Agenda item

To consider the following reports from the Chief Executive or other Chief Officers on matters requiring the attention of Council:

Minutes:

a)                 Budget and Council Tax Setting

 

See Minute 40 above for the debate.

 

The vote was taken for Agenda Item 8(a) recommendations (e) to (k):

 

For

Against

Abstention

Cllr. Abraham

Cllr. Fittock

Cllr. Mrs. Purves

Cllr. Ball

Cllr. Walshe

 

Cllr. Mrs. Bayley

 

Cllr. Brookbank

 

 

Cllr. Brown

 

 

Cllr. Clark

 

 

Cllr. Mrs. Clark

 

 

Cllr. Mrs. Cook

 

 

Cllr. Cooke

 

 

Cllr. Mrs Davison

 

 

Cllr. Davison

 

 

Cllr. Dickins

 

 

Cllr. Eyre

 

 

Cllr. Fleming

 

 

Cllr. Gaywood

 

 

Cllr. Mrs. George

 

 

Cllr. Grint

 

 

Cllr. Hogarth

 

 

Cllr. Horwood

 

 

Cllr. Mrs. Hunter

 

 

Cllr. Lindsay

 

 

Cllr. London

 

 

Cllr. Ms. Lowe

 

 

Cllr. Maskell

 

 

Cllr. McGarvey

 

 

Cllr. Mrs. Morris

 

 

Cllr. Orridge

 

 

Cllr. Mrs. Parkin

 

 

Cllr. Pett

 

 

Cllr. Piper

 

 

Cllr. Ramsay

 

 

Cllr. Mrs. Sargeant

 

 

Cllr. Searles

 

 

Cllr. Miss. Stack

 

 

Cllr. Miss. Thornton

 

 

Cllr. Towell

 

 

Cllr. Underwood

 

 

Cllr. Williamson

 

 

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The motion was carried and it was therefore

 

Resolved:  That

 

a)       the Capital Programme 2015/18, and Asset Maintenance 2015/16 budget of £479,000  be approved (Cabinet 5 February 2015 – Capital Programme & Asset Maintenance 2015/18); in addition, a further £3m from the Capital Receipts Reserve be allocated to the Property Investment Strategy;

b)       it be noted that at the Cabinet meeting on 15 January 2015 the Council calculated as its council tax base for the year 2015/16:

(i)    for the whole Council area as 48,209.05 being Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended, (the “Act”); and

(ii)      for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a parish precept relates as in Appendix A to the report;

c)        the council tax requirement for the Council’s own purpose for 2015/16 (excluding Town and Parish precepts) be calculated as £192.87;

d)       the following amounts be calculated for the year 2015/16 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

(i)

£55,864,897

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Town and Parish Councils.

(ii)

£43,001,674

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(iii)

£12,863,223

being the amount by which the aggregate at (d)(i) above exceeds the aggregate at (d)(ii) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act, as its council tax requirement for the year (Item R in the formula in Section 31B of the Act).

(iv)

£266.82

being the amount at (d)(iii) above (Item R), all divided by (b)(i) above (Item T), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year (including Town and Parish precepts).

(v)

£3,565,144

being the aggregate amount of all special items (Town and Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34 (1) of the Act (as per the attached Appendix A).

(vi)

£192.87

being the amount at (d)(iv) above, less the result given by dividing the amount at (d)(v) above by the amount at (b)(i) above (Item T), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34 (2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no Town or Parish precept relates.

e)        it be noted that for the year 2015/16 the Kent County Council, the Kent Police & Crime Commissioner and the Kent & Medway Towns Fire Authority have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each category of dwellings in the Council’s area as indicated in the table below:-

Valuation Bands

Precepting Authority

 

Sevenoaks District Council
£

Kent County Council

£

Kent Police & C.C.

£

Kent & Medway Towns Fire Authority
£

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

128.58

150.01

171.44

192.87

235.73

278.59

321.45

385.74

726.66

847.77

968.88

1,089.99

1,332.21

1,574.43

1,816.65

2,179.98

98.10

114.45

130.80

147.15

179.85

212.55

245.25

294.30

47.10

54.95

62.80

70.65

86.35

102.05

117.75

141.30

f)                   the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in Appendix C to the reportas the amounts of council tax for the year 2015/16  for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings;

g)                  the Council’s basic amount of council tax for 2015/16, shown in (d)(vi) above, is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992; and

h)                 the recommendations contained in Appendix C to the report (Appended to the Minutes), be agreed.

 

 

 

b)                 Pay Policy Statement

 

Councillor Fleming proposed, Councillor Ramsay seconded and it was

Resolved:  That the Pay Policy Statement be adopted by the Council and published on the Council’s website.

 

c)                  Membership of Committees

 

Councillor Fleming proposed, Councillor Ms. Lowe seconded and it was

 

Resolved:  That the amended memberships of Committee for 2014/15, attached as Appendix A to the report, be approved.

Supporting documents:

 

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