Agenda item

To note the Minutes of the Budget Cabinet Meeting held on the 16th February 2015 and to consider the recommendations of Cabinet in relation to the Budget for 2015/16 further to the following attached reports:

Meeting of (Budget), Council, Wednesday, 25th February, 2015 6.00 pm (Item 3.)

		a) Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2015/16 b) Capital Strategy and Capital Programme 2015/2020 c) Housing Revenue Account Estimates for 2014/15 to 2018/19 d) Statement of the Financial Officer on Reserves, Robustness of the Estimates and Prudence of Capital Investments e) Budget Report 2015/16 f) Opposition Budget Report 2015/16 g) Medium Term Financial Strategy 2015/16 to 2019/20
		And if thought fit, pass the following resolutions:
1 That it be noted that on 26 January 2015, the following amounts were approved by the Cabinet as the Council's Council Tax Base for the financial year 2015/16:
			(a) 53,401 for the whole Council area [Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the "Act")]
		(b) 8,237 for dwellings in the Saddleworth Parish area to which a Parish precept relates
		5,270 for dwellings in the Shaw and Crompton Parish area to which a Parish precept relates
2 That the Council Meeting approve the Council Tax Requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2015/16 (excluding Parish precepts) as being £74,384,923
3 That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2015/16 in accordance with sections 31A to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:
		(a) £645,305,404				being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in section 31A(2) of the Act taking into account any Precepts for the Saddleworth and Shaw & Crompton Parish areas
		(b) £572,681,435				being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in section 31A(3) of the Act
		(c) £72,623,969				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 31A(4) of the Act, as its Council Tax Requirement for the year (Item R in the formula in Section 31B of the Act).
		(d) £1,397.43				being the amount at 3(c) above, all divided by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts).
		(e) £239,046				being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in section 34(1) of the Act, being the Saddleworth and Shaw & Crompton Parish precepts.
		(f) £1,392.95				being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by the amount by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates.
		(g) £1,412.30				Saddleworth Parish area being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 3(f) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned at 3(e) above divided by the amount at 1(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its council tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate

		(h) £1,408.06				Shaw & Crompton Parish area
						being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 3(f) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned at 3(e) above divided by the amount at 1(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its council tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.
4 That it be noted that for the year 2015/16 the Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester and the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each category of dwellings in the Council's area as indicated in the table below.
5 That the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2015/16 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.
	Authority/Parish			Council Tax Bands (£)
				A	B		C	D	E	F	G	H
	Oldham Council			928.63	1,083.40		1,238.18	1,392.95	1,702.50	2,012.05	2,321.58	2,785.91
	PCCGM Precept			101.53	118.45		135.38	152.30	186.14	219.99	253.83	304.60
	GM Fire and Rescue Authority Precept			38.43	44.83		51.24	57.64	70.45	83.26	96.07	115.28
	Saddleworth Parish Precept			12.90	15.05		17.20	19.35	23.65	27.95	32.25	38.70
	Shaw and Crompton Parish Precept			10.07	11.75		13.43	15.11	18.47	21.83	25.18	30.22

AGGREGATE OF COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENTS
Authority/Parish	Council Tax Bands (£)
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Saddleworth Parish Area	1,081.49	1,261.73	1,442.00	1,622.24	1,982.74	2,343.25	2,703.73	3,244.49
Shaw & Crompton Parish Area	1,078.66	1,258.43	1,438.23	1,618.00	1,977.56	2,337.13	2,696.66	3,236.01
All other parts of the Council's area	1,068.59	1,246.68	1,424.80	1,602.89	1,959.09	2,315.30	2,671.48	3,205.79

NOTE: The meeting of the Council will conclude 3 hours and 30 minutes after the commencement of the meeting.

Carolyn Wilkins

Chief Executive

Minutes:

The Mayor requested and it was RESOLVED that Council Procedure Rule 10.7, Rules of Debate, be suspended to enable the Leader of the Council to exceed the time limit for his contribution in moving the Administration budget to 15 minutes and the Leader of the Opposition Group in moving the opposition budget, a time limit of 10 minutes. Both the Deputy Leader of the Council in seconding the Budget motion and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in seconding the subsequent amendment be given 5 minutes to speak with a 30 seconds extension. All other speakers would be limited to 4 minutes and 30 seconds.

