Agenda item

To adopt a resolution relating to the Council Tax for 2019/20

Meeting of Council, Monday 25 February 2019 4.00 pm (Item 280.)

A copy of the recommendation will be circulated at the meeting as the Council is waiting for confirmation of the latest precept figure.

Minutes:

The Worshipful the Mayor reminded members that a recorded vote was required on this item.

The Head of Legal and Democratic Services took the vote. Members voted as follows:

For	Against	Abstained
Adams King
Andersen
Baverstock
Brooks
Budzynski
Carr
Cockaday
Cooper
Cosier
A Dowden
Drew
Flood
Giddings
Hamilton
Hatley
Hibberd
Hurst
Jeffrey
Lovell
Mutton
North
Preston
Thom
Ward
TOTAL 24	TOTAL 0	TOTAL 0

Resolved:

1. That approval is noted of the revised revenue forecast for the year 2018/2019 and the revenue estimates for the year 2019/2020, together with the revised capital programme for the year 2018/2019 and the capital programme for the year 2019/2020.

2. That for the purposes of Section 35(2)(d) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended (the Act), the sum of £346,804, being the aggregate sum of expenses in relation to public halls, burial grounds, sports grounds and playgrounds incurred by the Council in performing in the parish of Andover the functions not performed by the Town Council, shall be treated as Special Expenses and any expenditure other than the £346,804 herein specified shall be treated as general expenses. This equates to an amount of £21.75 per Band D Council Tax.

3. That it be noted that the Acting Head of Revenues (Local Taxation), in consultation with the Head of Finance, calculated the Council Tax Base for 2019/2020 for the whole Borough area as 48,966 (Item T in the formula in Section 33(1) of the Act) and, in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates, as per the table below:

Parish of	Tax Base	Parish of	Tax Base
Abbotts Ann	636	Lockerley	363
Ampfield	884	Longparish	343
Amport	556	Longstock	217
Andover Town	15,945	Melchet Park & Plaitford	130
Appleshaw	273	Michelmersh & Timsbury	444
Ashley	36	Monxton	132
Awbridge	358	Mottisfont	145
Barton Stacey	393	Nether Wallop	396
Bossington	22	North Baddesley	2,511
Braishfield	343	Nursling & Rownhams	2,229
Broughton	552	Over Wallop	765
Bullington	60	Penton Grafton	351
Charlton	805	Penton Mewsey	176
Chilbolton	535	Quarley	78
Chilworth	669	Romsey Extra	2,101
East Dean	95	Romsey Town	5,711
East Tytherley	91	Sherfield English	333
Enham Alamein	268	Shipton Bellinger	502
Faccombe	46	Smannell	150
Fyfield	135	Stockbridge	334
Goodworth Clatford	402	Tangley	296
Grateley	253	Thruxton	293
Houghton	217	Upper Clatford	653
Hurstbourne Tarrant	382	Valley Park	3,016
Kimpton	172	Vernham Dean	284
King's Somborne	705	Wellow	1,500
Leckford	58	West Tytherley, Frenchmoor & Buckholt	304
Linkenholt	26	Wherwell	251
Little Somborne	41	Total 48,966

4. That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2019/2020 in accordance with Sections 32 to 34 and 36 of the Act and subsequent regulations:

4(a) £106,683,142 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish/Town Councils.

4(b) £97,814,420 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3) of the Act.

4(c) £8,868,722 being the amount by which the aggregate at 4(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 4(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year (Item R in the formula in Section 33(1) of the Act).

4(d) £181.12 being the amount at 4(c) above (Item R), divided by 3 above (Item T), calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 33 of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish/Town precepts).

4(e) £1,944,472 being the aggregate amount of all special items (the amount at 2 above and Parish/Town precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

4(f) £141.41 being the amount at 4(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 4(e) above by 3 above (Item T), 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/Town precept relates.

4(g) Part of the Council’s area:

Parish of	£	Parish of	£
Abbotts Ann	181.41	Melchet Park & Plaitford	166.03
Ampfield	184.43	Michelmersh & Timsbury	176.32
Amport	162.09	Monxton	192.93
Andover Town	183.19	Mottisfont	186.30
Appleshaw	189.03	Nether Wallop	192.42
Awbridge	166.07	North Baddesley	197.41
Barton Stacey	191.91	Nursling & Rownhams	168.78
Braishfield	195.35	Over Wallop	183.24
Broughton	188.89	Penton Grafton	169.33
Bullington	189.74	Penton Mewsey	203.91
Charlton	166.25	Quarley	181.15
Chilbolton	166.64	Romsey Extra	164.19
Chilworth	188.27	Romsey Town	190.77
East Dean	177.38	Sherfield English	171.44
East Tytherley	181.10	Shipton Bellinger	202.37
Enham Alamein	168.28	Smannell	159.73
Fyfield	196.97	Stockbridge	201.29
Goodworth Clatford	200.55	Tangley	170.13
Grateley	174.61	Thruxton	193.46
Parish of	£	Parish of	£
Houghton	189.80	Upper Clatford	164.84
Hurstbourne Tarrant	181.46	Valley Park	153.76
Kimpton	196.64	Vernham Dean	176.62
King's Somborne	196.11	Wellow	186.49
Lockerley	186.18	West Tytherley, Frenchmoor & Buckholt	185.82
Longparish	193.65	Wherwell	177.27
Longstock	178.28	All other parts of the Council's area	141.41

being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 4(f) above, the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned above divided in each case by the Council Tax Base for that part of the Council's area, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.

4(h) Part of the Council’s area:

Valuation Bands

Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Parish of
Abbotts Ann	120.94	141.10	161.26	181.41	221.72	262.04	302.35	362.82
Ampfield	122.95	143.45	163.94	184.43	225.41	266.40	307.38	368.86
Amport	108.06	126.07	144.08	162.09	198.11	234.13	270.15	324.18
Andover Town	122.12	142.49	162.83	183.19	223.89	264.61	305.31	366.38
Appleshaw	126.02	147.03	168.03	189.03	231.03	273.04	315.05	378.06
Awbridge	110.71	129.17	147.62	166.07	202.97	239.88	276.78	332.14
Barton Stacey	127.94	149.27	170.59	191.91	234.55	277.20	319.85	383.82
Braishfield	130.23	151.94	173.65	195.35	238.76	282.17	325.58	390.70
Broughton	125.92	146.92	167.90	188.89	230.86	272.84	314.81	377.78
Bullington	126.49	147.58	168.66	189.74	231.90	274.07	316.23	379.48
Charlton	110.83	129.31	147.78	166.25	203.19	240.14	277.08	332.50
Chilbolton	111.09	129.61	148.13	166.64	203.67	240.70	277.73	333.28
Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Parish of
Chilworth	125.51	146.44	167.35	188.27	230.10	271.95	313.78	376.54
East Dean	118.25	137.97	157.67	177.38	216.79	256.22	295.63	354.76
East Tytherley	120.73	140.86	160.98	181.10	221.34	261.59	301.83	362.20
Enham Alamein	112.18	130.89	149.58	168.28	205.67	243.07	280.46	336.56
Fyfield	131.31	153.20	175.09	196.97	240.74	284.51	328.28	393.94
Goodworth Clatford	133.70	155.99	178.27	200.55	245.11	289.68	334.25	401.10
Grateley	116.40	135.81	155.21	174.61	213.41	252.22	291.01	349.22
Houghton	126.53	147.63	168.71	189.80	231.97	274.16	316.33	379.60
Hurstbourne Tarrant	120.97	141.14	161.30	181.46	221.78	262.11	302.43	362.92
Kimpton	131.09	152.95	174.79	196.64	240.33	284.04	327.73	393.28
King's Somborne	130.74	152.53	174.32	196.11	239.69	283.27	326.85	392.22
Lockerley	124.12	144.81	165.50	186.18	227.55	268.93	310.30	372.36
Longparish	129.10	150.62	172.14	193.65	236.68	279.72	322.75	387.30
Longstock	118.85	138.67	158.47	178.28	217.89	257.52	297.13	356.56
Melchet Park & Plaitford	110.68	129.14	147.58	166.03	202.92	239.82	276.71	332.06
Michelmersh & Timsbury	117.54	137.14	156.73	176.32	215.50	254.69	293.86	352.64
Monxton	128.62	150.06	171.50	192.93	235.80	278.68	321.55	385.86
Mottisfont	124.20	144.90	165.60	186.30	227.70	269.10	310.50	372.60
Nether Wallop	128.28	149.66	171.04	192.42	235.18	277.94	320.70	384.84
North Baddesley	131.60	153.55	175.48	197.41	241.27	285.15	329.01	394.82
Nursling & Rownhams	112.52	131.28	150.03	168.78	206.28	243.79	281.30	337.56
Over Wallop	122.16	142.52	162.88	183.24	223.96	264.68	305.40	366.48
Penton Grafton	112.88	131.71	150.52	169.33	206.95	244.59	282.21	338.66
Penton Mewsey	135.94	158.60	181.26	203.91	249.22	294.54	339.85	407.82
Quarley	120.76	140.90	161.02	181.15	221.40	261.66	301.91	362.30
Romsey Extra	109.46	127.71	145.95	164.19	200.67	237.16	273.65	328.38
Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Parish of
Romsey Town	127.18	148.38	169.58	190.77	233.16	275.56	317.95	381.54
Sherfield English	114.29	133.35	152.39	171.44	209.53	247.64	285.73	342.88
Shipton Bellinger	134.91	157.40	179.89	202.37	247.34	292.31	337.28	404.74
Smannell	106.48	124.24	141.98	159.73	195.22	230.72	266.21	319.46
Stockbridge	134.19	156.56	178.93	201.29	246.02	290.75	335.48	402.58
Tangley	113.42	132.33	151.23	170.13	207.93	245.74	283.55	340.26
Thruxton	128.97	150.47	171.97	193.46	236.45	279.44	322.43	386.92
Upper Clatford	109.89	128.21	146.53	164.84	201.47	238.10	274.73	329.68
Valley Park	102.50	119.60	136.68	153.76	187.92	222.10	256.26	307.52
Vernham Dean	117.74	137.38	157.00	176.62	215.86	255.12	294.36	353.24
Wellow	124.32	145.05	165.77	186.49	227.93	269.38	310.81	372.98
West Tytherley, Frenchmoor & Buckholt	123.88	144.53	165.18	185.82	227.11	268.41	309.70	371.64
Wherwell	118.18	137.88	157.58	177.27	216.66	256.06	295.45	354.54
All other parts of the Council’s area	94.27	109.99	125.70	141.41	172.83	204.26	235.68	282.82

being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 4(g) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which, in that proportion, is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.

5. That in accordance with Section 52B of the Act, the Council's basic amount of Council Tax for the year 2019/2020 is not excessive.

6. That the following details in respect of precept authorities are noted:

6(a) For the year 2019/2020, the Hampshire County Council have stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with the requirements of the Act, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

Valuation Bands

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
824.58	962.01	1099.44	1236.87	1511.73	1786.59	2061.45	2473.74

6(b) For the year 2019/2020, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire has stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with the requirements of the Act, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

Valuation Bands

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
134.31	156.69	179.08	201.46	246.23	291.00	335.77	402.92

6(c) For the year 2019/2020, the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority have stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with the requirements of the Act, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

Valuation Bands

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
45.14	52.66	60.19	67.71	82.76	97.80	112.85	135.42

7. That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 4(h) and 6(a), 6(b) and 6(c) above, the Council, in accordance with the requirements of the Act, hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for each of its areas for the year 2019/2020 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

Valuation Bands

Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Parish of
Abbotts Ann	1124.97	1312.46	1499.97	1687.45	2062.44	2437.43	2812.42	3374.90
Ampfield	1126.98	1314.81	1502.65	1690.47	2066.13	2441.79	2817.45	3380.94
Amport	1112.09	1297.43	1482.79	1668.13	2038.83	2409.52	2780.22	3336.26

Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Parish of
Andover Town	1126.15	1313.85	1501.54	1689.23	2064.61	2440.00	2815.38	3378.46
Appleshaw	1130.05	1318.39	1506.74	1695.07	2071.75	2448.43	2825.12	3390.14
Awbridge	1114.74	1300.53	1486.33	1672.11	2043.69	2415.27	2786.85	3344.22
Barton Stacey	1131.97	1320.63	1509.30	1697.95	2075.27	2452.59	2829.92	3395.90
Braishfield	1134.26	1323.30	1512.36	1701.39	2079.48	2457.56	2835.65	3402.78
Broughton	1129.95	1318.28	1506.61	1694.93	2071.58	2448.23	2824.88	3389.86
Bullington	1130.52	1318.94	1507.37	1695.78	2072.62	2449.46	2826.30	3391.56
Charlton	1114.86	1300.67	1486.49	1672.29	2043.91	2415.53	2787.15	3344.58
Chilbolton	1115.12	1300.97	1486.84	1672.68	2044.39	2416.09	2787.80	3345.36
Chilworth	1129.54	1317.80	1506.06	1694.31	2070.82	2447.34	2823.85	3388.62
East Dean	1122.28	1309.33	1496.38	1683.42	2057.51	2431.61	2805.70	3366.84
East Tytherley	1124.76	1312.22	1499.69	1687.14	2062.06	2436.98	2811.90	3374.28
Enham Alamein	1116.21	1302.25	1488.29	1674.32	2046.39	2418.46	2790.53	3348.64
Fyfield	1135.34	1324.56	1513.80	1703.01	2081.46	2459.90	2838.35	3406.02
Goodworth Clatford	1137.73	1327.35	1516.98	1706.59	2085.83	2465.07	2844.32	3413.18
Grateley	1120.43	1307.17	1493.92	1680.65	2054.13	2427.61	2801.08	3361.30
Houghton	1130.56	1318.99	1507.42	1695.84	2072.69	2449.55	2826.40	3391.68
Hurstbourne Tarrant	1125.00	1312.50	1500.01	1687.50	2062.50	2437.50	2812.50	3375.00
Kimpton	1135.12	1324.31	1513.50	1702.68	2081.05	2459.43	2837.80	3405.36
King's Somborne	1134.77	1323.89	1513.03	1702.15	2080.41	2458.66	2836.92	3404.30
Lockerley	1128.15	1316.17	1504.21	1692.22	2068.27	2444.32	2820.37	3384.44
Longparish	1133.13	1321.98	1510.85	1699.69	2077.40	2455.11	2832.82	3399.38
Longstock	1122.88	1310.03	1497.18	1684.32	2058.61	2432.91	2807.20	3368.64
Melchet Park & Plaitford	1114.71	1300.50	1486.29	1672.07	2043.64	2415.21	2786.78	3344.14
Michelmersh & Timsbury	1121.57	1308.50	1495.44	1682.36	2056.22	2430.08	2803.93	3364.72
Monxton	1132.65	1321.42	1510.21	1698.97	2076.52	2454.07	2831.62	3397.94
Mottisfont	1128.23	1316.26	1504.31	1692.34	2068.42	2444.49	2820.57	3384.68
Nether Wallop	1132.31	1321.02	1509.75	1698.46	2075.90	2453.33	2830.77	3396.92
North Baddesley	1135.63	1324.91	1514.19	1703.45	2081.99	2460.54	2839.08	3406.90
Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Parish of
Nursling & Rownhams	1116.55	1302.64	1488.74	1674.82	2047.00	2419.18	2791.37	3349.64
Over Wallop	1126.19	1313.88	1501.59	1689.28	2064.68	2440.07	2815.47	3378.56
Penton Grafton	1116.91	1303.07	1489.23	1675.37	2047.67	2419.98	2792.28	3350.74
Penton Mewsey	1139.97	1329.96	1519.97	1709.95	2089.94	2469.93	2849.92	3419.90
Quarley	1124.79	1312.26	1499.73	1687.19	2062.12	2437.05	2811.98	3374.38
Romsey Extra	1113.49	1299.07	1484.66	1670.23	2041.39	2412.55	2783.72	3340.46
Romsey Town	1131.21	1319.74	1508.29	1696.81	2073.88	2450.95	2828.02	3393.62
Sherfield English	1118.32	1304.71	1491.10	1677.48	2050.25	2423.03	2795.80	3354.96
Shipton Bellinger	1138.94	1328.76	1518.60	1708.41	2088.06	2467.70	2847.35	3416.82
Smannell	1110.51	1295.60	1480.69	1665.77	2035.94	2406.11	2776.28	3331.54
Stockbridge	1138.22	1327.92	1517.64	1707.33	2086.74	2466.14	2845.55	3414.66
Tangley	1117.45	1303.69	1489.94	1676.17	2048.65	2421.13	2793.62	3352.34
Thruxton	1133.00	1321.83	1510.68	1699.50	2077.17	2454.83	2832.50	3399.00
Upper Clatford	1113.92	1299.57	1485.24	1670.88	2042.19	2413.49	2784.80	3341.76
Valley Park	1106.53	1290.96	1475.39	1659.80	2028.64	2397.49	2766.33	3319.60
Vernham Dean	1121.77	1308.74	1495.71	1682.66	2056.58	2430.51	2804.43	3365.32
Wellow	1128.35	1316.41	1504.48	1692.53	2068.65	2444.77	2820.88	3385.06
West Tytherley, Frenchmoor & Buckholt	1127.91	1315.89	1503.89	1691.86	2067.83	2443.80	2819.77	3383.72
Wherwell	1122.21	1309.24	1496.29	1683.31	2057.38	2431.45	2805.52	3366.62
All other parts of the Council’s area	1098.30	1281.35	1464.41	1647.45	2013.55	2379.65	2745.75	3294.90

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