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2013/14 Council Tax Setting and Budget Report

Meeting: 27/02/2013 - Full Council (Item 41)

41 Revenue Budget and Council Tax Levels 2013/14 pdf icon PDF 168 KB

This report sets out the Council’s 2013/14 revenue budget proposals which includes the Council tax levels, detailed Savings and Growth Schedules, budget risks, a brief overview of the new local government finance system (business rate scheme) and its impact on Hammersmith and Fulham, new responsibilities to be undertaken by the Council and also an Equalities Impact Assessment.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

7.07pm - The report and recommendations were moved for adoption by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Nicholas Botterill.

 

An addendum was circulated which included some changes to the figures in the report.

 

In accordance with Council convention, the Leader of the Council, Councillor Nicholas Botterill, and the Leader of the Opposition, Councillor Stephen Cowan, were then given unlimited time to speak on the Budget report.  Speeches on the report were made by Councillors Marcus Ginn, Helen Binmore and Andrew Johnson (for the Administration) and Councillors Max Schmid, Andrew Jones and PJ Murphy (for the Opposition).

 

Councillor Nicholas Botterill (for the Administration) made a speech winding up the debate.  The report and recommendations were put to the vote and a roll-call was requested:

 

FOR                                                                                   NOT VOTING

 

ADAM

 

AHERNE

ALFORD

 

BROWN (D)

BINMORE

 

CARTWRIGHT

BOTTERILL

 

CHUMNERY

BROCKLEBANK-FOWLER

 

COWAN

BROWN (A)

 

HARCOURT

CARLEBACH

 

HOMAN

CHALK

 

JONES

COONEY

 

NEEDHAM

CROFTS

 

POWELL

DE LISLE

 

SCHMID

DEWHIRST

 

UMEH

DONOVAN (G)

 

VAUGHAN

FORD

 

 

GINN

 

 

GRAHAM

 

 

HAMILTON

 

 

IGGULDEN

 

 

IVIMY

 

 

JOHNSON (A)

 

 

KARMEL

 

 

LAW

 

 

LOVEDAY

 

 

PHIBBS

 

 

SMITH

 

 

STAINTON

 

 

THORLEY

 

 

 

 

FOR                         27

AGAINST                0

NOT VOTING          13

 

The report and recommendations were declared CARRIED.

 

8.34pm RESOLVED:

 

(1)         To approve a Council Tax reduction of 3% for the Hammersmith & Fulham element for 2013/14. 

 

(2)         The council tax be set for 2013/14 for each category of dwelling, as calculated in accordance with Sections 31A to 49B of the Localism Act 2011, as outlined below and in full in Appendix A of the addendum:

 

(a)          The element of council tax charged for Hammersmith & Fulham Council will be £757.90 per Band D property in 2013/14.

(b)          The element of Council Tax charged by the Greater London Authority will be confirmed on the 25 February and is expected to be £303.00per Band D property in 2013/14. A reduction of 1%.

(c)           The overall Council Tax to be set will be £1,060.90 per Band D property in 2013/14.

 

Category of Dwelling

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Ratio

6/9
£

7/9
£

8/9
£

1
£

11/9
£

13/9
£

15/9
£

18/9
£

A) H&F

505.27

589.48

673.69

757.90

926.32

1,094.74

1,263.17

1,515.80

b) GLA 

202.00

235.67

269.33

303.00

370.33

437.67

505.00

606.00

c) Total

707.27

825.15

943.02

1,060.90

1,296.65

1,532.41

1,768.17

2,121.80

 

 

(3)         The Council’s own total net expenditure budget for 2013/14 set at £181.944m, be approved.

 

(4)         That fees and charges are approved as set out in paragraph 5.2 of the report.

 

(5)         That the budget projections made by the Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Governance to 2015/16 be noted.

 

(6)         That the statement made by the Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Governance under Section 25 of the Local Government Act 2003 regarding the adequacy of reserves and robustness of estimates be noted (section 14 of the report).

 

(7)         That the Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Governance be authorised to collect and recover National Non-Domestic Rate and Council Tax in accordance with the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (as amended),  ...  view the full minutes text for item 41