Agenda item

Following on from the Commissioner’s consideration of Agenda Item 6.

Recorded Vote.

Consideration was given to the report submitted by the Strategic Director of Resources and Transformation which set out details of the calculation of the Council Tax for Rotherham’s parished and unparished areas for the financial year 2015/16, and included both the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Fire and Rescue Authority Precepts. 

Resolved:-  (1)  That the Net Revenue Budget for the Council in 2015/16 of £203.554m, which after receipt of Central Government Grants and use of the Collection Fund leaves £83.663m to be funded be approved.

(2)  That in accordance with Section 34 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011), £1,277.73 as its basic amount of Council Tax for the year (using the formula in Section 34 of the Act) for an unparished area.

(3)  That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2015/16 in accordance with Sections 31B to 36 of the Act as set out in Section 3 of Appendix A for the year 2015/16:-

(a)  £205,782,191 being the net aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (2) and 31A (3) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils (Gross Council Expenditure (less income and Specific Grants other than the Business Rates Retention Scheme and other Settlement Funding Assessment grants (£203,554,000) plus Parish Precepts (£2,228,191).

(b)  £119,891,408 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its General Fund in respect of the Business Rates Retention Scheme and other Settlement Funding Assessment grants.

(c)  £2,000,000 being the amount which the Council estimates will be payable in the year from its Collection Fund to its General Fund in accordance with section 97(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Council Tax Balance).

(d)  £85,890,783 being the amount by which the aggregate at 3a above exceeds the aggregate of 3b and 3c 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). 

(e)  £1,311.7599 being the amount at 3d above (Item R divided by Item T 1a above) calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31B of the Act as the relevant basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish Precepts). 

(f)  £2,228,191 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish Precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act as per section 1b above.

(g)  £1,277.7300 being the amount at 3e above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3f above by the figure at 1a above (item T in the formula   in Section31B (1) of the Act calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the relevant 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).

(h)  The following amounts be calculated by the Council as the relevant basic amounts of Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate, being the amounts given by adding the amount at 3g above to the amount of the special items in Appendix B Section 1, in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act:_

(4)  Notes that the major precepting Authorities (the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner and the Fire and Rescue Authority) have stated the following amounts respectively in Precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Act – South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner a Band D Tax of £148.16 and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority  a Band D Tax of £66.32:-

(5)  That the Town and Parish Council Precepts for 2015/16 be noted as detailed in Section 1b of Appendix A total £2,228,191.  The increase (+3.4%) in the Average Band D Council Tax for Town and Parish Councils results in an average Band D Council Tax figure of £1,311.76:-

(6)  That the amounts presented in Section 3 of Appendix B for both unparished and parished areas as its Aggregate Council Tax Requirement (including South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Fire and Rescue Authority Precepts) for the year 2015/16:-

(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 2015/16, that Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council’s relevant basic amount of Council Tax for the year 2015/16 as defined by Section 41 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 is not excessive.

Mover:-  Councillor Read, Leader             Seconder:-  Councillor Watson

                                                                        Deputy Leader

(The Mayor – Councillor Foden, Councillors Ahmed, Ali, Andrews, Astbury, Atkin, Beaumont, Beck, Buckley, Burton, Clark, Currie, Dalton, Doyle, Ellis, Godfrey, Gosling, N. Hamilton, Havenhand, Hoddinott, Johnston, Kaye, Lelliott, McNeely, Pitchley, Read, Robinson, Roche, Roddison, Rushforth, Sangster, Sansome, Sharman, Sims, Smith, Steele, Swift, Tweed, Wallis, Watson, Whelbourn, Whysall, Wootton and Wyatt voted in favour of the proposals)

(Councillors Cowles, Finnie, Gilding, Hunter, Jepson, Middleton, Parker, Reeder, Reynolds, Turner, C. Vines and M. Vines voted against the proposals)