Issue - meetings

The Executive Board is to consider the attached report at its meeting to be held on 7^th December 2006. The Board’s recommendation will be reported to Council.

            The Executive Board had considered a report regarding the determination of the ‘Tax Base’ for the Authority’s area and for each of the Parishes at its meeting on 7^th December 2006. It was noted that the Council was required to notify the figure to the Cheshire Fire Authority, the Cheshire Police Authority, the Cheshire Magistrates’ Courts Committee, the Cheshire Probation Committee and the National Rivers Authority by 31^st January 2007.

            The Board’s resolution was reported to the Council for information.

            RESOLVED: That

(1)       the 2007/8 Council Tax Base be set at 37,392 for the Borough, and the Cheshire Fire Authority, the Cheshire Police Authority and the National Rivers Authority be so notified; and

(2)       the Council Tax Base for each of the Parishes be set as follows:

            Parish          Tax Base

            Hale            722

            Daresbury     140

            Moore            352

            Preston Brook            331

            The Board considered a report of the Operational Director – Financial Services regarding the ‘Tax base’ for the area and the tax base for each of the Parishes. The Council was required to notify Cheshire Fire Authority, the Cheshire Policy Authority, the Cheshire Magistrates’ Courts Committee, the Cheshire Probation Committee and the National Rivers Authority of this figure by 31^st January 2007.

            Members were advised that the ‘Tax Base’ was arrived at in accordance with a prescribed formula, representing the estimated full year number of chargeable dwellings in the Borough expressed in terms of the equivalent of Band ‘D’ dwellings, and was the measure used for calculating the council tax. Taking account of all the relevant information, and applying a 99% collection rate, the calculation for 2007/2008 gave a tax base figure of 37,392 for the Borough as a whole.

            RESOLVED: That

(1)       the Council be recommended that the 2007/8 Council Tax Base be set at 37,392 for the Borough, and that the Cheshire Fire Authority, the Cheshire Police Authority and the National Rivers Authority be so notified; and

(2)       the Council be recommended that the Council Tax Base for each of the Parishes be set as follows: