Agenda item

Report A/16/25 concludes the budget-making process for 2017/18. It sets out recommendations for setting the council tax after taking into account the district’s council tax requirement (including town and parish council requirements and special expenses in respect of the Folkestone Parks and Pleasure Grounds Charity), the precepts of Kent County Council, the Kent Police & Crime Commissioner and the Kent & Medway Fire & Rescue Service

Report A/16/25 concluded the budget-making process for 2017/18. It set out recommendations for setting the council tax after taking into account the district’s council tax requirement (including town and parish council requirements and special expenses in respect of the Folkestone Parks and Pleasure Grounds Charity), the precepts of Kent County Council, the Kent Police & Crime Commissioner and the Kent & Medway Fire & Rescue Service.

Proposed by Councillor Miss Carey,

Seconded by Councillor Monk; and

RESOLVED:

1.        To receive and note Report A/16/25.

2.        To approve the District Council’s budget for 2017/18 as presented in Appendix 1 to this report and the council tax requirement for 2017/18, to be met from the Collection Fund, of £11,444,953.

3.        To approve that the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2017/18 in accordance with sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

a)    £99,405,985 – being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) (a) to (f) of the Act (as in Appendix 2).

b)   £87,961,032 – being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) (a) to (d) of the Act (as in Appendix 2).

c)    £11,444,953 – 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 (as in Appendix 2).

d)   £305.75 – being the amount at 3(c) above divided by the tax base of 37,431.37 calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year.

e)    £2,573,344 – being the aggregate of all special items (including parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

f)     £237.01 - being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by the tax base of 37,431.37 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 special item relates, ie Old Romney and Snargate.

g)   Part of the Council’s area

4.        To note that for the year 2017/18 Kent County Council, Kent Police and Crime Commissioner and the Kent & Medway Fire & Rescue Service have 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:

Major preceptor amounts remained subject to confirmation at the time of preparing this report.

5.                  That, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 3(h) and 4 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of council tax for the year 2017/18 for each of the categories of dwelling shown below:

6.        To determine that the District Council’s basic amount of council tax for 2017/18 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

The motion was put to a recorded vote in accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 as set out below:

FOR: Councillors Ann Berry, Susan Carey, John Collier, Malcolm Dearden, Alan Ewart-James, Peter Gane, Clive Goddard, David Godfrey, Susie Govett, Janet Holben, Jenny Hollingsbee, Claire Jeffrey, Len Laws, Rory Love, Philip Martin, Iain Meyers, David Monk, David Owen, Dick Pascoe, Paul Peacock, Stuart Peall, Rodica Wheeler and Roger Wilkins (24).

AGAINST: 0.

ABSTENTIONS: 0

(Voting: For 24; Against 0; Abstentions 0).