Agenda item

To consider the report of the Head of Finance regarding the setting of the council tax for the 2013/14 financial year (report to follow). 

Council considered the head of finance’s report on setting the council tax for the 2013/14 financial year. 

The chairman reminded councillors that they were not entitled to vote on any issue affecting the level or administration of the council tax if they were over two months in arrears with their council tax payments. 

RESOLVED:

1.                  to note that at its meeting on 12 December 2012 the council calculated the council tax base 2013/14:

(a)       for the whole council area as 45,964.9 [Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)]; and

(b)               for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a parish precept relates as in column 1 of appendix 1 of the report of the head of finance to Council on 20 February 2013;

2.                  that the council tax requirement for the council’s own purposes for 2013/14 (excluding parish precepts) is £5,363,644;

3.                  that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2013/14 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

(a)       £51,356,947 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.

(b)       £43,175,634 being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(c)        £8,181,313 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).

(d)       £177.99 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 31(B) of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year (including parish precepts).

(e)       £2,817,669 being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act, as set out in column 2 of appendix 1 of the report of the head of finance to Council on 20 February 2013.

(f)                 £116.69 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.                  to note that for the year 2013/14 Oxfordshire County Council has 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 dwellings shown below:

5.                  to note that for the year 2013/14 the Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley has 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 dwellings shown below:

6.                  in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, to set the aggregate amounts shown in appendix 3 of the report of the head of finance to Council on 20 February 2013 as the amounts of council tax for 2013/14 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings shown in appendix 3 of the report.

7.                  to note the allocation of the town and parish element of the council tax reduction scheme grant payable to each parish shown in appendix 4 of the report of the head of finance to Council on 20 February 2013.

8.                  to determine that the council’s basic amount of council tax for 2013/14 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.