Agenda item

To receive the reports of the Executive in respect of the 2016/2017 budget.

 

Members are reminded to also bring with them to the meeting the detailed budget papers circulated previously.

The Chairman of the Executive presented the reports at Agenda Item 8a-8d, and following this, both the Chairman of the Executive and the Portfolio Holder for Finance delivered Budget Statements to the Council, copies of which are attached as Annexe 1 to these minutes.

 

General Fund Revenue Budget 2016/17 (Agenda Item 8a)

 

An updated Annexe 2 was tabled.  The Chairman of the Executive then went on to clarify that the wording of recommendation 1 should be revised to read as follows:-

 

1.         an increase for Waverley’s element of council tax for 2016/2017 be agreed as £5 for the Band D equivalent charge;

 

It was then moved by the Chairman of the Executive and seconded that recommendation 2 be amended by the addition of the following words at the end of the existing recommendation:

 

“2.        ….. with the exception of the proposed saving of £10,000 identified from cancelling the LGA subscription, with the impact of this change on the draft budget being met from the Government’s transitional grant.”

 

Upon being put to the vote, this amendment was CARRIED.

 

It was moved by the Chairman of the Executive, duly seconded and

 

RESOLVED  that the report of the Executive at Agenda Item 8a. be approved and recommendations 1-10, as amended, contained therein be adopted.

 

General Fund Capital Programme 2016/17 (Agenda Item 8b)

 

It was moved by the Deputy Leader of the Farnham Residents’ Group and seconded that the following words be added to the end of the existing recommendation 2 that

 

“2.        ….with the exception that the £800,000 allocated to the Frensham Visitor Centre be reviewed with a view to using a lesser amount for a substantial refurbishment.”

 

Upon being put to the vote, this amendment was LOST.

 

It was moved by the Chairman of the Executive, duly seconded and

 

RESOLVED  that the report of the Executive at Agenda Item 8b be approved and recommendations 1-4 contained therein adopted.

 

Housing Revenue Account Business Plan, Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2016/17 (Agenda Item 8c)

 

It was moved by the Chairman of the Executive, duly seconded and

 

RESOLVED  that the report of the Executive at Agenda Item 8c be approved and recommendations 1-13 contained therein be adopted.

 

Council Tax Setting 2016/17

 

It was moved by the Chairman of the Executive, duly seconded and

 

RESOLVED  that

 

28.1    the following amounts have been calculated for the Council for 2016/2017 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

 

(a)       £74,616,830             being the aggregate of the amounts that 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;

 

(b)       £62,900,308              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;

 

(c)        £11,716,522              being the amount by which the aggregate at (a) above exceeds the aggregate at (b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A (4) of the Act, as its counciltax requirement for the year;

 

(d)       £218.41                     being the amount at (c) divided by 53,645.9, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31B (1) of the Act and rounded for administrative purposes, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year;

 

e)         £2,762,522               being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34 (1) of the Act;

  

(f)         £166.91                      being the amount at (d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at (e) above by 53,645.9 calculated by the Council in accordance with the Section 34 (2) of the Act and rounded for administrative purposes, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates;

(g)                                           Part of Council’s area

 

	£
Alfold	215.89	being the amounts given by adding
Bramley	189.81	to the amount at (f) above the
Busbridge	192.45	special item or items relating to
Chiddingfold	253.40	dwellings in those parts of the
Churt	216.84	Council’s area mentioned above
Cranleigh	220.60	divided in each case by the amount
Dockenfield	189.32	calculated by the Council, in
Dunsfold	228.70	accordance with Section 34(3) of the
Elstead	196.89	Act, as the basic amounts of its
Ewhurst	224.14	Council Tax for the year for dwellings
Farnham	226.74	in those parts of its area to which one
Frensham	215.88	or more special items relate.
Godalming	224.74
Hambledon	193.03
Hascombe	211.18
Haslemere	201.63
PeperHarow	171.27
Thursley	207.85
Tilford	235.81
Witley	224.33
Wonersh	188.67

 

          (h)                                             Valuation Bands

 

Part of the	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Band F	Band G	Band H
Council's Area	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Alfold	143.92	167.91	191.90	215.89	263.86	311.84	359.81	431.78
Bramley	126.54	147.62	168.72	189.81	231.99	274.17	316.35	379.62
Busbridge	128.30	149.67	171.06	192.45	235.22	277.98	320.75	384.90
Chiddingfold	168.93	197.08	225.24	253.40	309.71	366.02	422.33	506.80
Churt	144.56	168.64	192.74	216.84	265.03	313.21	361.40	433.68
Cranleigh	147.06	171.57	196.08	220.60	269.62	318.64	367.66	441.20
Dockenfield	126.21	147.24	168.28	189.32	231.39	273.46	315.53	378.64
Dunsfold	152.46	177.87	203.28	228.70	279.52	330.34	381.16	457.40
Elstead	131.26	153.13	175.01	196.89	240.64	284.39	328.15	393.78
Ewhurst	149.42	174.32	199.23	224.14	273.95	323.76	373.56	448.28
Farnham	151.16	176.34	201.54	226.74	277.13	327.51	377.90	453.48
Frensham	143.92	167.90	191.89	215.88	263.85	311.82	359.80	431.76
Godalming	149.82	174.79	199.76	224.74	274.68	324.62	374.56	449.48
Hambledon	128.68	150.13	171.58	193.03	235.92	278.82	321.71	386.06
Hascombe	140.78	164.24	187.71	211.18	258.11	305.04	351.96	422.36
Haslemere	134.42	156.81	179.22	201.63	246.44	291.24	336.05	403.26
PeperHarow	114.18	133.20	152.24	171.27	209.33	247.39	285.45	342.54
Thursley	138.56	161.65	184.75	207.85	254.04	300.23	346.41	415.70
Tilford	157.20	183.40	209.60	235.81	288.21	340.61	393.01	471.62
Witley	149.55	174.47	199.40	224.33	274.18	324.03	373.88	448.66
Wonersh	125.78	146.73	167.70	188.67	230.60	272.52	314.45	377.34

 

            being the amounts given by multiplying the individual amounts contained within (g) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5 (1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36 (1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.  Waverley and Parish/Town charges are calculated separately then added together;

 

28.2    that it be noted that for 2016/2017 the Surrey County Council and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey have stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below.

