To consider the report of the interim head of finance on the setting of the council tax for the 2020/21 financial year - report to follow.
Minutes:
Council considered the report of the interim head of finance on the setting of the Council Tax for the 2020/21 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 chair called for a recorded vote which was carried with the voting being as follows:
Against |
Abstentions |
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Councillors |
Councillors |
Councillors |
Jerry Avery |
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Matthew Barber |
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Paul Barrow |
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Ron Batstone |
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Eric Batts |
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Nathan Boyd |
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Cheryl Briggs |
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Andrew Crawford |
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Margaret Crick |
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Amos Duveen |
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Andy Foulsham |
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Hayleigh Gascoigne |
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Jenny Hannaby |
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Alison Jenner |
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Bob Johnston |
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Diana Lugova |
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Robert Maddison |
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Sarah Medley |
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Helen Pighills |
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Mike Pighills |
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Judy Roberts |
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Val Shaw |
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Emily Smith |
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Bethia Thomas |
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Max Thompson |
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Elaine Ware |
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Total: 26 |
Total: 0 |
Total: 0 |
RESOLVED:
1. To note that at its meeting on 18 December 2019 the council calculated the council tax base 2020/21:
(a) for the whole council area as 52,686.4 [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 2020/21 (excluding parish precepts) is £7,201,704
3. That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2020/21 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:
(a) £72,423,971 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) £60,980,550 being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.
(c) £11,443,421 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) £217.20 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) £4,241,717 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) £136.69 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 2020/21 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 |
£1,018.29 |
Band B |
£1,188.01 |
Band C |
£1,357.72 |
Band D |
£1,527.44 |
Band E |
£1,866.87 |
Band F |
£2,206.30 |
Band G |
£2,545.73 |
Band H |
£3,054.88 |
5. To note that for the year 2020/21 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 |
£144.19 |
Band B |
£168.22 |
Band C |
£192.25 |
Band D |
£216.28 |
Band E |
£264.34 |
Band F |
£312.40 |
Band G |
£360.47 |
Band H |
£432.56 |
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7. To determine that the council’s basic amount of council tax for 2020/21 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.
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