Agenda item

To consider the report of the head of finance regarding the setting of the council tax for the 2015/16 financial year.

 

Council considered the report of the head of finance on the setting of the Council Tax for the 2015/16 financial year.

 

In accordance with regulations requiring councils to record the names of those councillors voting in favour, against or abstaining from any vote on the council tax the Chairman called for a recorded vote with the voting being as follows:

 

For	Against	Abstentions
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
John Amys		Margaret Crick
Marilyn Badcock		Tony de Vere
Mike Badcock		Jeanette Halliday
Matthew Barber		Jim Halliday
Eric Batts		Jenny Hannaby
Yvonne Constance		Dudley Hoddinott
Roger Cox		Bob Johnston
Charlotte Dickson		Pat Lonergan
St John Dickson		Ron Mansfield
Gervase Duffield		Sue Marchant
Jason Fiddaman		Julie Mayhew-Archer
Anthony Hayward		Elizabeth Miles
Simon Howell		Jerry Patterson
Bill Jones		Helen Pighills
MohinderKainth		Judy Roberts
Sandy Lovatt		Val Shaw
Gill Morgan		Andrew Skinner
Mike Murray		Catherine Webber
Julia Reynolds		Richard Webber
Fiona Roper		John Woodford
Robert Sharp
Janet Shelley
Meilinda Tilley
Margaret Turner
Reg Waite
Elaine Ware
Totals: 26	Nil	20

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.    to note that at its meeting on 10 December 2014 the council calculated the council tax base 2015/16:

(a)    for the whole council area as 47,563.1 [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 18 February 2015.

2.    that the council tax requirement for the council’s own purposes for 2015/16 (excluding parish precepts) is £5,550,138

3.    that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2015/16 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

(a)    £74,189,445 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)    £65,612,694 being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(c)    £8,576,751 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

Band A £774.47 Band B £903.55 Band C £1,032.63 Band D £1,161.71 Band E £1,419.87 Band F £1,678.03 Band G £1,936.18 Band H £2,323.42

year.  (Item R in the formula in Section 31B) of the Act).

(d)  £180.32 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)  £3,026,613 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.

 

(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 2015/16 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:

 

Band A            £821.64

Band B            £958.58

Band C            £1,095.52

Band D            £1,232.46

Band E            £1,506.34

Band F            £1,780.22

Band G            £2,054.10

Band H            £2,464.92

 

5.    to note that for the year 2015/16 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:

 

Band A            £109.13

Band B            £127.32

Band C            £145.51

Band D            £163.70

Band E            £200.08

Band F            £236.46

Band G            £272.83

Band H            £327.40

 

6.         that the council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in appendix 3 of the report of the head of finance to Council on 18 February 2015as the amounts of council tax for 2015/16 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings shown in appendix 3.

 

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 18 February 2015.

 

8.         determine that the council’s basic amount of council tax for 2015/16 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.