Issue - meetings

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose: To agree the Council Tax base figure for submission to Welsh Government, together with the collection rate to be applied for 2018/19 and to make other necessary related statutory decisions.

Author: Sue Deacy – Revenues Manager; Ruth Donovan – Assistant Head of Finance, Revenues, Systems and Exchequer

Contact Details: suedeacy@monmouthshire.gov.uk; ruthdonovan@monmouthshire.gov.uk

That in accord with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995, the amount calculated by the Council as its Tax Base for 2018/19 shall be notified as £45,887.85 and the Collection Rate set at 99.0%.

That no Special Resolution declaring Drainage Rates as Special Expenses be made.

That any expenses incurred by the Council in performing in part of its area a function performed elsewhere in its area by a Community Council shall not be treated as a special expense for the purpose of Section 35 of the Local Govt. Finance Act 1992.

That Council Tax setting continues to be a function of full Council.