Agenda item

2018/2019 Council Tax including Notice of Precept -Recommendation 2 (Cabinet - 7 February 2018)

Minutes:

Councillor Lamb referred to the receipt of the Notice of Precept from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex and West Sussex County Council, (Recommendation 2) which had been circulated separately in the Supplementary Agenda.

 

Moved by Councillor Lamb, seconded by Councillor Joyce and

 

Following approval of the Council’s budget in Recommendation 1, and in accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014,the names of the Members voting for and against Recommendation 2 were recorded as set out below:-

 

Voting in Favour: Councillors: Ayling, Belben, Bloom, Boxall, B J Burgess, R G Burgess, Burrett, Cheshire, Crow, Eade, Fiveash, Guidera, Irvine, Jaggard, Jones, Joyce,  Lamb, Lanzer, Lunnon, McCarthy, Mullins, Peck, Pendlington, Pickett, Portal Castro,  Quinn, Rana, Sharma, Skudder, B A Smith, P C Smith, Stone, Sudan, Tarrant, Thomas and Vitler. (36)

 

Voting Against: Councillors: None (0)

 

Abstentions: Councillors: None (0)

 

The Mayor declared the recommendation was carried – votes in favour 36, and votes against 0 with 0 abstention.

 

 

RESOLVED

 

That the Full Council approves:

 

1.         That it be noted that on 12 December 2017 the Leader of the Council under delegated powers calculated the Council Tax Base 2018/19 for the whole Council area as 34,484.4 [Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the "Act")] ; and

 

2.         That the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2018/19 is calculated at £6,862,051

 

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

 

(a)

£123,187,779

being the aggregate of the amountswhich theCouncil estimates for theitemsset out in Section 31A(2)ofthe Act taking into account all preceptsissuedto itbyParish Councils.

(b)

£116,325,728

being the aggregate of the amountswhich theCouncil estimates for theitemsset out in Section 31A(3)ofthe Act.

(c)

£6,862,051

being the amountbywhich theaggregate at 3(a)above exceeds theaggregateat 3(b)above, calculated by the Council in accordance withSection 31A(4)ofthe Act asitsCouncilTax requirementfor the year. (Item R inthe formula in Section 31B of the Act).

(d)

£198.99

being the amountat3(c)above (Item R), all divided by Item T (1(a)above),calculatedbythe Council,in accordance with Section 31B oftheAct, asthe basicamount ofits CouncilTax forthe year(including Parish precepts).

(e)

£0

being the aggregate amountofall special items(Parish precepts) referredto in Section34(1)ofthe Act.

(f)

£198.99

being the amountat3(d) above lessthe result given by dividingthe amount at 3(e)above by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by theCouncil,in accordance with Section 34(2) ofthe Act, asthe basic amount ofits Council Taxfor the year for dwellingsinthose parts ofitsareato whichno Parish precept relates.

 

4)         That it be noted that the County Council and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex 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.

 

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 table below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2018/19 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

 

 

  COUNCILTAXSCHEDULE 2018/19

COUNCIL TAX SCHEDULE 2018/19

 

CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL

WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

 POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR SUSSEX

TOTAL

BAND A

£132.66

£878.52

£110.61

£1,121.79

BAND B

£154.77

£1,024.94

£129.04

£1,308.75

BAND C

£176.88

£1,171.36

£147.48

£1,495.72

BAND D

£198.99

£1,317.78

£165.91

£1,682.68

BAND E

£243.21

£1,610.62

£202.78

£2,056.61

BAND F

£287.43

£1,903.46

£239.65

£2,430.54

BAND G

£331.65

£2,196.30

£276.52

£2,804.47

BAND H

£397.98

£2,635.56

£331.82

£3,365.36

 

 

6.         That it be determined in accordance with Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992 that the Council ‘s basic amount of Council Tax for 2018/19 is NOT excessive in accordance with principles approved by the Secretary of State under Section 52ZC of the Act.