Agenda item

A report from the Chief Executive, Terence Herbert.

The Chairman invited Councillor Richard Clewer, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member with responsibility for Finance, to present a report and recommendation on approving the Council Tax requirement for 2022/23.

The report detailed the level by which the basic element of the Council Tax would be allowed to increase for 2022/23 (1.99%) and the Council’s ability to increase the adult social care element by a further 1% on top of the basic element, a total recommended increase of 2.99%. Cabinet had considered and approved the proposals on 1 February 2022 and recommended them for consideration by Full Council.  

The report set out that since the Cabinet meeting the precept levels of other precepting authorities (Town & Parish Councils / Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon), except the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority, for which draft figures were included in the report, had been received by the Council.

Councillor Clewer moved the recommendations in the report, which were seconded by Councillor Laura Mayes, Deputy Leader of the Council.

Councillor Ian Thorn, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, noted the outcome of the budget debate at Item 9, and as such would support the proposal.

No additional comments were received in debate, or further comments made by Councillor Clewer.

It was therefore,

Resolved:

1)    It be noted that on 3 December 2021 an Officer Decision was made by Andy Brown Interim Corporate Director of Resources.

a)    the Council Tax Base 2022/23 for the whole Wiltshire Council area as £189,964.37 [Item T in the formula in Section 31B(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the "Act")] and,

b)    for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates as in the attached Appendix

2)    Calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2022/23 (excluding parish precepts) is £311,192,032.36.

3)    That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2022/23 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

a)    £919,609,816 (Gross Revenue Expenditure including transfers to reserves, parish precepts and any collection fund deficit) 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).

b)    £581,560,201 (Gross Revenue Income including transfers from reserves, General Government Grants and any collection fund surplus) being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

c)    £338,049,615 (Net Revenue Expenditure including parish precepts) being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year. (Item R in the formula in Section 31A(4) of the Act).

d)    £1,779.54 (Wiltshire Council band D tax plus average Town & Parish Councils Band D Council Tax) being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T (2 above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts), as shown below:

e)    £26,857,582.57 (Aggregate of Town & Parish Council Precepts) being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish Precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the attached Appendix C).

f)      £1,638.16 (band D Council Tax for Wiltshire Council purposes only) being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by Item T (2 above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no Parish precept relates, as shown below:

In accordance with the Constitution there was a recorded vote.

Votes for the motion (70)

Votes against the motion (0)

Votes in abstention (2)

Details of the vote are attached to the minutes.