Agenda item

To fix the level of Council Tax for the financial year 2021/22 taking into account precepts of Hampshire County Council, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority. (A copy of the appropriate draft resolution is attached – Annex 5)

It was MOVED by Cllr D.E. Clifford; SECONDED by Cllr P.G. Taylor – That

(i)      it be noted that the Council calculated the amount of 32,309.09 as its Council Tax Base for the year 2021/22 in accordance with Section 31B(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended by the Localism Act 2011 (the ‘Act’).

(ii)     the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2021/22 in accordance with Sections 31 and Sections 34 to 36 of the Act:

(a)      £85,708,962    being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act

(b)      £78,781,247     being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(c)     £6,927,715        being the amount by which the aggregate at 2(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 2(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act, as its Council Tax requirement for the year

(d)      £214.42             being the amount at (ii)(c) above, all divided by the amount at 1 above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

          (e)

being the amounts given by multiplying the amount at (ii)(d) 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(1) 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;

(iii)       it be noted that for the year 2021/22 Hampshire County Council, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire, and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority have stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of the dwellings shown below:

(iv)    That, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at (ii)(e) and (iii) above, the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2021/22 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

(v)       That the Council determines that the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2021/22 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

Following debate, the Motion was put to the meeting.  On a Recorded Vote, there voted FOR: Cllrs Mrs. D.B. Bedford, J.B. Canty, Sue Carter, Sophia Choudhary, A.K. Chowdhury, D.E. Clifford, R.M. Cooper, P.I.C. Crerar, P.J. Cullum, Veronica Graham-Green, L. Jeffers, Prabesh KC, Mara Makunura, S.J. Masterson, Marina Munro, K.H. Muschamp, A.R. Newell, M.L. Sheehan, M.D. Smith, C.J. Stewart, P.G. Taylor, M.J. Tennant, Jacqui Vosper and the Deputy Mayor (Cllr B.A. Thomas) (24); AGAINST: Cllrs Gaynor Austin, T.D. Bridgeman, A.H. Crawford, K. Dibble, C.P. Grattan, Christine Guinness, Nadia Martin and M.J. Roberts (8); and ABSTAINED: Cllr T.W. Mitchell and the Mayor (Cllr M.S. Choudhary) (2) and the Recommendations were DECLARED CARRIED.