Issue - meetings

Council considered a detailed report, presented by the Portfolio Holder for Resources, which set out the proposed level of Council Tax for 2024/2025.

The Localism Act 2011 required the billing authority to calculate a Council Tax requirement for the year.  The approved demand on the Collection Fund for the Council should be £4,691,334. The Council had now received all parish precept demands which totalled £4,583,187 so the total demand on the Collection Fund in 2024/25 would be £9,274,521.

In order to calculate the Council Tax requirement for the area at the relevant bands, the demands of the County Council, Police Authority, Fire Authority, and parish councils would also need to be taken into account.  The Council had now received all the relevant precept demands from these other local authorities that precept upon the Council as the billing authority for Council Tax.

The Chair reminded Members that a recorded vote would need to be taken on this item as required by the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

The recommendations in the report were moved by Councillor Clive Moesby and seconded by Councillor David Bennett.

For the motion (25):

Councillors David Bennett, Anne Clarke, Rowan Clarke, Amanda Davis, Mary Dooley, Steve Fritchley, Justin Gilbody, Duncan Haywood, Cathy Jeffery, Tom Kirkham, Duncan McGregor, Clive Moesby, Tom Munro, Sandra Peake, Jeanne Raspin, Sally Renshaw, John Ritchie, Phil Smith, Emma Stevenson, Janet Tait, Ashley Taylor, Rita Turner, Deborah Watson, Jen Wilson, and Jane Yates.

Against the motion (3):

Councillors Will Fletcher, Louise Fox, and Carol Wood.

Abstentions (0).

RESOLVED that 1) the Council Tax for the Financial Year 2024/25 as set out in the report be approved,

2) the officers as set out in section 1.6 of the report be approved to undertake the identified duties in accordance with section 223 of the Local Government Act 1972, and the Council’s Chief Financial Officer be delegated the authority to authorise any amendments to the list of named officers that may prove necessary during the course of the financial year.