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To receive apologies for absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillor M. Sherrey. |
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Declarations of Interest To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes: The minutes from the Cabinet meeting that took place on 15th February 2023 were submitted for Members’ consideration.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 15th February 2023 be approved as a true and accurate record. |
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Council Tax Resolutions 2023/24 (to follow) Additional documents:
Minutes: The Head of Finance and Customer Services presented the Council Tax Resolutions 2023/24 report for Members’ consideration.
Cabinet was informed that this report was seeking the formal approval of the Council Tax Resolutions for 2023/2024. The report took into account the spending requirements of Bromsgrove District Council, Worcestershire County Council (WCC), the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia, Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority and the various Parish Councils.
The various precepting bodies had provided details regarding the amount in precepts they required for 2023/24. Members were advised that, should Council approve the recommendations contained within the report, the average band D Council Tax would be £2,097.255. This was an increase of 4.75% from the previous year.
Finally, Cabinet was informed that the total Council Tax Base 2023/24 had been calculated as £39,919.44.
RECOMMENDEDthat Council approve:
1) the calculation for the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2023/24 (excluding Parish precepts) as £9,204,565.
2) That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2023/24 in accordance with sections 31 to 36 of the Act:
(a) £46,449,077 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (2) of the Act (taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils) (i.e., Gross expenditure)
(b) £36,113,337 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act. (i.e., Gross income)
(c) £10,335,740 being the amount by which the aggregate of 1.2.2(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 1.2.2(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 in the formula in Section 31B of the Act).
(d) £272.57 being the amount at 1.2.2 (c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T (1.1(a) above), 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) £1,131,175 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34 (1) of the Act (as per the attached Schedule 3).
(f) £242.74 being the amount at 1.2.2 (d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 1.2.2 (e) above by Item T (1.1 (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 Parish precept relates.
(g) The amounts shown in Column 3 of Schedule 1. These are the basic amounts of the council tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area shown in Column 1 of the schedule respectively to which special items relate, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act. (District and Parish combined at Band D).
(h) The amounts shown ... view the full minutes text for item 71/22 |
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Minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board held on 17th January 2023 (a) To receive and note the minutes (b) To consider any recommendations contained within the minutes Additional documents:
Minutes: The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Board presented the minutes from the meeting of the Board held on 17th January 2023.
Cabinet was informed that during the discussion of the Levelling Up Fund – Purchase of Windsor Street Site and Former Market Hall Site, Members had outlined their concerns in respect of these projects and had made relevant Members and Officers aware of these concerns.
At this meeting, the Board also received an update on Planning Enforcement and Councillor Hotham was pleased to report that there had been significant improvements made in this area. In particular, the retention of Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) Officers, who had been contracted during the Covid-19 pandemic had been successful and it was hoped that this would continue in the future.
Members were advised that at this meeting of the Board there had been a detailed discussion regarding the future membership of the Finance and Budget Working Group. It was agreed that the membership of the Working Group for the 2023-24 municipal year would comprise of 7 Members, 6 Members of the Overview and Scrutiny Board plus the Chairman of the Audit, Standards and Governance Committee. However, it was also agreed that, should vacant posts remain after members of the Overview and Scrutiny Board had been approached, Members who did not sit on Cabinet would be approached and could be appointed to fill those vacancies. The Terms of Reference would be updated accordingly.
Finally, it was reported that at this meeting, Councillor S. Baxter had provided, as the Council’s representative on Worcestershire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC), an update in respect of the issues effecting the hospitals within the County, which had been widely reported over the previous twelve months.
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