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(The Chairman announced that he proposed to allow consideration of the following item as a matter of urgency in accordance with Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 in view of the requirement to determine the Council Tax for 2004/5 in light of late information forthcoming from the precepting authorities.)

In accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and with reference to a report by the Corporate Director, Commerce and Technology which had been circulated at the meeting (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) Councillor T V Rogers proposed the determination of levels of Council Tax for 2004/05 for the various parts of the Huntingdonshire District.

On being put to the vote, it was

RESOLVED

(a)  that the following amounts be calculated by the Council for 2004/05 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992 (the Act):-

  £

(i)  the aggregate of the amounts which

  the Council estimates for the items set

  out in Section 32(2) (a)  to (e) of the Act

    Gross revenue expenditure including

    benefitsand Parish Precepts    54,994,212

(ii)  the aggregate of the amounts which the

  Council estimates for the items set out in

  Section 32 (3) (a)   to (c) of the Act

  Revenue income including

  reimbursement of benefits and

  use of reserves  38,152,853

(iii)  the amount by which the aggregate at

  (b) (i) above exceeds the aggregate at

  (b) (ii) above in accordance with

  Section 32 (4) of the Act

  Net expenditure (item i minus item ii)  16,841,359

(iv)  the aggregate of the amounts payable

  into theGeneral Fund for the items set out

  in Section 33 (1)  of the Act

  Government Support  8,730,716

(v)  the aggregate of the amounts payable

  fromthe General Fund for the items set

  out in Section 33 (3)of the Act

  Collection Fund deficit    13,866

(vi)  the basic amount of Council Tax for

  2004/05 in accordance with Section 33 (1)

    District plus average Parish/Town

    Council Tax              144.70

            per band D

  Property

(vii)  the aggregate of special items referred to

  in Section 34 (1)

  Total Town and Parish Council

  precepts  2,816,182

(viii)  the basic amount of Council Tax for

  2004/05for those parts of the District to

  which no special item   relates

  District Council Tax per band D

  property    94.54

(ix) the basic amounts of Council Tax for 2004/05 for those parts of the District to which one or more special items relate in accordance with Section 34 (3) of the Act are shown by adding the Huntingdonshire District Council amount to the appropriate Parish Council amount in column "band D" set out in table 1 hereto

(x) the amounts to be taken into account for 2004/05 in respect of categories of dwellings listed in the different valuation bands in accordance with Section 36 (1) of the Act are shown by adding the Huntingdonshire District Council amount to the appropriate Parish Council amount for each of the valuation bands in the columns "bands A to H" set out in table  ...  view the full minutes text for item 58