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The Council considered the report of the Interim Director of Resources setting out the total amount to be raised from Council Tax for the forthcoming year.  This was known as the Council Tax precept (Council Tax Requirement) for Maldon District Council and formed part of the funding that supported the services provided by the Council.

The Interim Director of Resources explained the difference between the three reports and advised that this report took into account the precepts for the whole of the District and legislation set out the way that the resolution should occur.  Members were advised of the following minor amendments to the report:

·                 that the figure on page 120 Section 3(b) should read £27,660,695 as the government grant should have been included and was not in the figure originally reported. 

·                 that the figure shown in Section 3(e) should be rounded up to £1,383,356.

In response to a question regarding whether her earlier declaration of interest in respect of Agenda Item 9 would cover all three reports (items 9a, 9b and 9c), the Chairman advised Councillor Mrs P A Channer that it would.

The Chairman informed the Council that in accordance with Procedure Rule 13 (5) this decision required a recorded vote.  The Chairman put the recommendations as set out in the report with the minor amendments as outlined by the Interim Director of Resources to the Council and the voting was as follows:

For the recommendation:

Councillors Mrs B F Acevedo, J P F Archer, E L Bamford, H M Bass, B S Beale,
R G Boyce, A T Cain, Mrs P A Channer, R P F Dewick, M F L Durham, A S Fluker, M S Heard, Miss M R Lewis, M R Pearlman, R Pratt, S J Savage,
Mrs M Shaughnessy, Rev. A E J Shrimpton, D M Sismey, A K M St. Joseph,
Mrs M E Thompson and Miss S White.

Against the recommendation:

None.

Abstention:

Councillor P G L Elliott.

The recommendations were therefore agreed.

RESOLVED

(i)              that Maldon District Council’s Council Tax Requirement for 2017 / 18 is set at £4,472,307;

(ii)            that the Maldon District Council’s Band D Council Tax (excluding Parish precepts) is set at £187.37, reflecting an increase of £5, all other bands being determined in accordance with the relevant Sections of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended;

(iii)          that the precept demands and level of Band D Council Tax of the Essex County Council, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex (OPCC), the Essex Fire Authority 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;

(iv)          that it be noted that at its meeting on 15 December 2016 the Council calculated its Council Tax Base for the year 2017/18:

(a)     for the whole district as 23,868.70 [Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local  ...  view the full minutes text for item 994