The Mayor informed the Council that recent regulations had been implemented which would require recorded votes on specific decisions at the budget meeting; Members would be advised when a recorded vote was required.

Prior to considering the budget proposals, the Mayor asked the Council to note the draft Minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 16^th February 2015 as circulated around the chamber with a slight amendment at Item 13 Budget 2015/16 3^rd paragraph should read “budget gap for 2015/16 of £35.229m “ not £39.229m. The minutes were AGREED.

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 16^th February 2015 be noted.

a) Treasury Management Strategy Statement Report 2015/16

Councillor McMahon MOVED and Councillor Jabbar SECONDED the report of the Interim Borough Treasurer, which presented the strategy for 2015/16 Treasury Management activities including the Minimum Revenue Provision Policy Statement, Annual Investment Strategy and Prudential Indicators.

Councillors McCann and Heffernan spoke on this item. Councillor McMahon exercised his right of reply.

RESOLVED that:

1. The Capital Financing Requirement Projection as per paragraph 2.2.3 of the report be approved;

2. The Minimum Revenue Provision policy and method of calculation as per section 2.3 of the report be approved;

3. The projected treasury position as at 31/03/2015 as per paragraph 2.5.3 of the report be approved.

4. The Treasury Limits for 2015/16 to 2017/18 as detailed in sections 2.6.2 and 2.6.3 of the report be approved;

5. The Borrowing Strategy for 2015/16 as per section 2.9 of the report be approved;

6. The limits to interest rate exposures as set out in section 2.10.2 of the report be approved;

7. The upper and lower limits on fixed rate debt maturity structure as set out in Section 2.10.3 of the report be approved;

8. The Annual Investment Strategy, as per section 2.14 of the report, including the investment credit rating criteria and the level of investment in non-specified investments, be approved.

b) Capital Strategy and Capital Programme 2015/2020

Councillor McMahon MOVED and Councillor Jabbar SECONDED the report of the Interim Borough Treasurer which set out the Capital Strategy for 2015/16 to 2019/20 and thereby the proposed 2015/16 Capital Programme including identified capital investment priorities, together with the indicative programme for 2016/20, having regard to the resources available for the five year life of the programme.

Councillor McCann spoke on this item. Councillor McMahon did not exercise his right of reply.

RESOLVED that:

1. The Capital Strategy for 2015/20 at Appendix 1 of the report and summarised in section 2.1 of the report be approved.

2. The Capital Programme for 2015/16 and indicative programmes for 2016/17 to 2019/20 as set out in section 2.2 and Annex C of Appendix 1 to the report be approved.

c) Housing Revenue Account Estimates for 2014/15 to 2018/19

Councillor Hibbert MOVED and Councillor Jabbar SECONED the joint report of the Interim Borough Treasurer and the Executive Director Economy and Skills, which set out the latest Housing Revenue Account (HRA) outturn estimates for 2014/15, the detailed budget for 2015/16 and strategic estimates for the three years 2016/17 through to 2018/19. The report also set out the recommended dwelling, non-dwelling rent and service charge increases to be applied from April 2015.

Councillor McCann spoke on this item. Councillor Hibbert exercised his right of reply.

RESOLVED that:

1. The forecast HRA out-turn for 2014/15 be approved.

2. The proposed HRA budget for 2015/16 be approved.

3. The strategic estimates for 2016/17 to 2018/19 be approved.

4. The proposed increases in dwelling rents, non-dwelling rents, service charges and leaseholder service charges, be approved.

d) Statement of the Chief Financial Officer on Reserves, Robustness of the Estimates and Affordability and Prudence of Capital Investments

Councillor McMahon MOVED and Councillor Jabbar SECONDED the report of the Interim Borough Treasurer which sought approval for the level of balances necessary to support the 2015/16 budget and requested that the actions necessary to secure a properly balanced budget and prudence of capital investments be noted.

No members spoke on this item.

RESOLVED that:

1. The General Balances currently calculated for 2015/16 at £17,704k financed by an element of the underspend reported for the financial year 2013/14 be agreed.

