Report of the Chief Executive and Strategic Director, Corporate Resources

Consideration has been given to recommending to Council the proposed Budget and Council Tax Level for 2016/17 and the prudential indicators and Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) Statement as set out in the report.

RESOLVED- That the following recommendations be madeto theCouncil:

(1)          That Gateshead’s Band D council tax for 2016/17 is increased by3.99% to£1,530.03

(2)          The revenue estimatesof£198.883m for2016/17 be approved.

(3)          That useof £3.971m from the Council’s General Reserve and £0.438m fromthe Public HealthReservebe agreedto mitigatetheimpactof budget proposals in 2016/17.

(4)          That theindicativeschoolsfunding presented inAppendix2 be agreed.

(5)          That therecommendations of theStrategic Director, CorporateResources in respectoftherobustness of estimatesand adequacyof reserves identified inappendix5 benoted.

(6)          That the Prudentialand TreasuryIndicators set out in Appendix 6to thisreport be agreed.

(7)          That the methodof calculating the Minimum RevenueProvision(MRP) for2016/17 as set out in Appendix 7be approved.

(8)          That the BudgetProposalsfollowing theoutcome ofconsultationin Appendix2 be noted.

(9)          That itbe notedthatat its meeting on19January2016, Cabinet calculatedthe following amountsfor theyear2016/17in accordancewithregulationsmadeunder Section 31B(3) of the Local GovernmentFinanceAct 1992 as amended by theLocalismAct 2011:-

(a)          50,480.1being the amountcalculated bythe Council, in accordance withregulation3 of the LocalAuthorities (Calculation of CouncilTax Base) (England) Regulations2012,as its Council Tax base for theyear;

(b)          1,184.7for LamesleyParishbeing the amount calculated bythe Council, in accordance withregulation6 oftheRegulations, asthe amountofitsCouncil Tax basefor the yearfor dwellings in thosepartsofits area towhichspecial items relate.

(10)       That the following amountsbe nowcalculated bythe Councilfor the year2016/17 inaccordance withSections31A,31Band34to 36 of the LocalGovernment Finance Act 1992,as amended by theLocalism Act2011(‘theAct’): -

(a)          £574,790,475 being theaggregatetotal of theexpenditure amounts,whichthe Council estimatesfor the items, set outinSection 31A(2)ofthe Act taking into accounttheprecept issued byLamesleyParishCouncil

(b)          (£497,545,093) being theaggregatetotal of theincomeamounts,whichthe Council estimate forthe items, set out in Section 31A(3) ofthe Act

(c)          £77,245,382being the amountby whichthe aggregateat (a)aboveexceeds the aggregateat (b) above, calculated bythe Council, inaccordancewithSection31A(4) of the Act, as its CouncilTax requirementfor theyear including Lamesley ParishCouncil

(d)          £1,530.2145being the amountat (c) above, all dividedby theamountat (9)(a) above, calculated by theCouncil, in accordance withSection31B(1) of the Act, asthebasicamount of its Council Taxfor theyearincluding LamesleyParishCouncil

(e)          £9,258.36 being theaggregateamountof all special items (LamesleyParishCouncil) referredto inSection 34(1)of theAct

(f)           £1,530.0311being the amountat (d) less theresult given bydividingthe amount at(e) aboveby the amount at (9)(a) above, calculated bythe Council, in accordancewithSection34(2)oftheAct, asthebasicamountofitsCouncil Tax for theyearfor dwellings in those partsofits area towhichno special item (LamesleyParishCouncil) relates

(g)          Part of theCouncil’s area: LamesleyParish £1,537.8461 being the amounts givenby adding to theamountat (f)abovetheamountsof the special item or items relating to dwellings inthose partsoftheCouncil’s area mentioned above dividedin eachcase bytheamountat (9)(b) above, calculatedby theCouncil, in accordancewithSection34(3) of the Act,as the basic amountsofitsCouncilTax for theyearfor dwellings in thosepartsofitsarea towhichone ormore special items (LamesleyParishCouncil) relate.

(h)

being the amounts given bymultiplying theamountsat (f) and(g) aboveby thenumber which, in theproportion setout in Section 5(1) of the Act,is applicable to dwellings listedina particularvaluationband divided bythe number whichinthatproportion is applicable to dwellings listedinvaluationband D, calculated bythe Council, in accordancewithSection36(1) of the Act,as the amounts tobe takeninto accountfor theyear inrespectofcategories of dwellings listed indifferent valuation bands.

(11)       That itbe notedthatfor theyear 2016/17,the PoliceandCrimeCommissionerfor Northumbria,and Tyne andWear FireandRescueAuthorityhavestated the following amountsinprecepts issued to theCouncil, in accordance with Section 40 ofthe Local Government Finance Act1992,for eachof the categories of dwellings shownbelow: -

(12)       That, having calculatedtheaggregateineachcase of the amountsat (10)(h)and (11) above, theCouncil in accordancewithSection 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act1992,herebysets the following amountsas theamountsofCouncilTax for theyear 2016/17 for eachof the categories ofdwellings shownbelow: -

(13)       That under section52ZBofthe Local Government Finance Act1992(asamended bythe LocalismAct 2011), theCouncil’s relevant basic amount ofcouncil tax for2016/17 is notexcessiveinaccordancewiththe principlesdeterminedunder section52ZC of the Act.

The above decisions have been made tofulfil theCouncil’s statutory dutyto setthe Budgetand Council Tax for 2016/17.