The report of the Director of Finance (Document ”BC”) provides Members with details of the Council’s Revenue Estimates for 2022/23.

 

Recommended –

 

That the recommendations contained in Document “BC” be approved.

 

(Andrew Cross – 07870386523)

The report of the Director of Finance (Document ”BC”) provided Members with details of the Council’s Revenue Estimates for 2022/23.  An addendum to Document “BC” reflecting the final Government Settlement Council Document “E” was circulated to members and published following the publication of the agenda.  A further updated Council Document “E” was tabled at the meeting.

 

The Director of Finance noted that there were no new redundancies or cuts to services arising from the proposals.  He added that the final Government Settlement had resulted in a reduced call on reserves to balance the budget and that the additional funds would be allocated to Children’s and Adult’s Social care reserves.

 

The Leader thanked officers and noted that the spending power of the authority was half of that 10 years ago.  She added that there was an expectation from Government that Council Tax should increase and that she was aware of the effect on Council Tax payers.  She noted that for 2022-23 a one off payment of £50 per eligible recipient had been made to the Council Tax Hardship Scheme.  She clarified that the £150 off Council Tax announced by Government to offset increases in fuel bills would be sent to each eligible household via electronic banking and would not reduce Council Tax bills and that guidance from Government was awaited.

 

The Children and Families Portfolio Holder welcomed the allocation of reserves to Children’s Social Care.  She noted that pressure on Social Care was immense and awaited the results of the McAllister review into social care funding.  She looked forward to working with the Commissioner as he took up his post.

 

The Health People and Places Portfolio Holder thanked officers and staff and stressed the need to support the growing elderly population of the district to enable them to live happy and healthy lives in their own home.

 

The Leader congratulated the Bradford Home Support Team on retaining its outstanding CQC judgement.

 

Resolved that the following recommendations to Council be approved:

 

(1)         REVENUE ESTIMATES2022/23

 

(a)      That the Base Revenue Forecast of £388.498m for 2022/23 be approved as set out in this report.

 

(b)      That the recurring investment proposals of £604k in 2022/23 as set out in Appendix C beapproved.

 

(c)      That the existing pressures of £10.5m in 2022/23 as set out in Appendix E beapproved.

 

(d)      That the one off investment of £1.6m in 2022/23 as set out in Appendix F be approved.

 

(e)      That the prior agreed savings in Appendix G be noted and the amendment to previous budget decisions totalling £350k in 2022/23 as set out in Appendix H be approved.

 

(f)        That it be noted that within the revenue budget there is a net use of £3.626m in revenue reserves in 2022/23, and the creation of a Social Care reserve of £10.024m to be funded by £13.650m of reserves as set out in Appendix I.

 

(g)      That the comments of Director of Finance set out in the Section 151 Officer’s Assessment of the proposed budgets on the robustness of the estimates and the adequacy of reserves taking account of the recommendations made at 8.1(a) to (f) above be noted.

 

(2)          PROPOSED COUNCIL TAX2022/23

 

2.1         That it be noted that the projected council tax base and expenditure forecasts outlined in this report together with the 2022/23 resources and the budget variations approvedin 8.1 producea proposedBand Dcouncil taxof £1,543.93 for 2022/23.

 

(3)          PAYMENT DATES FOR COUNCIL TAX AND NATIONALNON-DOMESTIC RATES

 

3.1         That the first instalment date for payment of National Non-Domestic Rates and Council Tax shall be specified by the s151Officer.

 

(4)          DELEGATION TOOFFICERS

 

4.1         That for the avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to any of the powers contained in Article 14 of Part 2 of the Council's Constitution on the Function of Officers, the s151 Officer shall have full delegated powers to act on behalf of the Council on all matters relating to the Council Tax, Non-Domestic Rates and Accounts Receivable Debtors including (without prejudice to the generality of the delegation) entry into any business rate pilot, assessments, determinations, recovery, enforcement and, in accordance with the statutory scheme, full delegated powers to act on behalf of the Council with regard to all aspects of the granting of Discretionary and Hardship Rate Relief to qualifyingratepayers.

 

(5)          PREPARATION OFACCOUNTS

 

(a)      That in preparing the Final Accounts for 2021/22, the s151 Officer be empowered to take appropriate steps to secure the best advantage for the Council's financialposition.

 

(b)      That the s151 Officer be empowered to deal with items which involve the transfer of net spending between the financial years 2021/22 and 2022/23 in a manner which secures the best advantage for the Council's financial position.

 

(c)      That the s151 Officer report any action taken in pursuance of 8.5(a) and 8.5 (b) above when reporting on the Final Accounts for 2021/22.

 

 

(6)          Procurement of External Auditors for 5 years from April 2023

 

a)        That the Council approves the procurement of External Audit via Public Sector Audit Appointments for the 5 year period from April 2023.

 

(7)          COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENT 2022/23

 

(a)      That the council tax base figures for 2022/23 calculated by the Council at its meeting on 4th January 2022 in respect of the whole of the Council’s area and individual parish and town council areas benoted.

 

(b)      That the only special items for 2022/23 under Section 35 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 are local parish and town council precepts and no expenses are to be treated as special expenses under Section 35(1) (b) of that Act.

 

(c)      That the Council Tax Requirement, excluding parish and town council precepts, be calculated asfollows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)       That the precepts of parish and town councils are noted and the          resulting basic council tax amounts for particular areas of the        Council be calculated as follows:

 

 

 

          (e)     That the council tax amounts for dwellings in different valuation bands in respect of the Council’s budget requirement, taking into account parish and town council precepts applicable to only part of the Council’s area, be calculated as follows:

 

                        * Provisional figure

 

(f)     That it be noted that for the year 2022-23 the Police and Crime Commissioner precept is as below, and the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority (WYFRA) have indicated the precepts as below while awaiting approval by the precepting authority.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(g)  That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at (e) and (f) above, the Council set the following amounts of council tax for 2022-23 in each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

 

 

(h)       That Council notes the movement in Band D equivalent charges          for 2022-23 over 2021-22 as set out in the table below.

 

 

	Council Tax 2022-23	Council Tax 2021-22	Percentage change
	Band D Equivalent	Band D Equivalent
Bradford Metropolitan District Council	1,543.93	1,499.11	2.99%
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority *	72.18	67.18	7.44%
West Yorkshire Police Authority	221.28	211.28	4.73%
Local (Parish Council) Precepts:
Addingham	56.26	56.26	0.0%
Baildon	48.83	48.83	0.0%
Bingley	27.79	22.07	25.9%
Burley	85.00	82.00	3.7%
Clayton	27.59	30.02	-8.1%
Cullingworth	34.62	31.44	10.1%
Denholme	52.00	45.00	15.6%
Harden	46.00	45.00	2.2%
Haworth etc	45.03	45.01	0.0%
Ilkley	47.11	47.11	0.0%
Keighley	48.11	39.69	21.2%
Menston	54.00	54.00	0.0%
Oxenhope	35.00	35.00	0.0%
Sandy Lane	18.00	18.00	0.0%
Shipley	31.68	30.01	5.6%
Silsden	21.07	28.71	-26.6%
Steeton/ Eastburn	45.70	44.92	1.7%
Wilsden	51.25	35.75	43.4%
Wrose	14.50	13.50	7.4%
*Provisional figures