Issue - meetings

The Council considered the report of the 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.

Members were 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.

The Chairman informed the Council that in accordance with Procedure Rule 13 (5) this decision required a recorded vote.  Councillor D M Sismey proposed that the recommendations as set out in the report be agreed and this was duly seconded.  The Chairman put this proposal to the Council and the voting was as follows:

For the recommendation:

Councillors J P R Archer, E L Bamford, Miss A M Beale, B S Beale, R G Boyce, Mrs P A Channer, R P F Dewick, I E Dobson, M F L Durham, P G L Elliott, A S Fluker, Mrs B D Harker, B E Harker, M S Heard, M W Helm, Miss M R Lewis, R Pratt, N R Pudney, Mrs N G F Shaughnessy, Rev. A E J Shrimpton, D M Sismey, A K M St. Joseph, and Mrs M E Thompson

Against the recommendation: None.

Abstention: Councillor H M Bass.

The recommendations were therefore agreed.

RESOLVED

(i)              Council Tax Requirement for 2019 / 20 is set at £4,843,493;

(ii)            that the Maldon District Council’s Band D Council Tax (excluding Parish precepts) is set at £197.40, reflecting an increase of £4.43, 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 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;

(iv)          That it be noted that at its meeting on 20 December 2018 the Council calculated its Council Tax Base for the year 2019 / 20.

(a)     for the whole district as 24,536.1 [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: