Agenda item

The Mayor referred the Council back to the report on the Council Tax for the coming year, and the recommendation contained therein.  As noted earlier in the meeting, it was proposed that the Council’s element of the 2023/24 Council Tax levels should be increased by 3%.

The Mayor referred the Members to the recommendations within the report and, in accordance with Standing Order 10.8, the recommendations were put to a vote.

The names of Members voting for and against the recommendations were recorded as follows:

In favour:                           Councillors A-M Barker, G Cosnahan, W Forster, P Graves, I Johnson, A Kirby, R Leach, L Lyons, L Morales, J Morley, E Nicholson, S Oades, D Roberts, J Sanderson and T Spencer.

Total in favour:                  15

Against:                             Councillors A Azad, J Brown, K Davis, S Dorsett, G Elson, C Kemp and M Whitehand.

Total against:                     7

Present not voting:            The Mayor, Councillor S Hussain, and Councillors Dr H Akberali, T Aziz, D Jordan and M I Raja.

Total present not voting:   5

The recommendations were therefore carried by 15 votes in favour and 7 votes against.

RESOLVED

That  (i)    the revenue estimates for 2023/24, as submitted, be approved;

          (ii)   it be noted that the Chief Financial Officer, in accordance with the terms of his delegated authority, has calculated the following amount for the year 2023/24 in accordance with regulations made under Section 31B(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended (the Act) as:-

a)      42,611 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992, as its Council Tax base for the year;

          (iii)  the Council calculates that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2023/24 is £11,211,968.

          (iv)  the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2023/24 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:-

a)           £170,931,278 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (2) of the Act;

b)      £159,719,310 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act;

c)      £11,211,968 being the amount by which the aggregate at 4 a) above exceeds the aggregate at 4 b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act, as its council tax requirement for the year;

d)      £263.12 being the amount at 4 c) above divided by the amount at 2 a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 31 B  of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year;

          (v)   it be noted for the year 2023/24 Surrey County Council and Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner have issued precepts to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings in the Council’s area as shown in the table below.

          (vi)  the Council, in accordance with Section 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the table below as the amounts of council tax for the year 2023/24 for its area and for each of the categories of dwellings :-

          (vii) the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2023/24 is not excessive in accordance with the principles approved under Section 52 ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended.