Agenda item

To consider the report of the head of finance regarding the setting of the council tax for the 2016/17 financial year (report to follow).

 

Council considered the report of the head of finance on the setting of the Council Tax for the 2016/17 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 which was carried with the voting being as follows:

 

For	Against	Abstentions
Councillors	Councillors	Councillors
Alice Badcock		Margaret Crick
Mike Badcock		Dudley Hoddinott
Matthew Barber		Bob Johnston
Eric Batts		Judy Roberts
Edward Blagrove		Catherine Webber
Yvonne Constance
Roger Cox
Charlotte Dickson
St John Dickson
Katie Finch
Robert Hall
Debby Hallett
Jenny Hannaby
Anthony Hayward
Simon Howell
Vicky Jenkins
Mohinder Kainth
Monica Lovatt
Sandy Lovatt
Ben Mabbett
Chris McCarthy
Mike Murray
Chris Palmer
Helen Pighills
Julia Reynolds
Robert Sharp
Janet Shelley
Emily Smith
Henry Spencer
Reg Waite
Elaine Ware
Total: 31	Total: 0	Total: 5

 

RESOLVED:

1.    to note that at its meeting on 16 December 2015 the council calculated the council tax base 2016/17:

(a)    for the whole council area as 48,176.9 [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.

2.    that the council tax requirement for the council’s own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding parish precepts) is £5,621,762

3.    that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

(a)    £76,039,313 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)    £67,056,575 being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(c)    £8,982,738 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)    £186.45 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)    £3,360,976 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 2016/17 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	£854.43
Band B	£996.83
Band C	£1,139.24
Band D	£1,281.64
Band E	£1,566.45
Band F	£1,851.26
Band G	£2,136.07
Band H	£2,563.28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.    to note that for the year 2016/17 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	£111.31
Band B	£129.86
Band C	£148.41
Band D	£166.96
Band E	£204.06
Band F	£241.16
Band G	£278.27
Band H	£333.92

 

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 17 February 2016 as the amounts of council tax for 2016/17 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings shown in appendix 3 of the report of the head of finance to Council on 17 February 2016.

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 17 February 2016.

8.    to determine that the council’s basic amount of council tax for 2016/17 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.