Agenda item

2.

calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2018/19 (excluding Parish precepts) is £98,464,106. This includes £6,713,092 in respect of the Adult Social Care precept for 2018/19; this is based on a 2.5% increase on the 2017/18 council tax.

3.

the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2018/2019 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, amended by the Localism Act 2011. However, the precepts shown below for the parishes of Earley, Shinfield, Winnersh, and Woodley are provisional and are subject to approval at the parishes annual precept meetings by the end of February 2018. The precept shown below for the Royal Berkshire Fire Authority is also provisional subject to approval at a meeting of the Fire Authority on  27 February 2018:

 (a)

£289,637,310

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2)(a) to (f) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by parish councils

(b)

(£187,019,070)

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

(c)

£102,618,240

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)

(d)

£1,494.39

being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by 1(a) above (Item T), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the 'basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts).

(e)

£4,154,134

being the aggregate amount of all special items (parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the table below).

2018/19

2017/18

Council

TAX

PARISH

PARISH

TAX

PARISH

PARISH

Tax

BASE

PRECEPT

BAND D

BASE

PRECEPT

BAND D

Increase

£

£

£

£

%

Arborfield and Newland

1,272.4

100,231

78.77

1,263.4

95,150

75.31

4.59

Barkham

1,594.4

50,318

31.56

1,526.9

46,342

30.35

3.99

Charvil

1,409.7

47,070

33.39

1,409.3

40,715

28.89

15.58

Earley

11,842.5

859,700

72.59

11,755.9

812,780

69.14

4.99

Finchampstead

5,769.5

139,638

24.20

5,725.0

126,944

22.17

9.16

Remenham

320.0

24,076

75.24

321.9

23,150

71.92

4.62

Ruscombe

496.8

35,500

71.46

501.5

10,266

20.47

249.10

St. Nicholas Hurst

1,058.1

40,000

37.80

1,053.1

30,000

28.49

32.68

Shinfield

5,371.7

356,144

66.30

5,144.0

341,047

66.30

0.00

Sonning

815.3

36,280

44.50

808.3

35,568

44.00

1.14

Swallowfield

1,041.4

19,984

19.19

1,006.0

19,308

19.19

0.00

Twyford

3,004.9

81,645

27.17

2,994.5

77,921

26.02

4.42

Wargrave

2,110.3

175,660

83.24

2,098.3

168,345

80.23

3.75

Winnersh

4,011.3

113,760

28.36

3,897.1

110,521

28.36

0.00

Wokingham

15,052.5

809,335

53.77

14,685.2

766,961

52.23

2.95

Wokingham Without

3,179.5

163,673

51.48

3,109.9

145,543

46.80

10.00

Woodley

10,318.8

1,101,119

106.71

10,133.1

1,081,303

106.71

0.00

Total / Average

68,669.1

4,154,134

60.50

67,433.4

3,931,863

58.31

3.76

(f)

£1,433.89

being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by the amount at 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 special items relates.

4.

it be noted that for the year 2018/2019 the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley has issued a precept 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. The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Authority is due to approve its precept on 27th February 2018, and their provisional precept has been used below.

5.

the Council in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2018/2019 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Wokingham Borough Council

