Agenda item

Council Tax 2023/24

To consider and set the Council Tax for 2023/24.

 

A separate budget pack, produced by the Director for Digital, Sustainability and Resources, shall be circulated as item 8, and the recommendation from the Cabinet, at items 6D and 6E, will also be considered as part of this item.

Minutes:

The Mayor introduced the item explaining that items 6D and 6E, recommendations from the Cabinet, would be considered as part of this discussion with the full proposed recommendation being contained in the papers circulated with the agenda.

 

As required by the Regulations there would be a recorded vote on any amendments to the proposed budget together with a final vote on the substantive motion.

 

The Mayor clarified that the item would be dealt with under the budget procedure rules and therefore, ordinary rules of debate did not apply.

 

The Mayor invited the Leader of the Council to address the Chamber. 

 

The Leader of the Council introduced the budget and setting of the council tax to members and a copy of the Leaders budget speech is appended to these minutes as Appendix A.

 

The proposal was seconded by Councillor John Turley.

 

The Leader of the Conservative Group on the Council, Councillor Kevin Jenkins, addressed the Council and proposed an amendment to the budget, appended to these minutes as Appendix B.

 

The proposed amendment was seconded by Councillor Elizabeth Sparkes. 

 

Liberal Democrats Councillor Hazel Thorpe addressed the Council.

 

Members in the Chamber debated the proposed budget and budget amendment.

 

In accordance with Budget Procedure Rules, the Leader of the Opposition and the Leader were given rights of reply.

 

The Mayor put the amendment to the Council for a vote. A recorded vote was taken, the results of which, are set out below:-

 

Vote 1 - Amendment

 

For (13): Councillors  Atkins, Cochran, Coxhill, Harman, Humphreys, James, Jenkins, Mercer, Morgan, Nowak, Sparkes, Thorpe, & Waight

 

Against (22): Councillors Barrett, Choudhury, Chowdhury, Cooper, Deen, Garner, Glynn-Davies, Hermitage, Howard, McCabe, Overton, Roser, Silman, D Smith, S Smith, Taylor, Theodoridi, Turley, Walker, Wells, Whight & Whorlow

 

Resolved that the amendment was not supported.

 

As the amendment was not supported, the Mayor put Appendices A & B (the substantive motion) to the Council for a vote. A recorded vote was taken, the results of which, are set out below:-

 

For (22): Councillors Barrett, Choudhury, Chowdhury, Cooper, Deen, Garner, Glynn-Davies, Hermitage, Howard, McCabe, Overton, Roser, Silman, D Smith, S Smith, Taylor, Theodoridi, Turley, Walker, Wells, Whight & Whorlow

 

Against (6): Councillors  Coxhill, Humphreys, James, Mercer, Morgan & Waight

 

Abstentions (7): Councillors Atkins, Cochran, Harman, Jenkins, Nowak, Sparkes and Thorpe

 

Resolved 

 

1.

1.      That it be noted that on 1st February 2023, the Cabinet calculated the Council Tax Base 2023/24 as 39,364.60 [Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)];

2.

2.      That the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2023/24 was £10,231,650.

3.

3.      That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2023/24 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

(a)

£79,141,696

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act.

 

(b)

£68,910,046

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(c)

£10,231,650

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).

(d)

£259.92

being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

 

(e)

£0.00

being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

 

 

(f)

£259.92

being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by Item T (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.

4.    That it be noted that for the year 2023/24 the West Sussex County Council and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each category of dwellings in the Council’s area as indicated in the table below:-

 

 

All of the Council’s Area 2023/24

Band A

£

 

Band B

£

Band C

£

Band D

£

Band E

£

Band

F

£

Band G

£

Band

H

£

Worthing Borough Council

173.28

202.16

231.04

259.92

317.68

375.44

433.20

519.84

West Sussex County Council Total as split below:

1088.94

1270.43

1451.92

1633.41

1996.39

2359.37

2722.35

3266.82

West Sussex Council – Core

945.00

1102.50

1260.00

1417.50

1732.50

2047.50

2362.50

2835.00

West Sussex County Council – Adults Social Care Element

143.94

167.93

191.92

215.91

263.89

311.87

359.85

431.82

The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex

159.94

186.60

213.25

239.91

293.22

346.54

399.85

479.82

 

 

5.    That the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the amounts shown in the table shown above, as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2023/24 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

 

 

 

Band A

£

Band B

£

Band C

£

Band D

£

Band E

£

Band F

£

Band G

£

Band H

£

 

All of the Council’s Area

 

 

1422.16

 

1659.19

 

1896.21

 

2133.24

 

2607.29

 

3081.35

 

3555.40

 

4266.48

 

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