To consider the recommendations of the Executive in respect of the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016/19 and Budget Submission and Council Tax for 2016/17.
RECOMMENDATION: Council is recommended to approve:
1) the Medium Term Financial Plan for 2016/19 including the revenue budget submission for 2016/17;
2) the Statutory Resolution that sets out the 2016/17 council tax levels, as set out in Appendix A to the report.
Minutes:
It was proposed by the Leader of the Council and seconded by Councillor Anthony Pollock that the Medium Term Financial Plan for 2016/19, including the Revenue Budget Submission for 2016/17 and the Statutory Resolution setting out the 2016/17 Council Tax levels, as amended, be approved.
In accordance with the Regulations specified earlier in the meeting, a recorded vote was taken on the proposed recommendations for Item 66.4 – Medium Term Financial Plan 2016/19 – Revenue Budget Submission 2016/17, as amended.
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Mark Ashwell |
Prue Bray |
Parry Batth |
Keith Baker |
Lindsay Ferris |
Bob Pitts |
Chris Bowring |
Tom McCann |
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David Chopping |
Beth Rowland |
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Michael Firmager |
Rachelle Shepherd-Dubey |
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Mike Gore |
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Guy Grandison |
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Kate Haines |
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Mike Haines |
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Charlotte Haitham Taylor |
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Pauline Helliar-Symons |
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Tim Holton |
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Philip Houldsworth |
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John Jarvis |
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Norman Jorgensen |
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Pauline Jorgensen |
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John Kaiser |
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Dianne King |
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Abdul Loyes |
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Ken Miall |
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Philip Mirfin |
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Stuart Munro |
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Barrie Patman |
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Ian Pittock |
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Anthony Pollock |
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Malcolm Richards |
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Angus Ross |
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David Sleight |
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Chris Smith |
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Wayne Smith |
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Bill Soane |
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Rob Stanton |
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Alison Swaddle |
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Simon Weeks |
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Bob Wyatt |
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Shahid Younis |
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RESOLVED: That
1) the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) 2016/19, including the Revenue Budget Submission for 2016/17 be approved;
2) the Statutory Resolution that sets out the 2016/17 Council Tax levels (Appendix A) as tabled at the meeting, be approved, and that it be noted that, at its meeting on 28th January 2016, the Special Council Executive Committee calculated the following amounts for the year 2016/17 in accordance with regulations made under Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended by the Localism Act 2011 and the Local Government Finance Act 2012:
a) 66,001.4 being the amount calculated by the Council (Item T) in accordance with Regulation 31B of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011 and the Local Government Finance Act 2012) as its Council Tax base for the year;
b) Part of the Council’s area:
Arborfield and Newland 1,260.0
Barkham 1,440.6
Charvil 1,399.6
Earley 11,704.0
Finchampstead 5,665.3
Remenham 317.5
Ruscombe 497.9
St. Nicholas Hurst 1,044.2
Shinfield 4,780.7
Sonning 806.9