955.93

1,115.25

1,274.57

1,433.89

1,752.53

2,071.17

2,389.82

2,867.78

Thames Valley Police Authority

121.52

141.77

162.03

182.28

222.79

263.29

303.80

364.56

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority

42.91

50.06

57.21

64.36

78.66

92.96

107.27

128.72

Arborfield and Newland

1,008.44

1,176.52

1,344.59

1,512.66

1,848.80

2,184.95

2,521.10

3,025.32

Barkham

976.97

1,139.80

1,302.62

1,465.45

1,791.10

2,116.76

2,442.42

2,930.90

Charvil

978.19

1,141.22

1,304.25

1,467.28

1,793.34

2,119.40

2,445.47

2,934.56

Earley

1,004.32

1,171.71

1,339.09

1,506.48

1,841.25

2,176.02

2,510.80

3,012.96

Finchampstead

972.06

1,134.07

1,296.08

1,458.09

1,782.11

2,106.13

2,430.15

2,916.18

Remenham

1,006.09

1,173.77

1,341.45

1,509.13

1,844.49

2,179.85

2,515.22

3,018.26

Ruscombe

1,003.57

1,170.83

1,338.09

1,505.35

1,839.87

2,174.39

2,508.92

3,010.70

St. Nicholas Hurst

981.13

1,144.65

1,308.17

1,471.69

1,798.73

2,125.77

2,452.82

2,943.38

Shinfield

1,000.13

1,166.82

1,333.50

1,500.19

1,833.56

2,166.94

2,500.32

3,000.38

Sonning

985.60

1,149.86

1,314.13

1,478.39

1,806.92

2,135.45

2,463.99

2,956.78

Swallowfield

968.72

1,130.18

1,291.63

1,453.08

1,775.98

2,098.89

2,421.80

2,906.16

Twyford

974.04

1,136.38

1,298.72

1,461.06

1,785.74

2,110.42

2,435.10

2,922.12

Wargrave

1,011.42

1,179.99

1,348.56

1,517.13

1,854.27

2,191.41

2,528.55

3,034.26

Winnersh

974.84

1,137.31

1,299.78

1,462.25

1,787.19

2,112.13

2,437.09

2,924.50

Wokingham

991.78

1,157.07

1,322.37

1,487.66

1,818.25

2,148.84

2,479.44

2,975.32

Wokingham Without

990.25

1,155.29

1,320.33

1,485.37

1,815.45

2,145.53

2,475.62

2,970.74

Woodley

1,027.07

1,198.25

1,369.42

1,540.60

1,882.95

2,225.31

2,567.67

3,081.20

Arborfield

And

Newland

1,172.870

1,368.350

1,563.830

1,759.300

2,150.250

2,541.200

2,932.170

3,518.600

Barkham

1,141.400

1,331.630

1,521.860

1,712.090

2,092.550

2,473.010

2,853.490

3,424.180

Charvil

1,142.620

1,333.050

1,523.490

1,713.920

2,094.790

2,475.650

2,856.540

3,427.840

Earley

1,168.750

1,363.540

1,558.330

1,753.120

2,142.700

2,532.270

2,921.870

3,506.240

Finchamp-stead

1,136.490

1,325.900

1,515.320

1,704.730

2,083.560

2,462.380

2,841.220

3,409.460

Remenham

1,170.520

1,365.600

1,560.690

1,755.770

2,145.940

2,536.100

2,926.290

3,511.540

Ruscombe

1,168.000

1,362.660

1,557.330

1,751.990

2,141.320

2,530.640

2,919.990

3,503.980

St. Nicholas Hurst

1,145.560

1,336.480

1,527.410

1,718.330

2,100.180

2,482.020

2,863.890

3,436.660

Shinfield

1,164.560

1,358.650

1,552.740

1,746.830

2,135.010

2,523.190

2,911.390

3,493.660

Sonning

1,150.030

1,341.690

1,533.370

1,725.030

2,108.370

2,491.700

2,875.060

3,450.060

Swallowfield

1,133.150

1,322.010

1,510.870

1,699.720

2,077.430

2,455.140

2,832.870

3,399.440

Twyford

1,138.470

1,328.210

1,517.960

1,707.700

2,087.190

2,466.670

2,846.170

3,415.400

Wargrave

1,175.850

1,371.820

1,567.800

1,763.770

2,155.720

2,547.660

2,939.620

3,527.540

Winnersh

1,139.270

1,329.140

1,519.020

1,708.890

2,088.640

2,468.380

2,848.160

3,417.780

Wokingham

1,156.210

1,348.900

1,541.610

1,734.300

2,119.700

2,505.090

2,890.510

3,468.600

Wokingham Without

1,154.680

1,347.120

1,539.570

1,732.010

2,116.900

2,501.780

2,886.690

3,464.020

Woodley

1,191.500

1,390.080

1,588.660

1,787.240

2,184.400

2,581.560

2,978.740

3,574.480