bisley                                  1,587.78

Chobham                             1,969.27

Frimley and Camberley      23,871.57

West End                             2,020.58

Windlesham                         8,091.42

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 its area to which special items relate.

2.              that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2018/19 (excluding parish precepts and special expenses) is £7,974,387

3.              that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2018/19 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

4.              to note that the County Council and the Police Authority have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each category of dwellings in the Council’s area as indicated in the table below.

Surrey County Council Basic Precept

Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner

5.              that the Council, in accordance with sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2018/19 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

Parish precepts and special expenses

Surrey Heath Borough Council

Aggregate of Parish and Surrey Heath Borough Council

Total of all Precepts

6.              to note that the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2018/19 is NOT excessive in accordance with the principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.

Note: In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, a recorded vote was taken. The following Members voted in favour of the decision: Councillors Dan Adams, David Allen Rodney Bates, Richard Brooks, Nick Chambers, Bill Chapman, Vivienne Chapman, Ian Cullen, Paul Deach, Colin Dougan, Craig Fennell, Moira Gibson, Edward Hawkins, Josephine Hawkins, Paul Ilnicki, Rebecca Jennings-Evans, David Lewis, Oliver Lewis, Jonathon Lytle, Katia Malcaus Cooper, Bruce Mansell, David Mansfield, Alan McClafferty, Charlotte Morley, Max Nelson, Adrian Page, Robin Perry, Chris Pitt, Joanne Potter, Nic Price, Wynne Price, Darryl Ratiram, Ian Sams, Pat Tedder, Victoria Wheeler, Valerie White.