Decision details

RESOLVED:

That Council:

a.     Approved the formal council tax resolutions referred to in paragraphs 5 to 14

b.     Approved the individual tax settings as follows:

             i.    that the Somerset County Council; Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority has stated that amounts shown in paragraphs 8 to 11 respectively of this report in precept issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Act 1992 (as amended), for each of the categories of dwelling:

            ii.   that the total amount of council tax for each band of property in the South Somerset area for 2019/20 be as given in the table below:

NB The above figures exclude all town/parish precepts.  The Police & Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset approved their figures on the 5^th February 2019, Somerset Fire and Rescue on the 19^th February 2019 and Somerset County Council on the 20^th February 2019.

iii. that, having calculated the totals of each precepting authority’s amounts (including town and parish precepts), The Council (in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Act 1992) (as amended) hereby sets the amounts shown at TOTAL in the table shown at Appendix A as the council taxes for the financial year 2019/20 for each category of dwelling.

c.      Noted that the formal Council Tax Resolution was approved, and the total Band D Council Tax as follows:

Reason:

To approve the calculation and setting of the Council Tax for 2019/20