Agenda item

Minutes:

RESOLVED

that the Council Tax levels for 2019/20 on the basis of a Band “D” tax level for the District Council’s own expenditure of £185.46 (nil increase), be approved as follows:-

 

1.    That it be noted that on 17th January 2019 the Council calculated the Council Tax Base for 2019/20

 

a.    for the whole Council area:  33,542.5

 

b.    for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates –

 

The Parish of Annesley and Felley:  548.0

The Parish of Selston:  3,710.9

 

2.    That the calculation of the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2018/19 (excluding Parish precepts) is £6,220,792.

 

3.    That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2019/20 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

(a)

£64,029,483

 

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)

£57,519,340

 

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

 

(c)

£6,510,143

 

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.

 

(d)

£194.09

 

being the amount at 3(c) above, divided by 1(a) 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)

£289,351

 

being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the tables below).

 

(f)

£185.46

 

being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above 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.

 

 

To note that Nottinghamshire County Council, the Nottinghamshire Police & Crime Commissioner and the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Authority have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each category of dwellings in the Council’s area as indicated in the table below.

 

5.    That the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2019/20 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

 

 

DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL TAX AMOUNTS BY PRECEPTOR AND VALUATION BAND

 

Ashfield District Council

 

Council Tax Base

33,542.5

2018/19 Band D Council Tax

£185.46

Council Tax Amount

£6,220,792

Percentage increase

0.00%

 

  2019/20 Council Tax amounts by band:

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£123.64

£144.25

£164.85

£185.46

£226.67

£267.89

£309.10

£370.92

 

 

Nottinghamshire County Council

 

Council Tax Base

33,542.5

2018/19 Band D Council Tax

£1,419.43

Council Tax Amount

£49,510,743

Percentage increase

3.99%

 

  2019/20 Council Tax amounts by band:

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£984.04

£1,148.05

£1,312.05

£1,476.06

£1,804.07

£2,132.09

£2,460.10

£2,952.12

 

 

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner

 

Council Tax Base

33,542.5

2018/19 Band D Council Tax

£195.39

Council Tax Amount

£7,356,877

Percentage increase

12.25%

 

  2019/20 Council Tax amounts by band:

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£146.22 

£170.59

£194.96 

£219.33

£268.07 

£316.81

£365.55 

£438.66

 

 

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Authority

 

Council Tax Base

33,542.5

2018/19 Band D Council Tax

£77.51

Council Tax Amount

£2,676,692

Percentage increase

2.95%

 

  2019/20 Council Tax amounts by band:

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£53.20

£62.07

£70.93

£79.80

£97.53

£115.27

£133.00

£159.60

 

 

Annesley and Felley Parish Council

 

Council Tax Base

548.0

2018/19 Band D Council Tax

£101.26

Council Tax Amount

£55,490

Percentage increase

0.00%

 

  2019/20 Council Tax amounts by band:

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£67.51

£78.76

£90.01

£101.26

£123.76

£146.26

£168.77

£202.52

 

 

Selston Parish Council

 

Council Tax Base

3,710.9

2018/19 Band D Council Tax

£63.02

Council Tax Amount

£233,861

Percentage increase

0.00%

 

  2019/20 Council Tax amounts by band:

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£42.01

£49.02

£56.02

£63.02

£77.02

£91.03

£105.03

£126.04

 

 

Aggregate of Council Tax Requirements for residents of Annesley and Felley

 

Equivalent Council Tax in 2018/19

£1,979.05

Percentage increase

4.19%

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£1,374.61

£1,603.72

£1,832.80

£2,061.91

£2,520.10

£2,978.32

£3,436.52

£4,123.82

 

 

Aggregate of Council Tax Requirements for residents of Selston

 

Equivalent Council Tax in 2018/19

£1,940.81

Percentage increase

4.27%

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£1,349.11

£1,573.98

£1,798.81

£2,023.67

£2,473.36

£2,923.09

£3,372.78

£4,047.34

 

 

Aggregate of Council Tax Requirements for residents of all other parts of the Council’s area

 

Equivalent Council Tax in 2018/19

£1,877.79

Percentage increase

4.41%

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£1,307.10

£1,524.96

£1,742.79

£1,960.65

£2,396.34

£2,832.06

£3,267.75

£3,921.30

 

6.    That the Council determine whether the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2019/20 is excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.

 

In the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government’s report “The Referendums Relating To Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2019/20” (published on 29 January 2019), it sets out the circumstances under which a council’s Council Tax increase might be regarded as excessive, which would trigger a referendum.  These principles have been approved under section 52ZB of the amended Local Government Finance Act 1992.

 

The principles relating to 2019/20 (Annexe A, Paragraph 5) state that:

 

Principles for 2019-20 for authorities belonging to the category mentioned in paragraph 2(c) [Shire district councils]

 

5.For 2019-20 the relevant basic amount of council tax of an authority which belongs to the category mentioned in paragraph 2(c) is excessive if the authority’s relevant basic amount of council tax for 2019-20 is

 

(a)  3%, or more than 3%, greater than its relevant basic amount of council tax for 2018-19; and

 

(b)  more than £5 greater than its relevant basic amount of council tax for 2018-19.

 

This means the authority would need to exceed both referendum principles in order to be subject to a referendum; exceeding one principle but not the other would not require a referendum.

 

Ashfield District Council’s basic (Band D) level of Council Tax was £185.46 in 2018/19, and is proposed to be £185.46 in 2019/20, a 0% increase (freeze) at Band D.  Therefore it can be determined that the Council would not be increasing the Council Tax by an excessive amount.

 

 

Voting Results

Councillor:

Councillor:

Lee Anderson

For

Glenys Maxwell

Absent

Jim Aspinall

Absent

Lauren Mitchell

Abstain

Chris Baron

For

Keir Morrison

Abstain

Rachel Bissett

Abstain

Lachlan Morrison

Abstain

Tony Brewer

For

Mick Murphy

Absent

Amanda Brown

Abstain

Nicolle Ndiweni

Abstain

Tim Brown

Abstain

Christine Quinn-Wilcox

For

Cheryl Butler

Abstain

Matthew Relf

For

Christian Chapman

For

Paul Roberts

Absent

Don Davis

Absent

Kevin Rostance

For

Joanne Donnelly

Absent

Phil Rostance

For

David Griffiths

Abstain

Robert Sears-Piccavey

For

Helen Hollis

For

Helen-Ann Smith

For

Tom Hollis

For

Mike Smith

Abstain

Jackie James

Abstain

John Wilmott

For

John Knight

Abstain

Sam Wilson

For

Rachel Madden

For

Jason Zadrozny

For

Cathy Mason

Abstain

 

 

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