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Executive Board considered the attached report.

 

RECOMMENDED: That Council adopt the resolution set out in Appendix A attached to the report, which includes setting the budget at £98,465m, the Council Tax requirement of £41,217m (before Parish, Police and Fire precepts), and the Band D Council Tax for Halton of £1,250.97.

          The Executive Board had considered a report setting out a recommendation to Council in respect of the Budget, Capital Programme and Council Tax for 2016/17. Since then the Cheshire Fire Authority and the Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner had set their budgets and council tax precepts and these had been included in the report to full Council.

 

          The report included detail on the following:-

 

·       Medium Term Financial Strategy;

·       Budget Consultation;

·       Review of the 2015/16 Budget;

·       2016/17 Budget;

·       the Local Government Finance Settlement;

·       Budget Outlook;

·       Halton’s Council Tax;

·       Parish Precepts;

·       Average Council Tax;

·       Police Precept;

·       Fire Precept;

·       Total Council Tax;

·       Capital Programme;

·       Prudential Code; and

·       School Budgets.

 

The Executive Board had recommended that Council adopt the resolution set out in Appendix A of the report, which included setting the budget at £98.460m, the Council Tax requirement of £41.217m (before Parish, Police and Fire precepts) and the Band D Council Tax for Halton of £1,250.97.

 

Councillor Wharton, Resources Portfolio Holder, thanked all the Officers involved for their support in producing this budget and wished to record his thanks to the Members of the Executive Board, the Budget Working Group and the Chairs of the Policy and Performance Boards for their contribution. In addition he thanked the Leader for his help and support in delivering this budget.

 

In accordance with Standing Order 16 (3), a recorded vote was taken.

 

          The following Members voted FOR the motion:

 

Councillors S. Baker,  D. Cargill, E. Cargill, Cassidy, Cole, Dennett, Edge, Fry,  Gilligan,  P. Harris, R. Hignett, S. Hill, V. Hill, Horabin, Howard, Jones, M. Lloyd Jones, P. Lloyd Jones, C. Loftus, K. Loftus, A. Lowe, J. Lowe, MacManus, McDermott, A. McInerney,

T. McInerney, Nelson, Nolan, Osborne, Parker, Philbin,

N. Plumpton Walsh, Polhill, Joe Roberts, June Roberts, Sinnott,

G. Stockton, J. Stockton, Thompson, Wainwright, Wall, Wallace, Wharton, Woolfall, Wright and Zygadllo.

 

          There were no votes against the motion.

 

          There were no abstentions.

 

          RESOLVED: That Council adopt the following resolution

 

1)    The policies outlined in this paper be adopted, including the Budget for 2016/17, the savings set out in Appendix B and the Capital Programme set out in Appendix F.

 

2)    That it be noted that at the meeting on 09 December 2015 the Council agreed the following:

 

(a) The Council Tax Base 2016/17 for the whole Council area is 32,948 (item T in the formula in Section 31B(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the Act) and

 

(b) For dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates, be set out as follows:

 

Parish	Tax Base
Hale	659
Daresbury	159
Moore	326
Preston Brook	336
Halebank	499
Sandymoor	966

 

          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 special items relate.

 

3)    Calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding Parish precepts) is £41,216,960.

 

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