Agenda item

Councillor Amanda De Ryk, the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources,

moved that the recommendations be approved and this was seconded by

Councillor Pat Codd, Chair of Public Accounts Select Committee and it was

then unanimously:

Under the provisions of the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England)

(Amendment) Regulations 2014, a recorded vote was conducted on this item

with the following result:

In favour 53

Damien Egan (Mayor), Councillors Obajimi Adefiranye, Tauseef Anwar, Chris Barnham, Paul Bell, Peter Bernards, Chris Best, Kevin Bonavia, Andre Bourne, Bill Brown, Juliet Campbell, Suzannah Clarke, Patrick Codd, Liam Curran, Brenda Dacres, Sophie Davis, Amanda De Ryk, Joe Dromey, Colin Elliott, Aisling Gallagher, Leo Gibbons, Alan Hall, Carl Handley, Octavia Holland, Sue Hordijenko, Coral Howard, Mark Ingleby, Liz Johnston-Franklin, Caroline Kalu, Silvana Kelleher, Louise Krupski, Jim Mallory, Paul Maslin, Sophie McGeevor, Joan Millbank, Hilary Moore, Pauline Morrison, John Muldoon, Olurotimi Ogunbadewa, Lionel Openshaw, Jacq Paschoud, John Paschoud, Stephen Penfold, Kim Powell, James Rathbone, Joani Reid, Sakina Sheikh, Jonathan Slater, Alan Smith, Luke Sorba, Eva Stamirowski, James-J Walsh and Susan Wise.

Against nil

Abstention nil

RESOLVED that

(1) the Council Tax Base calculation for 2021/22, as set out in the

annual Council Tax Base government return, attached at Appendix A

be noted;

(2) a Council Tax Base of 88,614.3 Band D equivalent properties for

2021/22 be approved;

(3) a budgeted Council Tax collection rate of 95.0% be approved;

(4) no changes be made to the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS)

for 2021/22, that eligible claimants make a minimum contribution of

25% towards their council tax;

(5) the continuation of the discretionary Council Tax discount of 100%

for care leavers up to the age of 25, as set out in section five;

(6) the continuation of the discretionary Council Tax discount of 100%

for care leavers up to the age of 25, as set out in section five be

approved;

(7) the existing policy of a 0% discount for  second homes for 2020/21

be continued for 2021/22, as set out in section five be approved;

(8) the existing policy of a 0% discount for empty homes Class A (an 

empty property undergoing structural alteration or major repair to make

it habitable) be continued, as set out in section five;

(9) the existing policy of a 100% discount awarded for a period of four 

weeks and then a 0% discount thereafter, for empty homes – Class C

(a substantially empty and unfurnished property) be continued, as set

out in section five;

(10) the existing Long Term Empty Property homes premium of 100%

for properties empty between 2 and 5 years, and 200% for those empty

for over five years with further incremental increases in future years be

continued, as set out in section five;

(11) the proposed 2021/22 National Non Domestic Rate (NNDR)

estimated net yield of £65m, based on current information available, be

noted; and

(12) the approval of the final 2021/22 NNDR1 form be delegated to the

Executive Director for Corporate Resources for submission by the

deadline of 31st January 2021.