Agenda item

Council Tax 2006/07

Meeting of Council, Thursday, 9 March 2006 6:00 pm (Item 4.)

(Report to follow)

Minutes:

Councillor Hadland proposed and Councillor Palethorpe seconded Item 4 on the Agenda “Council Tax 2006/07” and in doing so reaffirmed the decision of the 27 February as set out in paragraphs 1 to .2(e) of the report and that following the receipt of final precept determinations from the precepting authorities that the Council agree the Council Tax determinations set out in paragraphs 2(f) to 4 inclusive of the Report.

RESOLVED:1 That the Council having calculated the following amounts for the year 2006/07 in accordance with regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

1(a)64,193

being the amount calculated by the Council in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and (No2) Regulations 2003, as its Council Tax Base for the year.

1(b)Part of the Council’s area

Parish of:

Billing2,592

Collingtree505

Duston5,202

Great Houghton287

Hardingstone749

Upton584

Wootton6,156

Northampton Borough48,118

Special Expenses Area (Unparished)

being the amounts calculated by the Council in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations as the amounts of its Council Tax Base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which each Special item relates.

2That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2006/07 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

2(a)£138,047,337

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (e) of the Act, as its gross expenditure for the year.

2(b)£108,100,468

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3)(a) to (c) of the Act, as its gross income for the year.

2(c)£29,946,869

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 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year.

2(d)£17,803,479

being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its General Fund in respect of re-distributed non-domestic rates and revenue support grant, increased by the amount of the sum which the Council estimates will be transferred in the year from its Collection Fund to its General Fund in accordance with Section 98(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Council Tax surplus) and subsequent Regulations, as amended.

2(e)£189.17

being the amount at 2(c) above less the amount at 2(d) above, all divided by the amount at 1(a) 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.

2(f)£1,596,105

being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

2(g)£164.31

being the amount at 2(e) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 2(f) above by the amount at 1(a) above, 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 special item relates

2(h)Part of the Council’s area

Parish of:

Billing£224.37

Collingtree£180.53

Duston£187.86

Great Houghton£227.13

Hardingstone£198.31

Upton£169.45

Wootton£221.52

Northampton Borough£183.24

Special Expenses Area (Unparished)

being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 2(g) above the amounts of the Special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area mentioned above divided in each case by the amount at 1(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act as the Basic Amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more Special items relate.

2(i)Part of the Council’s area

Valuation Bands A B C D E F G H

£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £

Parish of

Billing 149.58 174.51 199.44 224.37 274.23 324.09 373.95 448.74

Collingtree 120.35 140.41 160.47 180.53 220.65 260.77 300.88 361.06

Duston 125.24 146.11 166.99 187.86 229.61 271.35 313.10 375.72

Great Houghton 151.42 176.66 201.89 227.13 277.60 328.08 378.55 454.26

Hardingstone 132.21 154.24 176.28 198.31 242.38 286.45 330.52 396.62

Upton 112.97 131.79 150.62 169.45 207.11 244.76 282.42 338.90

Wootton 147.68 172.29 196.91 221.52 270.75 319.97 369.20 443.04

Northampton Borough 122.16 142.52 162.88 183.24 223.96 264.68 305.40 366.48

Special Expenses Area (Unparished)

being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 2(g) and 2(h) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportions 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 into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.

3That it be noted that for the year 2006/07 the major precepting authorities have stated the following amount in precept issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below

Valuation Bands A B C D E F G H

£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £

Precepting Authority

Northamptonshire

County Council 588.45 686.53 784.60 882.68 1,078.83 1,274.98 1,471.13 1,765.36

Northamptonshire

Police Authority 108.07 126.09 144.10 162.11 198.13 234.16 270.18 324.22

4That, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2(i) and 3 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2006/07 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below

Valuation Bands A B C D E F G H

£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £

Parish of

Billing 846.10 987.13 1,128.14 1,269.16 1,551.19 1,833.23 2,115.26 2,538.32

Collingtree 816.87 953.03 1,089.17 1,225.32 1,497.61 1,769.91 2,042.19 2,450.64

Duston 821.76 958.73 1,095.69 1,232.65 1,506.57 1,780.49 2,054.41 2,465.30

Great Houghton 847.94 989.28 1,130.59 1,271.92 1,554.56 1,837.22 2,119.86 2,543.84

Hardingstone 828.73 966.86 1,104.98 1,243.10 1,519.34 1,795.59 2,071.83 2,486.20

Upton 809.49 944.41 1,079.32 1,214.24 1,484.07 1,753.90 2,023.73 2,428.48

Wootton 844.20 984.91 1,125.61 1,266.31 1,547.71 1,829.11 2,110.51 2,532.62

Northampton Borough 818.68 955.14 1,091.58 1,228.03 1,500.92 1,773.82 2,046.71 2,456.06

Special Expenses Area (Unparished)