Issue - items at meetings - Council Tax Base 2009/10

Report of the Interim Director of Finance & Resources (copy attached).

(1)       That the report of the Interim Director of Finance & Resources for the calculation of the council’s tax base for the year 2009/10 be approved.

(2)       That the Collection Rate increases by 0.1% to 98.1% and that an additional budget allocation of £52,000 from 2009/10 is made to the Revenues Service to achieve this increase generating a net saving of £50,000.

(3)       That pursuant to the Interim Director of Finance & Resources report and in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992, the amounts calculated by Brighton & Hove City Council as its council tax base for the year 2009/10 shall be as follows:-

(4)       For Brighton and Hove whole – 92,511.63

(5)       For the Royal Crescent Enclosure Committee – 30.29

(6)       For the Hanover Crescent Enclosure Committee – 40.35

(7)       For the Marine Square Enclosure Committee – 78.63

(8)       For the Parish of Rottingdean – 1,488.25

(9)       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 its special expenses.

150.1         The Cabinet considered a report of the Interim Director of Finance & Resources that reported on the tax base calculation for 2009/10 (for copy see minute book).

150.2         RESOLVED – That, having considered the information and the reasons set out in the report, the Cabinet accepted the following recommendations:

(1)       That the report of the Interim Director of Finance & Resources for the calculation of the council’s tax base for the year 2009/10 be approved.

(2)       That the Collection Rate increases by 0.1% to 98.1% and that an additional budget allocation of £52,000 from 2009/10 is made to the Revenues Service to achieve this increase generating a net saving of £50,000.

(3)       That pursuant to the Interim Director of Finance & Resources report and in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992, the amounts calculated by Brighton & Hove City Council as its council tax base for the year 2009/10 shall be as follows:-

-        For Brighton and Hove whole – 92,511.63

-        For the Royal Crescent Enclosure Committee – 30.29

-        For the Hanover Crescent Enclosure Committee – 40.35

-        For the Marine Square Enclosure Committee – 78.63

-        For the Parish of Rottingdean – 1,488.25

(4)       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 its special expenses.