Issue - meetings

The recommendations to the Council, as set out on pages 173 and 174 of the agenda and report pack, were duly moved and seconded and in accordance with the Council Procedure Rule 19.7, a recorded vote was taken, the result of which was as follows:

The motion was declared carried.

RESOLVED

That the following, as submitted, be approved:

1.    Acceptance of the 4^th January 2022 Executive recommendation that the Council Tax Base for 2022/23, as calculated in accordance with The Local Authorities (Calculation of Council tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, to be £25,310.01.

2. That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2022/23 in accordance   with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

being the amounts given by multiplying the amount at 2f) above by the number which, in proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular band divided by the number which in proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in Valuation Band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as  ...  view the full minutes text for item 56

Purpose of Report

In light of the report on the Medium-Term Financial Strategy, as detailed at Minute 83, to consider the City Council’s council tax requirement and, together with the requirements of the County Council and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire and to allow the Executive to make a formal recommendation to Council for the overall levels of council tax for 2022/23.

Decision

That the following recommendations be made to the Council:

(1)          That the recommendation of the Executive on 4January 2022 be accepted that the Council Tax Base for 2022/23, as calculated in accordance with The Local Authorities (Calculation of Council tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, to be £25,310.01.

(2)         That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2022/23 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

(a)  £114,288,370 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 Parish Councils.

(b)  £106,928,470 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(c)  £7,359,900 being the amount by which the aggregate at 2(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 2(b) 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 31A (4) of the Act).

(d)  £290.79 being the amount at 2(c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T (1 above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts).

(e)  £0 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

(f)  £290.79 being the amount at 2(c) above less the amount at 2(e) above, all divided by the amount at 1 above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

(g)  City of Lincoln Council

                        being the amounts given by multiplying the amount at 2(f) above by the number which, in proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular band divided by the number which in proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in Valuation Band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different bands.

(3)          That it be noted that for the year 2022/23 Lincolnshire County Council has stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with the dwelling bandings shown below:

            Lincolnshire County Council