Agenda item

Councillor Hadland proposed and Councillor Palethorpe seconded the report,copies of which had been circulated seeking approval to the Council Tax resolution as set out at Appendix 1.

RESOLVED:            (1)            That it be noted that at its meeting on 21st February 2007, the Council calculated the following amounts for the year 2007/08 in accordance with regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992

1(a)            64,844

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:

Billing    2,587

Collingtree517

Duston   5,206

Great Houghton287

Hardingstone               756

Upton        765

Wootton6,287

Northampton Borough          48,439

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.

(2)            That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2007/08 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992

2(a)            £129,229,207

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)            £97,799,020

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)            £31,430,187

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)            £18,385,480

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)            £201.17

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)            £1,769,690

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

2(g)            £173.88

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            £232.72

Collingtree            £189.71

Duston            £238.88

Great Houghton            £237.48

Hardingstone            £212.44

Upton            £177.80

Wootton            £231.81

Northampton Borough            £191.56

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                        155.15            181.00            206.86            232.72            284.44            336.15            387.87            465.44

Collingtree            126.47            147.55            168.63            189.71            231.87            274.03            316.18            379.42

Duston                        159.25            185.80            212.34            238.88            291.96            345.05            398.13            477.76

Great Houghton            158.32            184.71            211.09            237.48            290.25            343.03            395.80            474.96

Hardingstone            141.63            165.23            188.84            212.44            259.65            306.86            354.07            424.88

Upton                        118.53            138.29            158.04            177.80            217.31            256.82            296.33            355.60

Wootton                        154.54            180.30            206.05            231.81            283.32            334.84            386.35            463.62

Northampton

Borough                        127.71            148.99            170.28            191.56            234.13            276.70            319.27            383.12

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.  The amounts detailed in (3) are provisional figures and are subject to approval by each of the individual authorities, subsequently the amounts detailed in (4) are provisional figures as these are dependant on the value set in (3).

(3) That it be noted that for the year 2007/08 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            611.70            713.65            815.60            917.55            1,121.45            1,325.35            1,529.25            1,835.10

County Council

Northamptonshire            113.47            132.39            151.30            170.21            208.03            245.86            283.68            340.42

Police Authority

(4) That, 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 2007/08 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below

Part of the Council's area

Valuation Bands            A            B            C            D            E            F            G            H

Parish of            £            £            £            £            £            £            £            £

Billing            880.32            1,027.04            1,173.76            1,320.48            1,613.92            1,907.36            2,200.80            2,640.96

Collingtree            851.64            993.59            1,135.53            1,277.47            1,561.35            1,845.24            2,129.11            2,554.94

Duston            884.42                1,031.84            1,179.24            1,326.64            1,621.44            1,916.26            2,211.06            2,653.28

Great Houghton            883.49            1,030.75            1,177.99            1,325.24            1,619.73            1,914.24            2,208.73            2,650.48

Hardingstone            866.80            1,011.27            1,155.74            1,300.20            1,589.13            1,878.07            2,167.00            2,600.40

Upton            843.70            984.33            1,124.94            1,265.56            1,546.79            1,828.03            2,109.26            2,531.12

Wootton            879.71            1,026.34            1,172.95            1,319.57            1,612.80            1,906.05            2,199.28            2,639.14

Northampton            852.88            995.03            1,137.18            1,279.32            1,563.61            1,847.91            2,132.20            2,558.64

Borough

Special Expenses Area (Unparished)