Agenda item

Consideration was given to a report seeking approval of the Budget and Council Tax level for 2016/17.  As part of the council tax setting process approval is also sought for the prudential indicators and Minimum Revenue Position Statement.

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 20.4, a recorded vote was taken as follows:-

Councillors For the Recommendation:-

R Beadle, C Bradley, M Brain, L Caffrey, M Charlton, B Clelland, B Coates, P Craig, S Craig, D Davidson, W Dick, S Dickie, P Dillon, K Dodds, C Donovan, A Douglas, J Eagle, M Foy, P Foy, M Gannon, A Geddes, B Goldsworthy, M Goldsworthy, J Graham, M Graham, T Graham, J Green, L Green, G Haley, M Hall, J Hamilton, M Henry, F Hindle, L Holmes, M Hood, J Lee, J McClurey, J McElroy, C McHugh, E McMaster, M McNestry, P Mole, B Oliphant, C Ord, M Ord, D Robson, C Simcox, J Simpson, A Thompson, L Twist, J Wallace, N Weatherley, A Wheeler and K Wood

Councillors Against the Recommendation:-

Nil

Councillors Abstained:-

Nil

COUNCIL RESOLVED:-

(1)           That Gateshead’s BandD council tax for 2016/17 is increased by 3.99% to £1,530.03.

(2)           The revenue estimates of£198.883m for 2016/17 be approved.

(3)           That use of £3.971m from theCouncil’s General Reserve and £0.438m fromthe Public HealthReserve beagreed to mitigatethe impact of budgetproposals in 2016/17.

(4)           That the indicativeschools funding presented in appendix 2be agreed.

(5)           That the recommendations of theStrategic Director, Corporate Resources inrespect of therobustness of estimates and adequacy of reserves identifiedin appendix 5be noted.

(6)           That the Prudential and Treasury Indicators set out in appendix 6to this report beagreed.

(7)           That the method of calculating the Minimum Revenue Provision(MRP) for2016/17 as set out in appendix 7 be approved.

(8)           That the Budget Proposals following theoutcome of consultationin appendix 2be noted.

(9)           That it be noted that at its meeting on 19January 2016, Cabinet calculated the following amounts for the year 2016/17in accordance withregulations madeunder Section 31B(3) of the Local GovernmentFinance Act 1992 asamended by the LocalismAct 2011:-

(a)          50,480.1 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordancewith regulation3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation ofCouncil Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, as its Council Tax base for theyear;

(b)          1,184.7 for Lamesley Parish being the amount calculated by theCouncil, in accordance with regulation6 of theRegulations, as the amount ofits Council Tax base for the year for dwellings inthose partsof its areato whichspecial items relate.

(10)        That the following amounts be now calculated by theCouncil for the year 2016/17 inaccordance with Sections 31A,31Band 34to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act1992, as amended by the Localism Act 2011(‘the Act’): -

(a)          £574,790,475 being theaggregate total of theexpenditure amounts, whichthe Council estimates for the items, set out inSection 31A(2) of theAct taking into account the precept issuedby Lamesley ParishCouncil

(b)          (£497,545,093) being theaggregate total of theincome amounts,which theCouncil estimate for the items, set out in Section 31A(3) ofthe Act

(c)          £77,245,382 being the amount by whichthe aggregateat (a) above exceeds theaggregate at (b) above, calculatedby the Council, inaccordance withSection 31A(4) of theAct, as its Council Tax requirement for theyear including Lamesley ParishCouncil

(d)          £1,530.2145 being the amount at (c) above, all dividedby the amountat (9)(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance withSection 31B(1) of theAct, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for theyear including Lamesley Parish Council

(e)          £9,258.36 being theaggregate amount of all special items (LamesleyParish Council) referredto inSection 34(1) of the Act

(f)           £1,530.0311 being the amount at (d) less theresult given by dividingthe amount at (e) above by the amount at (9)(a) above, calculated bythe Council, in accordancewith Section34(2) of theAct, as the basicamount of its Council Tax for theyear for dwellings in those parts ofits area towhich no special item(Lamesley ParishCouncil) relates

(g)          Part of the Council’s area: Lamesley Parish £1,537.8461being the amounts givenby adding to theamount at (f) abovethe amounts of thespecial item or items relating to dwellings inthose parts of theCouncil’s area mentioned above dividedin each caseby the amount at (9)(b) above, calculatedby the Council, inaccordance withSection 34(3) of theAct, as the basic amounts of itsCouncil Tax for the year for dwellings inthose parts ofits area to whichone or more special items (Lamesley ParishCouncil) relate.

(h)

being the amounts givenby multiplying the amounts at (f) and(g) above by thenumber which, in theproportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act,is applicable to dwellings listedin a particular valuationband divided by the number whichin thatproportion is applicable to dwellings listedin valuationband D, calculated by the Council, inaccordance withSection 36(1) of theAct, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year inrespect of categories of dwellings listedin different valuation bands.

(11)        That it be noted that for the year 2016/17, the Policeand CrimeCommissioner for Northumbria, and Tyne and Wear Fire andRescue Authority havestated the following amounts in precepts issued to theCouncil, in accordance with Section 40 ofthe Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of thecategories of dwellings shownbelow: -

(12)       That, having calculated the aggregatein eachcase of the amounts at (10)(h) and (11) above, theCouncil in accordancewith Section 30(2) of the LocalGovernment Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the following amounts as theamounts of Council Tax for theyear 2016/17 for each of thecategories of dwellings shownbelow: -

(13)        That under section52ZB ofthe Local Government Finance Act 1992 (as amended by theLocalism Act 2011), theCouncil’s relevant basic amount of council tax for 2016/17 is not excessive in accordancewith the principlesdetermined under section52ZC of the Act.

(Councillors S Hawkins, K McCartney and J Turnbull left the meeting before a

vote on this item was taken)