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Council Tax 2023-24

Meeting: 22/02/2023 - Council (Item 13)

13 Council Tax 2023-24 (Agenda item 13) pdf icon PDF 169 KB

Report of Councillor Phil Cowen, Executive Member for Finance, Revenue & Benefits.

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Minutes:

Councillor Cowen, the Executive Member for Finance, Revenue & Benefits presented the report.

 

The report reflected on the decisions reached by the Police and Crime Commissioner and Norfolk County Council in setting their precept and council tax level respectively and Breckland Cabinet’s resolution at the 6 February Cabinet meeting.

 

In addition, the commentary sets out the special expenses and the resolutions that were utilised in the various calculations behind the council tax setting process.  The Appendices to the report were highlighted and the recommendations were read aloud.

 

The recommendations were seconded by Councillor Kybird.

 

Councillor Birt stated that he would be voting against these recommendations.

 

MEMBER

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN

CLLR ASHBY (left the meeting before the final vote was taken)

CLLR ASKEW

x

 

CLLR ATTERWILL

 

x

 

CLLR BAMBRIDGE

x

 

 

CLLR BIRT

 

x

 

CLLR BORRETT

x

 

 

CLLR BOWES

x

 

 

CLLR BRAME

APOLOGIES

CLLR BRINDLE

 

x

 

CLLR BUSHELL

X

 

 

CLLR MARION CHAPMAN-ALLEN

X

 

 

CLLR SAM CHAPMAN-ALLEN

X

 

 

CLLR CLARKE

 

X

 

CLLR CLAUSSEN

X

 

 

CLLR COWEN

X

 

 

CLLR CRANE

X

 

 

CLLR DALE

X

 

 

CLLR DOWLING

 

x

 

CLLR DUFFIELD

X

 

 

CLLR DUIGAN

X

 

 

CLLR EAGLE

CLLR GILBERT

APOLOGIES

CLLR GREY

 

CLLR HAMBIDGE

CLLR HARVEY

APOLOGIES

CLLR HEWETT

CLLR JAMES

X

 

 

CLLR JERMY

 

X

 

CLLR KIDDELL

X

 

 

CLLR KIDDLE-MORRIS

CLLR KYBIRD

X

 

 

CLLR LAND

 

X

 

CLLR MARTIN

X

 

 

CLLR MONUMENT

X

 

 

CLLR MORTON

 

X

 

CLLR NAIRN

X

 

 

CLLR NUNN (left the meeting before the final vote was taken)

 

CLLR OLIVER

CLLR PLUMMER

X

 

 

CLLR SHERWOOD

X

 

 

CLLR SUGGITT

X

 

 

CLLR TAYLOR (left the meeting before the final vote was taken)

CLLR TERRY

 

X

 

CLLR TURNER

X

 

 

CLLR WEBB

X

 

 

CLLR WICKERSON

 

X

 

CLLR WILKIN

X

 

 

CLLR WILKINSON

X

 

 

TOTAL:

26

10

0

 

Subject to 26 votes in favour, 10 against and no abstentions, it was:

 

RESOLVED that:

 

1.    the special expenses for 2023-24 (at paragraph 1.3 of the report) be approved; and

 

2.    the formal Council Tax resolutions for 2023-24 (at paragraph 1.4.1 to 1.4.5 of the report as set out below) be approved.

 

1.4.1    It is to be noted that on 22 February 2023 the Council has calculated: -

 

a)    the Council Tax Base 2023-24 for the whole Council area as 45,925.2 (item T in the regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended) and

 

b) for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates as in the attached Appendix A of the report.

 

1.4.2    Calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2023-24 (excluding Parish precepts and special expenses) is £4,988,887.

 

1.4.3    That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2023-24 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended (the Act):-

 

a)

£78,057,150.94

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the expenditure items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act;

 

b)

£68,007,219.00

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the income items set out in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13