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The Chairperson moved the recommendations set out agenda item 9e and in accordance with earlier notification the voting was as follows:

For the recommendation:

Councillors M G Bassenger, V J Bell, S J Burwood, J Driver, M F L Durham, A Fittock, A S Fluker, T Fittock, L J Haywood, J C Hughes, K Jennings, K M H Lagan, A M Lay, M R Miller, S J N Morgan, M G Neall, R G Pratt, R H Siddall, U G C Siddall-Norman, N D Spenceley, P L Spenceley, E L Stephens, J C Stilts, N J Swindle and M E Thompson.

Against the recommendation: None.

Abstain: None.

The Chairperson declared that these recommendations were therefore agreed.

RESOLVED

(xii)           that Maldon District Council’s Council Tax Requirement for 2024 / 25 is set at £5,947,173;

(xiii)          that the Maldon District Council’s Band D Council Tax (excluding Parish precepts) is set at £225.27, reflecting an increase of £6.52 (2.98%), all other bands being determined in accordance with the relevant Sections of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended;

(xiv)         that the precept demands and level of Band D Council Tax of the Essex County Council, the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority for both Police and Fire, and the various Parish Councils within the District be determined as set out in the report, all other bands being determined in accordance with the relevant Sections of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended;

(xv)           that the Council calculates its Council Tax Base for the year 2024 / 25 as follows:

(a)      for the whole district as 26,400.2 Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (the Act), as amended by the Localism Act 2011; and

(b)       for dwellings in those parts of its district to which a Parish precept relates as listed below:

1.                Calculate that the Council Tax Requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2024/25 (excluding Parish precepts) is £5,947,173.

2.                That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2023 / 24 in accordance with new Sections 31 to 36 of the Act as amended:

(a)        £31,527,937   being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act, taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils (i.e. gross expenditure including Parish precepts)

(b)        £23,788,461   being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates  ...  view the full minutes text for item 494