Issue - meetings

(i)  Revenue Budget

  That the Revenue Estimates for 2008/09 totalling £540.509m, as detailed and explained in the submitted report and accompanying papers be approved, including a 4.7% increase in the Leeds’ element of the Council Tax.

(ii)  Council Tax

1.   That it be noted that at the meeting on 16^th January 2008, Council agreed the following amounts for the year 2008/09, in accordance with regulations made under Sections 33(5) and 34(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

a)   233,204 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended) as its Council Tax base for the year.

b) 

being the amounts calculated by the Council in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations, as the amounts of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.

2  That, on the assumption that the DCLG makes the necessary order, the following amount be now calculated for the year 2008/09 in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended):-

being the amount calculated in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations as the amount of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in that part of its area listed to which one or more special items relate, this amount being calculated in addition to those listed in 1(b) above.

3  That, assuming that the DCLG makes the necessary order for the creation of the new parish of Alwoodley,  the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2008/09 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

a) £2,381,063,296.49  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (e) of the Act.

b) £1,839,200,000  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3)(a) to (c) of the Act.

c) £541,863,296.49  being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year.

d) £292,293,316  being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its general fund in respect of  ...  view the full agenda text for item 80

The Lord Mayor invited Council to agree that following further advice from officers, the pages identified as exempt within the budget documentation be now designated as open and it was

RESOLVED – That the pages be now designated as open.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 14.10 Councillor Brett sought leave of Council in moving the motion to make alterations as follows:

• In paragraph 3(e) of the motion to change the reference “2(d)” to “3(d)”
• The inclusion of the agreed West Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority precept in paragraph 5 and the inclusion of the proposed West Yorkshire Police Authority precept (these will bring the anticipated overall increase in Council Tax, including precepts, to 4.7%)

The amended motion was seconded by Councillor A Carter

 (i)  Revenue Budget

  That the Revenue Estimates for 2008/09 totalling £540.509m, as detailed and explained in the submitted report and accompanying papers be approved, including a 4.7% increase in the Leeds’ element of the Council Tax.

(ii)  Council Tax

1.   That it be noted that at the meeting on 16^th January 2008, Council agreed the following amounts for the year 2008/09, in accordance with regulations made under Sections 33(5) and 34(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

a)   233,204 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended) as its Council Tax base for the year.

b) 

being the amounts calculated by the Council in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations, as the amounts of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.

2  That, on the assumption that the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) makes the necessary order, the following amount be now calculated for the year 2008/09 in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended):-

being the amount calculated in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations as the amount of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in that part of its area listed to which one or more special items relate, this amount being calculated in addition to those listed in 1(b) above.

3  That, assuming that the DCLG makes the necessary order for the creation of the new parish of Alwoodley,  the following amounts be now calculated  ...  view the full minutes text for item 80