Swallowfield 995.1
Twyford 2,961.5
Wargrave 2,085.0
Winnersh 3,801.3
Wokingham 14,294.6
Wokingham Without 3,107.1
Woodley 9,840.1
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66,001.4
being the amounts calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations, as the amounts of its Council tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish Precept relates;
3) the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding Parish Precepts) be £85,492,273 (including £1,623,991 in respect of the Adult Social Care Precept for 2016/17 which is based on a 2% increase on the 2015/16 Council Tax level);
4) |
the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2016/2017 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, amended by the Localism Act 2011 (noting, however, that the precepts shown below for the Parishes of Arborfield and Newland, Earley, Winnersh and Woodley are provisional and are subject to approval at the Parishes’ Annual Precept meetings between February 10th and February 17th 2016): |
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(a) |
£292,807,692 |
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; |
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(b) |
(£203,581,539) |
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; |
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(c) |
£89,226,153 |
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); |
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(d) |
£1,351.88 |
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); |
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(e) |
£3,733,880 |
being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the table below) |
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2016/17 |
2015/16 |
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TAX BASE |
PARISH PRECEPT |
PARISH BAND D |
TAX BASE |
PARISH PRECEPT |
PARISH BAND D |
Council Tax Change |
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£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
% |
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Arborfield and Newland |
1,260.0 |
87,866 |
69.73 |
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1,259.5 |
86,280 |
68.50 |
1.80 |
Barkham |
1,440.6 |
42,342 |
29.39 |
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1,440.1 |
38,342 |
26.62 |
10.40 |
Charvil |
1,399.6 |
39,655 |
28.33 |
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1,392.4 |
39,451 |
28.33 |
0.00 |
Earley |
11,704.0 |
778,784 |
66.54 |
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11,671.1 |
747,387 |
64.04 |
3.90 |
Finchampstead |
5,665.3 |
123,848 |
21.86 |
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5,653.7 |
122,410 |
21.65 |
0.97 |
Remenham |
317.5 |
22,250 |
70.08 |
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317.5 |
21,420 |
67.46 |
3.88 |
Ruscombe |
497.9 |
10,266 |
20.62 |
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495.6 |
9,766 |
19.71 |
4.62 |
St. Nicholas Hurst |
1,044.2 |
25,035 |
23.98 |
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1,039.6 |
22,500 |
21.64 |
10.81 |
Shinfield |
4,780.7 |
316,950 |
66.30 |
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4,621.2 |
277,919 |
60.14 |
10.24 |
Sonning |
806.9 |
34,700 |
43.00 |
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805.9 |
34,400 |
42.69 |
0.73 |
Swallowfield |
995.1 |
19,108 |
19.20 |
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957.0 |
18,540 |
19.37 |
(0.88) |
Twyford |
2,961.5 |
67,798 |
22.89 |
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2,944.0 |
58,598 |
19.90 |
15.02 |
Wargrave |
2,085.0 |
161,465 |
77.44 |
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2,078.7 |
154,937 |
74.54 |
3.89 |
Winnersh |
3,801.3 |
107,801 |
28.36 |
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3,800.7 |
107,801 |
28.36 |
0.00 |
Wokingham |
14,294.6 |
710,990 |
49.74 |
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14,042.0 |
665,195 |
47.37 |
5.00 |
Wokingham Without |
3,107.1 |
145,415 |
46.80 |
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3,073.3 |
143,925 |
46.83 |
(0.06) |
Woodley |
9,840.1 |
1,039,607 |
105.65 |
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9,564.9 |
1,010,532 |
105.65 |
0.00 |
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Total / Average |
66,001.4 |
3,733,880 |
56.57 |
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65,157.2 |
3,559,403 |
54.63 |
3.55 |
f) |
£1,295.31 |
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; |
