Minutes:
(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 1 hereto;
(b) that the amounts of precept issued to the Council by Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridgeshire Police Authority and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority for each of the categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands in accordance with Section 40 of the Act shown in lines 1 to 3 of table 1 hereto be noted; and
(c) that, having regard to the calculations above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30 (2) of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for 2004/05 for each of the categories of dwelling shown in table 2 hereto.