Agenda item

The Strategic Director of Resources submitted a report on the amount of Council Tax for Rotherham both for parished areas and unparished areas for the financial year 2012/13 and included both the Police and Fire and Rescue Authority precepts. 

Resolved:- (1) That a net revenue budget for the Council in 2012/13 of £213.290m, which after receipt of £2.325m estimated Council Tax Freeze Grant leaves £210.965m to be funded, be approved.

(2)  That the Council Tax Base of 75,898.06 (Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Act ) be noted and that the Council Tax base for dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area to which a Parish Precept relates are as set out in column D of the table at (4a) below.

(3) That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2012/13 in accordance with Sections 31B to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended by the Localism Act 2011:-

(a)  £692,343,731 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 (Gross Council Expenditure including Parish Precepts).

(b)  £596,730,963 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act. (Council Income including Formula Grant, Council Tax Freeze Grant and the Collection Fund Balance).

(c)  £95,612,768 being the amount by which the aggregate at (a) above exceeds the aggregate at (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)   £1259.7525 being the amount at (c) above (Item R) divided by Item T (2 above) calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31B of the Act as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish Precepts). 

(e)  £2,255,877.18 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish Precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act as per the table in (4) below.

 (f)  £1,230.0300 being the amount at (d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at (e) above by item T (2 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 (Band D Council Tax for Rotherham MBC Services).

(4) (a) That the Town and Parish Council Precepts for 2012/13 detailed below total £2,255,877 and result in an average Band D Council Tax figure of £1,259.75 be noted:-

The amounts in column F being the amounts to be added to the amount at (f) to give the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area to which Parish Precepts relate.

(b.) The Council in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts (rounded to the nearest penny) (for those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate) as the amounts of Council Tax for 2012/13 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

The amounts above being the amount at 3(f) above and the amounts given by adding the amounts shown in 4(a) column F as the basic amount of Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area to which Parish Precepts relate to the amount at 3(f), then multiplied 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. 

(5)  That the major Precepting Authorities (the South Yorkshire Police Authority and the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority) have stated the amounts respectively in Precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011) – South Yorkshire Police Authority a Band D Tax of £137.55 and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority a Band D Tax of £62.54 be noted.  The Council, therefore, sets the amounts presented below as its Council Tax (including South Yorkshire Police and Fire and Rescue Authority Precepts) for the year 2012/13;

(6) Aggregate Council Tax Requirements

             That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 4(b) and 5 above at the amounts shown in the table below are set by the Council in accordance with Sections 30 and 36  of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as the aggregate amounts (rounded to the nearest penny) and for the parts of its area to which one or more special items relate as the amounts of Council Tax for 2012/13 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings:

(7)  That, in accordance with the principles determined by the Secretary of State and set out in the Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2012/13, that Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council’s relevant basic amount of Council Tax for the year 2012/13 is not excessive.