Agenda item

Cabinet/Board/Committee Recommendations

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

Minutes:

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

RESOLVED that:

 

(a)         the following be approved, as recommended by the Cabinet on 5 February 2020, that Council

 

(1)  Approves the proposed Revenue and Capital Budgets for 2020/21 including a Council Tax rate of £209.48 at Band D, representing a £5 increase on the current charge

 

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

 

(3)  Agrees the increase to fees and charges for 2020/21.

 

 

(b)     That it be noted that (on 31st January, 2020) the Chief Finance Officer calculated the Council Tax Base 2020/21 for the whole Council area as 41,257.00 [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 – 41,257.00

 

(c)     That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2020/21 in accordance with Sections 31 and 34 to 36 of the Act.

 

     (i)         £ 68,682,56.61 (expenditure) being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act;

 

(ii)        £60,040,198 (income) being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act;

 

(iii)       £8,642,365.61 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)      £209.48 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;


 

(d)       Valuation Bands

 

                          

 

 

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.

 

(e)       That it be noted that for the year 2020/21 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:

 

 

 

 

(f)           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 2020/21 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

 

 

 

In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 the voting on this item was recorded as follows:

 

For the Motion:

Councillor N Bains

Councillor P Bains

Councillor L Bowerman

Councillor J Branson

Councillor A Briggs

Councillor M Carpenter

Councillor P Crellin

Councillor J Davis

Councillor B Francis

Councillor T Hart

Councillor C Howard

Councillor G Hughes

Councillor M Inkster

Councillor D Jenner

Councillor D Keast

Councillor R Kennett

Councillor D Lloyd

Councillor J Lowe

Councillor H Patel

Councillor D Patrick

Councillor T Pike

Councillor R Raines

Councillor A Rennie

Councillor Gary Robinson

Councillor Gwen Robinson

Councillor C Satchwell

Councillor M Sceal

Councillor I Scott

Councillor E Shimbart

Councillor J Thain-Smith

Councillor J Thomas

Councillor L Turner

Councillor P Wade

Councillor M Wilson

 

Against the Motion:

None

 

Abstentions:

None

 

Absent:

Councillor D Guest

Councillor S Milne

Councillor K Smith

Councillor Y Weeks

Supporting documents: