Agenda and draft minutes

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Cllr Jory was nominated and appointed as Chairman for the duration of this Committee meeting.

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Apologies for absence were received from Cllr T Pearce.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Council Tax Setting Panel held on 22 February 2022;

CTSC.3/23        

The minutes of the meeting of the Council Tax Setting Committee held on 22 February 2022 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

In accordance with the Code of Conduct, Members are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registerable Interests and Non-Registerable Interests including the nature and extent of such interests they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting;

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Members were invited to declare any interests in the items of business to be considered during the course of the meeting but there was none was made.

Report of Section 151 Officer

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Consideration was given to a report that calculated and set out the Council Tax for 2023/24, having taken into account the precepts as notified from Devon County Council, Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority and the local Town and Parish Councils.

It was then:

RESOLVED

1       That it be noted that, in December 2022, the Senior Leadership Team, under delegated authority from full Council, approved the Council Tax Base for the year 2023/24:

(a)    for the whole Council area as 21,225.87 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base)(England) Regulations 2012; and

(b)    for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish Precept relates in accordance with regulation 6 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012 (Appendix A of the published agenda report refers);

2       That the Council Tax requirement for West Devon Borough Council’s own purposes for 2023/24 (excluding Parish precepts) is calculated at £5,391,371 (Appendix Bof the presented agenda report refers);

3       That the following amounts are calculated by the Council for the year 2023/24 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and the Localism Act 2011 (Appendix B of the presented agenda report refers):

(a)     £27,787,721           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/Town Councils (Gross expenditure including parish precepts).

(b)       £20,267,247            being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act (Total income including business rates and council tax collection fund surplus).

(c)       £7,520,474              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 31B of the Act) (Council tax requirement including parish precepts).

(d)       £354.31                   being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by the council tax base (1(a) above) in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (Average band D council tax for West Devon Borough Council and parishes).

(e)       £2,129,103              being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish Precepts), referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per Appendix C – Parish Precepts    to the published agenda report).

(f)        £254.00                   being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) by the Council tax base (1(a) 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 (Band D council tax for West Devon  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.