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it be noted that for the year 2016/2017 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; |
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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 2016/2017 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings. |
SUMMARY OF COUNCIL TAX 2016/2017
Valuation Bands |
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
Wokingham Borough Council |
863.54 |
1,007.46 |
1,151.39 |
1,295.31 |
1,583.16 |
1,871.00 |
2,158.85 |
2,590.62 |
Thames Valley Police Authority |
111.31 |
129.86 |
148.41 |
166.96 |
204.06 |
241.16 |
278.27 |
333.92 |
Royal Berkshire Fire Authority |
40.84 |
47.65 |
54.46 |
61.27 |
74.88 |
88.50 |
102.11 |
122.54 |
Aggregate of Council Tax Requirement for each Parish and the Borough for each part of the Council's area:-
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B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
Arborfield & Newland |
910.03 |
1,061.69 |
1,213.37 |
1,365.04 |
1,668.39 |
1,971.72 |
2,275.07 |
2,730.08 |
Barkham |
883.13 |
1,030.32 |
1,177.51 |
1,324.70 |
1,619.08 |
1,913.45 |
2,207.83 |
2,649.40 |
Charvil |
882.43 |
1,029.49 |
1,176.57 |
1,323.64 |
1,617.79 |
1,911.92 |
2,206.07 |
2,647.28 |
Earley |
907.90 |
1,059.21 |
1,210.54 |
1,361.85 |
1,664.49 |
1,967.11 |
2,269.75 |
2,723.70 |
Finchamp-stead |
878.11 |
1,024.46 |
1,170.82 |
1,317.17 |
1,609.88 |
1,902.58 |
2,195.28 |
2,634.34 |
Remenham |
910.26 |
1,061.97 |
1,213.68 |
1,365.39 |
1,668.81 |
1,972.23 |
2,275.65 |
2,730.78 |
Ruscombe |
877.29 |
1,023.50 |
1,169.72 |
1,315.93 |
1,608.36 |
1,900.78 |
2,193.22 |
2,631.86 |
St. Nicholas Hurst |
879.53 |
1,026.11 |
1,172.71 |
1,319.29 |
1,612.47 |
1,905.64 |
2,198.82 |
2,638.58 |
Shinfield |
907.74 |
1,059.03 |
1,210.32 |
1,361.61 |
1,664.19 |
1,966.77 |
2,269.35 |
2,723.22 |
Sonning |
892.21 |
1,040.90 |
1,189.61 |
1,338.31 |
1,635.72 |
1,933.11 |
2,230.52 |
2,676.62 |
Swallowfield |
876.34 |
1,022.39 |
1,168.46 |
1,314.51 |
1,606.63 |
1,898.73 |
2,190.85 |
2,629.02 |
Twyford |
878.80 |
1,025.26 |
1,171.74 |
1,318.20 |
1,611.14 |
1,904.06 |
2,197.00 |
2,636.40 |
Wargrave |
915.17 |
1,067.69 |
1,220.23 |
1,372.75 |
1,677.81 |
1,982.86 |
2,287.92 |
2,745.50 |
Winnersh |
882.45 |
1,029.52 |
1,176.60 |
1,323.67 |
1,617.82 |
1,911.96 |
2,206.12 |
2,647.34 |
Wokingham Town |
896.70 |
1,046.15 |
1,195.60 |
1,345.05 |
1,643.95 |
1,942.85 |
2,241.75 |
2,690.10 |
Wokingham Without |
894.74 |
1,043.86 |
1,192.99 |
1,342.11 |
1,640.36 |
1,938.60 |
2,236.85 |
2,684.22 |
Woodley |
933.97 |
1,089.63 |
1,245.30 |
1,400.96 |
1,712.29 |
2,023.61 |
2,334.93 |
2,801.92 |
Aggregate of Council Tax Requirements for each part of the Council's area:
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
Arborfield & Newland |
1,062.18 |
1,239.20 |
1,416.24 |
1,593.27 |
1,947.33 |
2,301.38 |
2,655.45 |
3,186.54 |
Barkham |
1,035.28 |
1,207.83 |
1,380.38 |
1,552.93 |
1,898.02 |
2,243.11 |
2,588.21 |
3,105.86 |
Charvil |
1,034.58 |
1,207.00 |
1,379.44 |
1,551.87 |
1,896.73 |
2,241.58 |
2,586.45 |
3,103.74 |
Earley |
1,060.05 |
1,236.72 |
1,413.41 |
1,590.08 |
1,943.43 |
2,296.77 |
2,650.13 |
3,180.16 |
Finchamp-stead |
1,030.26 |
1,201.97 |
1,373.69 |
1,545.40 |
1,888.82 |
2,232.24 |
2,575.66 |
3,090.80 |
Remenham |
1,062.41 |
1,239.48 |
1,416.55 |
1,593.62 |
1,947.75 |
2,301.89 |
2,656.03 |
3,187.24 |
Ruscombe |
1,029.44 |
1,201.01 |
1,372.59 |
1,544.16 |
1,887.30 |
2,230.44 |
2,573.60 |
3,088.32 |
St. Nicholas Hurst |
1,031.68 |
1,203.62 |
1,375.58 |
1,547.52 |
1,891.41 |
2,235.30 |
2,579.20 |
3,095.04 |
Shinfield |
1,059.89 |
1,236.54 |
1,413.19 |
1,589.84 |
1,943.13 |
2,296.43 |
2,649.73 |
3,179.68 |
Sonning |
1,044.36 |
1,218.41 |
1,392.48 |
1,566.54 |
1,914.66 |
2,262.77 |
2,610.90 |
3,133.08 |
Swallowfield |
1,028.49 |
1,199.90 |
1,371.33 |
1,542.74 |
1,885.57 |
2,228.39 |
2,571.23 |
3,085.48 |
Twyford |
1,030.95 |
1,202.77 |
1,374.61 |
1,546.43 |
1,890.08 |
2,233.72 |
2,577.38 |
3,092.86 |
Wargrave |
1,067.32 |
1,245.20 |
1,423.10 |
1,600.98 |
1,956.75 |
2,312.52 |
2,668.30 |
3,201.96 |
Winnersh |
1,034.60 |
1,207.03 |
1,379.47 |
1,551.90 |
1,896.76 |
2,241.62 |
2,586.50 |
3,103.80 |
Wokingham Town |
1,048.85 |
1,223.66 |
1,398.47 |
1,573.28 |
1,922.89 |
2,272.51 |
2,622.13 |
3,146.56 |
Wokingham Without |
1,046.89 |
1,221.37 |
1,395.86 |
1,570.34 |
1,919.30 |
2,268.26 |
2,617.23 |
3,140.68 |
Woodley |
1,086.12 |
1,267.14 |
1,448.17 |
1,629.19 |
1,991.23 |
2,353.27 |
2,715.31 |
3,258.38 |
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