Minutes:
Councillor Lamb presented the report that set out the Notice of Preceptfrom the Police andCrimeCommissionerforSussexand West Sussex County Council, which combined with the previously agreed Crawley Borough Council precept to formulate the 2021/22 Council Tax Resolution for 2021/22.
Moved by Councillor Lamb, seconded by Councillor Crow.
Followingapproval of the Council’s Budget and Council Tax 2021/22 in Recommendation 5, and in accordance with the Local Authorities(Standing Orders)(England) (Amendment) Regulations2014, the names of the Councillorsvoting for and against Recommendation 8 wererecorded as setout below:-
For the recommendation:
Voting in Favour: Councillors: Ascough, Ayling, A Belben, T Belben, B Burgess,
R Burgess, Burrett, Crow, Eade, Flack, Guidera, Hart, Irvine, Jaggard, Jhans, Jones, Lamb, Lanzer, Lunnon, Malik, McAleney, McCarthy, Millar-Smith, Mullins, Mwagale, Peck, Pendlington, Pickett Purdy, Rana, B Smith and P Smith. (32)
Against the recommendation: Councillors Fiveash and Sudan. (2)
Abstentions: (0)
The Mayor declared the recommendation was carried – votes in favour 32, and votes against 2 with 0 abstentions.
RESOLVED
1. That it be noted that on 20 January 2021 the Leader of the Council under delegated powers calculated the Council Tax Base 2021/22 for the whole Council area as 34,961.9 [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 2021/22
is calculated at £7,476,253.
3. That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2021/22 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:
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(a) |
£116,146,244 |
being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils. |
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(b) |
£108,669,991 |
being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act. |
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(c) |
£7,476,253 |
being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(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).
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(d) |
£213.84 |
being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T (1(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).
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(e) |
£0 |
being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act. |
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(f) |
£213.84 |
being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no 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 2021/22 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.
COUNCIL TAX SCHEDULE 2021/22
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CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL |
WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL |
POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR SUSSEX |
TOTAL |
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BAND A
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142.56 |
1,007.04 |
143.27 |
1,292.87 |
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BAND B
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166.32 |
1,174.88 |
167.15 |
1,508.35 |
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BAND C
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190.08 |
1,342.72 |
191.03 |
1,723.83 |
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BAND D
|
213.84 |
1,510.56 |
214.91 |
1,939.31 |
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BAND E
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261.36 |
1,846.24 |
262.67 |
2,370.27 |
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BAND F
|
308.88 |
2,181.92 |
310.43 |
2,801.23 |
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BAND G
|
356.40 |
2,517.60 |
358.18 |
3,232.18 |
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BAND H
|
427.68 |
3,021.12 |
429.82 |
3,878.62 |
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 2021/22 is NOT excessive in accordance with principles approved by the Secretary of State under Section 52ZC of the Act.