The Council was the billing authority for the Borough of Brentwood and was required to set a Council Tax that would not only cover its own requirements, but also those of Essex County Council (ECC), Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Essex (PFCC), and Essex Police Fire & Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority (EPFCCFRA) and the Parish Councils.

Cllr Mrs McKinlay MOVED and Cllr Kerslake SECONDED the recommendations in the report and following a discussion, in accordance with Procedure Rule 9.6 a recorded vote was taken.  Members voted as follows:

FOR:  Cllrs Barrell, Bridge, Cloke, Mrs Coe, Faragher, Hirst, Mrs Hones, Hossack, Kerslake, McCheyne, Mrs McKinlay, Mrs Murphy, Parker, Poppy, Mrs Pound, Reed, Mrs Rowlands, Ms Sanders, Mrs Slade, Trump, Tumbridge and Wiles (22)

AGAINST:  Cllrs Aspinell, Barrett, Chilvers, Clarke, Mrs Fulcher, Keeble, Kendall, Morrissey, Mynott and Newberry (10)

ABSTAIN:  Cllrs Mrs Hubbard and Russell (2)

The MOTION was CARRIED and it was

RESOLVED

1.    That the Council approve the formal Council Tax resolution for Brentwood Borough Council and Parishes as contained in Appendix A.

2.    That it be noted that for the year 2018/19 Essex County Council, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex and Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority have issued the following precept requirements to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (as amended) (“the Act”) for each of the categories of dwellings (valuation band) shown in Table 2.

Table 2 - Precept Schedule

3.    That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands and the amounts in 2.2 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Act, hereby sets the amounts in Table 3 as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2018/19 for each of the categories of dwellings shown:

Table 3 - 2018/19 Council Tax for Each Categories of Dwellings

(Cllr Hirst declared a non-pecuniary interest by virtue of his role of Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner).

Reason for Recommendation

The Council has a legal requirement to set the Council Tax for its area by

11 March 2018.

During consideration of this item, Members sought clarification of certain aspects of the Constitution from the Monitoring Officer and the meeting was adjourned for five minutes in order to facilitate this.