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Council Tax Base 2022/23

Meeting: 02/12/2021 - Council (Item 52)

52 Council Tax Base 2022/23

To receive a report on the Council Tax Base 2022/23.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

At the invitation of the Mayor, the Interim Head of Paid Service introduced the report, which was the annual technical report to confirm the Tax Base that would be used for setting council tax for 2022/23. It also included the tax bases for Salfords & Sidlow Parish Council and Horley Town Council in order that they may prepare their budgets and precepts. The tax base was also used by the County Council and the Police & Crime Commissioner to set their council tax.

 

The recommendations included provision for the Chief Financial Officer, in consultation with the Deputy Leader & Portfolio Holder for Finance & Governance, to make any final changes to the numbers ready for the final budget report to Council in February.

 

Councillor Schofield moved the recommendation, explaining that it was a key piece of information for the budget setting process.

 

Councillor Biggs seconded.

 

RESOLVED:

 

i)          That Council approve a Council Tax Base for 2022/23 for the purpose of setting the Collection Fund budget of 62,274.70 Band D equivalents, this being a net increase in the Tax Base on 2021/22 of 1.50%

 

ii)         That Council delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer in consultation with the Deputy Leader & Portfolio Holder for Finance to make further adjustments to the final tax base where necessary to reflect any changes in the underlying assumptions and report the outcome to Executive in January.

 

Clerk’s note: The Interim Head of Paid Service, Mari Roberts-Wood, left the meeting upon conclusion of this item, and did not return.