Issue - meetings

(A) 2016/17 Council Tax

Report FSD16017

The Director of Finance circulated supplementary information and amended recommendations which were received and accepted by the meeting -

“There were no changes to the final Mayoral precept accepted by the London Assembly on 22^nd February 2016. 

There were no changes required to the amount included for levies following receipt of written confirmation.

On 11^th February 2016 the Department of Health published the public health allocations for 2016/17. Bromley’s allocation is £15,478k compared to £15,836k assumed in the draft budget (a reduction of £358k). The 2016/17 central contingency already includes a provision of £347k to reflect the expected reduction in public health funding and the additional £11k can be met from the remaining provision for further reductions in grant funding also held in the central contingency.

Indicative allocations for 2017/18 were also published and the Department of Health will publish confirmation of these and the conditions that will apply in due course.  Bromley’s indicative allocation is £15,096k compared to £15,114k assumed in the financial forecast.

The above changes will require the following proposed amendments to be made to the recommendations of the Executive:

Amended Recommendation (2.1)

(b)  approve the draft revenue budgets for 2016/17 with the following   amendment:

(iii)  £358k be allocated from the central contingency to the Care Services Portfolio to reflect the public health grant allocation for 2016/17.

(f)  approve the following provisions for levies to include in the budget for 2016/17:

(g)  approve a revised Central Contingency sum of £14,983k to reflect the changes in (b) and (f);

(i)  set a 3.99% increase in Bromley’s council tax for 2016/17 (1.99% general increase plus 2% Adult Social Care Precept) compared with 2015/16 and a 6.4% reduction in the GLA precept;

(j)  note the final position on the GLA precept, as accepted by the London   Assembly on 22nd February 2016.

Amended Recommendation (2.2)

Council Tax 2016/17 – Statutory Calculations and Resolutions (as amended by the Localism Act 2011).

Subject to 2.1 (a) to (m) above, if the formal Council Tax Resolution as detailed below is approved, the total Band D Council Tax will be as follows:

Amended Recommendation (2.3):

(iii)  that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the Act):

(a)  £537,282k being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act.

(b)  £401,599k being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(iv)  to note that the Greater London  ...  view the full minutes text for item 156