Decision - Council Tax Base 2013/14

To set the council tax base and establish the estimated revenue from Council Tax for 2013/14

1.                  That the report be approved for the calculation of the council’s tax base for the year 2013/14;

2.                  That, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, the amounts calculated by Brighton & Hove City Council as its council tax base for the year 2013/14 shall be agreed as follows:-

For Brighton and Hove whole – 79,781.90 (as detailed in appendix 1)

For the Royal Crescent Enclosure Committee – 30.85(as detailed in appendix 2)

For the Hanover Crescent Enclosure Committee – 38.75 (as detailed in appendix 3)

For the Marine Square Enclosure Committee – 63.17 (as detailed in appendix 4)

For the Parish of Rottingdean – 1,456.99 (as detailed in appendix 5)

3.                  That, for the purposes of Section 35(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, the expenses of meeting the special levies issued to the council by the Enclosure Committees shall be agreed as its special expenses; and

4.                  That it be agreed that the Enclosure Committees and Rottingdean Parish be paid approximately £5,000 council tax reduction grant in total to ensure that they are no better or no worse off as a result of the introduction of the council tax reduction scheme for the reasons set out in paragraph 3.7 of the report.