Agenda item

Report of the Strategic Director / Section 151 Officer

Report of the Head of Finance / Deputy Section 151 Officer

In accordance with Rule 18.3.2 of Part 4 of the Constitution, as required by Regulation 4 and Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001 (as amended), the names of the Members who cast a vote for the motion or against the motion or who abstain from voting will be recorded for this item of business and will be recorded in the minutes of the meeting’s proceedings.

The Council gave consideration to the report and appendices (as set out at pages 20 - 25 of the agenda reports pack) which asked Council to set and approve the amount of Council Tax for its area in accordance with section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended by the Localism Act 2011.

The Strategic Director / Section 151 Officer stated that on page 21, recommendation D, the table which lists the Leicestershire County Council pre-sets for next year are a penny difference lower on bands A, F and H.

The recommendations were moved en bloc by Councillor M H Charlesworth seconded by Councillor J Kaufman and

RESOLVED THAT:

A.        Under powers delegated to the Chief Financial Officer, the Council has calculated the amount of 17,986.7as its Council Tax base for the financial year 2023/24 in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012 be noted.

B.        The Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2023/24 is £4,436,703 be noted.

C.        The following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2023/24 in accordance with sections 30 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (as amended):

(i)       £38,215,339 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in section 31A(2) of the Act.

(ii)     £33,778,720 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in section 31A(3) of the Act.

(iii)    £4,436,618 being the amount by which the aggregate at C(i) above exceeds the aggregate at C(ii) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 31 A (4) of the Act, as its Council Tax Requirement for the year.

(iv)    £246.66 being the amount at C(iii) divided by the amount at A above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 3 B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

(v)      Valuation Bands 2023/24

Being the amounts given by multiplying the amount at C(iv) 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 amount to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.

D.       For the year 2023/24, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester/shire, and the  Leicester/shire and Rutland Combined Fire 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 shown below and that Leicestershire  County Council have indicated that their provisional precept will be confirmed on 22 February 2023 be noted (as amended).

Precepting Authorities - Valuation Bands 2023/24

E.        That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at C(v) and D above, the Council, in accordance with section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, set the following amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2023/24 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below.

Valuation Bands

In accordance with Rule 18.3.2 of Part 4 of the Constitution, as required by Regulation 4 and Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001 (as amended), the names of the Members who casted a vote for the motion or against the motion or who abstained from voting were recorded as follows: