Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Finance

The Cabinet Member Finance introduced the report the purpose of which was to enable the Council to set the Council Tax for 2016/17. He explained that the Council had agreed its budget and level of Council tax for 2016/17 at its meeting on 12 February 2016. The Council was required to formally approve the total Council Tax for residents of Cheltenham, including the Council Tax requirement of the precepting organisations Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) and Gloucestershire Police. He reported that the Borough Council share of Council Tax for a band D property had increased by £5, the County Council share had increased by £43.51 and the Police by £2.58.

The motion was seconded by Councillor Jordan.

In accordance with the legislation a recorded vote was required.

Voting For 36: (Babbage, Barnes, Baker, Britter, Chard, Clucas, Coleman, Fisher, Fletcher, Flynn, Harman, C Hay, R Hay, Holliday, Jeffries, Jordan, Lillywhite, Mason, McCloskey, McKinlay, Nelson, Payne, Rawson, Regan, Reid, Ryder, Savage, Seacome, Smith, Stennett, Sudbury, Thornton, Walklett, Wheeler, Whyborn, Wilkinson)

Councillor Prince had left the meeting by the time the vote was taken.

RESOLVED (unanimously) THAT

The formal Council tax resolution at Appendix 2 be approved and that the commentary in respect of the increase in Council Tax at Paragraph 6 of Appendix 2 be noted.