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Base Budget and Council Tax Level 2023/24

Meeting: 23/02/2023 - Council (Item 81)

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Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the Budget and Council Tax level for 2023/24. As part of the Council Tax setting process approval was sought for the prudential indicators and Minimum Revenue Provision Statement.

Councillor Beadle moved the following amendment to the recommendations in the report:

Delete recommendations 23 (2), (3), (4), (10)(a) and (10)(b) and replace with the following:

23. (2) The revenue estimates of £291,302,826 for 2023/24 are approved.

23. (3) The budgeted use of £27.283 million Earmarked Reserves in 2023/24

be approved (comprising of £2.362 million budgeted use of strategic, £13.521 million budgeted use of pandemic, and £11.4 million budget sustainability).

23. (4) That the proposed budgets including the indicative schools funding

presented in Appendix 2 be agreed. (Revised table attached).

23. (10) (a) £660,490,336 being the aggregate total of the expenditure amounts,

which the Council estimates for the items, set out in Section 31A (2) of the Act taking into account the precept issued by Lamesley Parish Council.

23. (10) (b) (£550,004,415) being the aggregate total of the income amounts,

which the Council estimate for the items, set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act.

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

Councillors for the amendment:- V Anderson, R Beadle, P Craig, P Diston, D Duggan, S Hawkins, P Maughan, J Mohammed, A Ord, C Ord, M Ord, I Patterson, J Wallace, D Welsh, A Wintcher.

Councillors against the amendment:- J Adams, D Bradford, M Brain, C Buckley, D Burnett, P Burns, L Caffrey, B Clelland, K Dodds, C Donovan, A Douglas, S Gallagher, M Gannon, A Geddes, F Geddes, B Goldsworthy, M Goldsworthy, T Graham, J Green, L Green, S Green, G Haley, M Hall, H Kelly, L Kirton, K McCartney, J McCoid, J McElroy, E McMaster, M McNestry, L Moir, B Oliphant, S Potts, J Reay, D Robson, S Ronchetti, J Simpson, J Turnbull, J Turner, R Waugh, D Weatherley, H Weatherley.

On the amendment being put it was defeated.

The original recommendations were put as the substantive motion.

Councillors for the recommendation:- J Adams, D Bradford, M Brain, C Buckley, D Burnett, P Burns, L Caffrey, B Clelland, K Dodds, C Donovan, A Douglas, S Gallagher, M Gannon, A Geddes, F Geddes, B Goldsworthy, M Goldsworthy, T Graham, J Green, L Green, S Green, G Haley, M Hall, H Kelly, L Kirton, K McCartney, J McCoid, J McElroy, E McMaster, M McNestry, L Moir, B Oliphant, S Potts, J Reay, D Robson, S Ronchetti, J Simpson, J Turnbull, J Turner, R Waugh, D Weatherley, H Weatherley.

Councillors against the recommendation:- V Anderson, R Beadle, P Craig, P Diston, D Duggan, S Hawkins, P Maughan, J Mohammed, A Ord, C Ord, M Ord, I Patterson, J Wallace, D Welsh, A Wintcher.

The original recommendation was duly carried.

COUNCIL RESOLVED -

(1) That Gateshead’s Band D council tax for 2023/24 be increased by 4.99%

(including a 2% adult social care Government charge) to £2,070.54.

(2) ... view the full minutes text for item 81

Meeting: 21/02/2023 - Cabinet (Item 117)

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Report of the Chief Executive, Strategic Director, Resources and Digital and Corporate Management Team

Minutes:

Consideration has been given to recommending to Council the proposed Budget and Council Tax Level for 2023/24 and the prudential indicators and Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) Statement as set out in the report.

RESOLVED -		That the following recommendations be made to the Council:

	(1)	That Gateshead’s Band D council tax for 2023/24 is increased by 4.99% (including a 2% adult social care Government charge) to£2,070.54.

	(2)	The revenue estimates of £289,902,826 million for 2023/24 areapproved.

	(3)	The budgeted use of £25.883 million Earmarked Reserves in 2023/24 be approved (comprising of £2.362 million budgeted use of strategic, £13.521 million budgeted use of pandemic, £10 million budget sustainability).

	(4)	That the proposed budgets including the indicative schools funding presented in appendix 2 be agreed.

	(5)	That the outcome of initial budget consultation outlined in appendix 4 benoted.

	(6)	To note the conclusions of the Strategic Director, Resources and Digital in respect of the robustness of budget estimates and adequacy ofreserves outlined in appendix 5.

	(7)	That the prudential and treasury indicators set out in appendix 7 to this report be agreed.

	(8)	That the method of calculating the Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) for 2023/24 as set out in appendix 8 beapproved.

	(9)	That it be noted that at its meeting on 24 January 2023, Cabinet agreed the following amounts for the year 2023/24 in accordance with regulations made under Section 31B (3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended by the Localism Act 2011:

		(a)	(a) 53,354.9 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, as its Council Tax base for the year;

		(b)	1,197.4 for Lamesley Parish being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with regulation 6 of the Regulations, as the amount of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which special items relate.

	(10)	That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2023/24 in accordance with Sections 31A, 31B and 34 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended by the Localism Act 2011 (‘theAct’):

		(a)	£659,090,336 being the aggregate total of the expenditure amounts, which the Council estimates for the items, set out in Section 31A (2) of the Act taking into account the precept issued by Lamesley Parish Council;

		(b)	(£548,604,415) being the aggregate total of the income amounts, which the Council estimate for the items, set out in Section 31A (3) of theAct;

		(c)	£110,485,921 being the amount by which the aggregate at (a) above exceeds the aggregate at (b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A (4) of the Act, as its Council Tax requirement for the year including Lamesley ParishCouncil;

		(d)	£2,070.7736 being the amount at (c) above, all divided by the amount at (9)(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section ... view the full minutes text for item 117