Agenda item

In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 a recorded vote will be taken on this item.

Proposed by Councillor Wilson and seconded by Councillor Pike, it was

 

RESOLVED that the Council

 

(a)        Approves the proposed Revenue and Capital Budgets for 2019/20 including a Council Tax rate of £204.48 at Band D, representing a 2.99% increase on the current charge.

 

(b)        Agrees the Capital Strategy, Treasury Management Strategy and Prudential Indicators

 

(c)        Agrees the Corporate Strategy and Business Plans.

 

(d)        Notes the Cabinet decision of 6^th February 2019 to freeze fees and charges for 2019/20, other than any statutory increases and a number of services within Environmental Services.

 

 

(1)       That it benoted that (on 31st January, 2019) the Chief Finance Officer calculated the Council Tax Base 2019/20 for the whole Council area as 40,708.30 [Item T in the formula in Section 31B(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended, (the “Act”)] and that this Council Tax base be split between the regions of the Environment Agency as follows:

 

Southern – 40,708.30

 

(2)       That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2019/20 in accordance with Sections 31 and 34 to 36 of the Act.

 

(i)         £ 57,152,321 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act;

 

(ii)        £ 48,828,224 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act;

 

(iii)       £8,324,097 being the amount by which the aggregate at d(i) above exceeds the aggregate at d(ii) 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 31A(4) of the Act);

(iv)       £204.48 being the amount at c(iii) above (Item R), divided by Item T  (b 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;

 

(3)       Valuation Bands

 

Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Band F	Band G	Band H
£136.32	£159.04	£181.76	£204.48	£249.92	£295.36	£340.80	£408.96

 

being the amounts given by multiplying the amount at 2(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 amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.

 

(4)       That it be noted that for the year 2019/20 the Hampshire County Council and Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and Hampshire 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:

 

Council Tax Schedule 2019/20	Band A £	Band B £	Band C £	Band D £	Band E £	Band F £	Band G £	Band H £
Havant Borough Council	136.32	159.04	181.76	204.48	249.92	295.36	340.80	408.96
Hampshire County Council   Basic Charge   Adult Social Care	766.51   58.07	894.27   67.74	1,022.02   77.42	1,149.77   87.10	1,405.27   106.46	1,660.78   125.81	1,916.28   145.17	2,299.54   174.20
Police & Crime Commissioner for Hampshire	134.31	156.69	179.08	201.46	246.23	291.00	335.77	402.92
Hampshire Fire & Rescue	45.14	52.66	60.19	67.71	82.76	97.80	112.85	135.42

 

(5)          That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at (3) and (4) above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2019/20 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

 

Council Tax Schedule 2019/20	Band A £	Band B £	Band C £	Band D £	Band E £	Band F £	Band G £	Band H £
Total Charge	1,140.35	1,330.40	1,520.47	1,710.52	2,090.64	2,470.75	2,850.87	3,421.04

For the Motion:

 

Councillor N Bains

Councillor P Bains

Councillor L Bowerman

Councillor J Branson

Councillor A Briggs

Councillor P Buckley

Councillor M Carpenter

Councillor P Crellin

Councillor R Cresswell

Councillor J Davis

Councillor B Francis

Councillor D Guest

Councillor T Hart

Councillor C Howard

Councillor G Hughes

Councillor D Keast

Councillor R Kennett

Councillor D Lloyd

Councillor J Lowe

Councillor S Milne

Councillor D Patrick

Councillor T Pike

Councillor R Raines

Councillor E Rees

Councillor C Satchwell

Councillor M Sceal

Councillor I Scott

Councillor K Smith

Councillor J Thomas

Councillor L Turner

Councillor P Wade

Councillor M Wilson

 

Against the Motion:

None

 

Abstentions:

None

 

Absent:

 

Councillor A Rennie

Councillor G Robinson

Councillor E Shimbart

Cllr Y Weeks