 

Valuation Bands

 

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Surrey County  Council	845.52	986.44	1,127.36	1,268.28	1,550.12	1,831.96	2,113.80	2,536.56
Surrey P.C.C	146.79	171.26	195.72	220.19	269.12	318.05	366.98	440.38

 

28.3    that, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at28.1 (h) and 28.2 above,the Council, in accordance with Section 30 (2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for the financial year commencing on 1st April 2016 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:-

Part of the Council’s Area	Valuation Bands
	A £	B £	C £	D £	E £	F £	G £	H £
Alfold	1,136.23	1,325.61	1,514.98	1,704.36	2,083.10	2,461.85	2,840.59	3,408.72
Bramley	1,118.85	1,305.32	1,491.80	1,678.28	2,051.23	2,424.18	2,797.13	3,356.56
Busbridge	1,120.61	1,307.37	1,494.14	1,680.92	2,054.46	2,427.99	2,801.53	3,361.84
Chiddingfold	1,161.24	1,354.78	1,548.32	1,741.87	2,128.95	2,516.03	2,903.11	3,483.74
Churt	1,136.87	1,326.34	1,515.82	1,705.31	2,084.27	2,463.22	2,842.18	3,410.62
Cranleigh	1,139.37	1,329.27	1,519.16	1,709.07	2,088.86	2,468.65	2,848.44	3,418.14
Dockenfield	1,118.52	1,304.94	1,491.36	1,677.79	2,050.63	2,423.47	2,796.31	3,355.58
Dunsfold	1,144.77	1,335.57	1,526.36	1,717.17	2,098.76	2,480.35	2,861.94	3,434.34
Elstead	1,123.57	1,310.83	1,498.09	1,685.36	2,059.88	2,434.40	2,808.93	3,370.72
Ewhurst	1,141.73	1,332.02	1,522.31	1,712.61	2,093.19	2,473.77	2,854.34	3,425.22
Farnham	1,143.47	1,334.04	1,524.62	1,715.21	2,096.37	2,477.52	2,858.68	3,430.42
Frensham	1,136.23	1,325.60	1,514.97	1,704.35	2,083.09	2,461.83	2,840.58	3,408.70
Godalming	1,142.13	1,332.49	1,522.84	1,713.21	2,093.92	2,474.63	2,855.34	3,426.42
Hambledon	1,120.99	1,307.83	1,494.66	1,681.50	2,055.16	2,428.83	2,802.49	3,363.00
Hascombe	1,133.09	1,321.94	1,510.79	1,699.65	2,077.35	2,455.05	2,832.74	3,399.30
Haslemere	1,126.73	1,314.51	1,502.30	1,690.10	2,065.68	2,441.25	2,816.83	3,380.20
PeperHarow	1,106.49	1,290.90	1,475.32	1,659.74	2,028.57	2,397.40	2,766.23	3,319.48
Thursley	1,130.87	1,319.35	1,507.83	1,696.32	2,073.28	2,450.24	2,827.19	3,392.64
Tilford	1,149.51	1,341.10	1,532.68	1,724.28	2,107.45	2,490.62	2,873.79	3,448.56
Witley	1,141.86	1,332.17	1,522.48	1,712.80	2,093.42	2,474.04	2,854.66	3,425.60
Wonersh	1,118.09	1,304.43	1,490.78	1,677.14	2,049.84	2,422.53	2,795.23	3,354.28

 

The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 make it mandatory for Councils to conduct a recorded vote at budget-setting Council meetings.  Recorded votes were therefore taken on Recommendations 1-27 and 28, with the voting for each as follows:-

 

Voting for (51)

 

Cllr Brian Adams, Cllr Mike Band, Cllr Patrick Blagden, Cllr Andrew Bolton, Cllr Maurice Byham,  Cllr Carole Cockburn, Cllr Kevin Deanus, Cllr Jim Edwards, Cllr Brian Ellis, Cllr Patricia Ellis, Cllr David Else, Cllr Jenny Else, Cllr Mary Foryszewski, Cllr John Fraser, Cllr Pat Frost, Cllr Michael Goodridge, Cllr Tony Gordon-Smith, Cllr John Gray, Cllr Ged Hall, Cllr Val Henry, Cllr Christiaan Hesse, Cllr Stephen Hill, Cllr Mike Hodge, Cllr Nicholas Holder, Cllr David Hunter, Cllr Simon Inchbald, Cllr Peter Isherwood, Cllr Anna James, Cllr Carole King, Cllr Robert Knowles, Cllr Denise Le Gal, Cllr Denis Leigh, Cllr Andy MacLeod, Cllr Tom Martin, Cllr Kika Mirylees, Cllr Stephen Mulliner, Cllr David Munro, Cllr Nabeel Nasir, Cllr Libby Piper, Cllr Julia Potts, Cllr Sam Pritchard, Cllr Wyatt Ramsdale, Cllr Stefan Reynolds, Cllr David Round, Cllr Richard Seaborne,  Cllr Jeanette Stennett, Cllr Stewart Stennett, Cllr Chris Storey, Cllr Ross Welland, Cllr Liz Wheatley, Cllr Nick Williams.

 

Voting Against (None)

 

Abstentions (None)