2. The initial estimates of General Balances to support the 2016/17 and 2017/18 budgets which stood at £18,075k and £18,458k and reflected the increased budgetary challenges for these financial years be noted.

3. The intended report to the Audit Committee at the financial year –end to ensure the Council reserves were subject to appropriate scrutiny, be noted.

4. The actions necessary to secure a properly balanced budget as noted in paragraph 4.5 of the report be agreed.

5. The actions necessary to ensure the prudence of the capital investments as noted in paragraph 5.4 of the report be agreed.

e) Administration Budget Proposals 2015/16

Councillor McMahon MOVED and Councillor Jabbar SECONDED the report of the Interim Borough Treasurer which presented the final position of the Administration’s budget report and budget proposals for 2015/16 and the impact of the Final Local Government Finance Settlement and other financial issues . The report also set out the current position in relation to the budget for 2016/17 and beyond.

Councillor McMahon thanked the front line staff for their contribution to the Budget proposals. All Members joined Councillor McMahon in paying tribute to the front line staff.

AMENDMENT

Councillor Sykes MOVED and Councillor McCann SECONDED the amendment to the budgets as circulated and detailed in the Council Summons.

Councillors Wrigglesworth, Jabbar, Houle, Hibbert, S. Bashforth, Akthar, Hudson spoke against the Amendment.

Councillor Murphy, Heffernan, Dillon and Blyth spoke in support of the Amendment.

Councillor McMahon exercised his right of reply.

Councillor Sykes exercised his right of reply.

Councillor McMahon raised a personal point of explanation.

Councillor S. Bashforth raised a personal point of explanation.

A recorded vote, in line with the recent regulation, was then taken on the AMENDMENT as follows:

Councillor		Councillor
Ahmad	AGAINST	Iqbal	AGAINST
Akhtar	AGAINST	Jabbar	AGAINST
Alcock	FOR	Judge	AGAINST
Alexander A.	AGAINST	Larkin	AGAINST
Alexander G.	AGAINST	Kirkham	AGAINST
Ames	AGAINST	Klonowski	AGAINST
Azad	AGAINST	Malik	AGAINST
Ball	AGAINST	McCann	FOR
Bashforth Marie	AGAINST	McLaren	AGAINST
Bashforth Steve	AGAINST	McMahon	AGAINST
Bates	ABSTENTION	Moores	AGAINST
Blyth	FOR	Murphy	FOR
Briggs	AGAINST	Mushtaq	AGAINST
Brownridge	AGAINST	Price	ABSENT
Chadderton	AGAINST	Qumer	AGAINST
Chauhan	AGAINST	Rehman	AGAINST
Cosgrove	AGAINST	Roberts	AGAINST
Dawson	ABSENT	Salamat	AGAINST
Dean	AGAINST	Sedgwick	FOR
Dearden	AGAINST	Shah	ABSENT
Dillon	FOR	Sheldon	AGAINST
Fielding	AGAINST	Shuttleworth	AGAINST
Garry	AGAINST	Stretton	AGAINST
Haque	AGAINST	Sykes	FOR
Harkness	FOR	Toor	AGAINST
Harrison	AGAINST	Ur-Rehman	AGAINST
Heffernan	FOR	Williams	AGAINST
Hibbert	AGAINST	Williamson	FOR
Houle	AGAINST	Wrigglesworth	AGAINST
Hudson	AGAINST	Hussain	AGAINST

On a recorded vote being taken TEN VOTES were cast IN FAVOUR of the AMENDMENT with FORTY SIX cast AGAINST and ONE ABSTENTION. The AMENDMENT was therefore LOST.

The following Councillors then spoke on the Original Motion:

Councillors Chauhan, Chadderton, Ahmad, Mushtaq, Harrison, Stretton, Bashforth, Rehman, Dean and Hibbert spoke in support of the Original Motion.

Councillors Alcock, McCann and Murphy spoke to the Original Motion.

Councillor Klonowski raised a question in relation to the Capital Programme.

Councillor Hudson raised a point of order.

Councillor McMahon exercised his right of reply.

A recorded vote, in line with the recent regulations, was then taken on the Original Motion as follows:

Councillor		Councillor
Ahmad	FOR	Iqbal	FOR
Akhtar	FOR	Jabbar	FOR
Alcock	ABSTENTION	Judge	FOR
Alexander A.	FOR	Larkin	FOR
Alexander G.	FOR	Kirkham	FOR
Ames	FOR	Klonowski	ABSTENTION
Azad	FOR	Malik	FOR
Ball	FOR	McCann	ABSTENTION
Bashforth Marie	FOR	McLaren	FOR
Bashforth Steve	FOR	McMahon	FOR
Bates	ABSTENTION	Moores	FOR
Blyth	ABSTENTION	Murphy	ABSTENTION
Briggs	FOR	Mushtaq	FOR
Brownridge	FOR	Price	FOR
Chadderton	FOR	Qumer	FOR
Chauhan	FOR	Rehman	FOR
Cosgrove	FOR	Roberts	FOR
Dawson	ABSENT	Salamat	FOR
Dean	FOR	Sedgwick	ABSTENTION
Dearden	FOR	Shah	ABSENT
Dillon	ABSTENTION	Sheldon	FOR
Fielding	FOR	Shuttleworth	FOR
Garry	FOR	Stretton	FOR
Haque	FOR	Sykes	ABSTENTION
Harkness	ABSTENTION	Toor	FOR
Harrison	FOR	Ur-Rehman	FOR
Heffernan	ABSTENTION	Williams	FOR
Hibbert	FOR	Williamson	ABSTENTION
Houle	FOR	Wrigglesworth	FOR
Hudson	FOR	Hussain	FOR

On a recorded vote being taken, FORTY SIX VOTES were cast in favour of the Original Motion and NO VOTES cast AGAINST and TWELVE ABSTENTION. The Original Motion was therefore CARRIED.

RESOLVED that:

1. The net revenue budget for 2015/16 for the Council set at £195.800m be approved.

2. The acceptance of the Council Tax Freeze Grant be approved.

3. The savings proposals to balance the 2015/16 budget of £7.758m as set out in Appendix D to the report in summary and in Appendix E in detail be approved.

4. The Council Tax for 2015/16 as set out in Appendix H to the report be approved.

5. The total draw on the Collection Fund of £85.595m for Borough Wide services with £74.384m for Council services be approved.

6. The Fees and Charges schedule as set out at Appendix F to the report be approved.

7. The increase in the required savings for 2016/17 by £4.393m to £29.489m be approved.

8. The Council’s Pay Policy Statement as set out in Appendix I to the report be approved.

9. The approval of £27.471m of savings as set out in Appendices B and C to the report be confirmed.

10.The lack of requirement to hold a referendum on the change in the relevant Basic Amount of Council Tax be noted.

11.The possibility to change the savings target for 2016/17 as a result of developments during 2015/16 be noted.

f) Medium Term Financial Strategy 2015/16 to 2019/20

Councillor McMahon MOVED and Councillor Jabbar SECONDED the report of the Interim Borough Treasurer, which presented the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) for the financial years 2015/16 to 2019/20 having regard to the uncertainties around a number of issues, including the level of reductions in future funding from Central Government and the consequent changes required of the Council.

No member spoke on this item.

On being put to the vote, the MOTION was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

RESOLVED that the Medium Term Financial Strategy, as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report, be approved.

The Mayor then asked Council if they agreed to the resolutions as detailed in the Summons and, in accordance with recent regulations, a recorded vote was taken on resolutions 1, 2, 3 and 5 as follows:

Resolution 1 and 2 relating to the Council Tax Base for the Financial Year 2015/16 as approved by the Cabinet on 26^th January 2015 and the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2015/16

No member spoke on this item.

A recorded vote, in line with the recent regulation, was taken as follows:

Councillor		Councillor
Ahmad	FOR	Iqbal	FOR
Akhtar	FOR	Jabbar	FOR
Alcock	FOR	Judge	FOR
Alexander A.	FOR	Larkin	FOR
Alexander G.	FOR	Kirkham	FOR
Ames	FOR	Klonowski	FOR
Azad	FOR	Malik	FOR
Ball	FOR	McCann	FOR
Bashforth Marie	FOR	McLaren	FOR
Bashforth Steve	FOR	McMahon	FOR
Bates	FOR	Moores	FOR
Blyth	FOR	Murphy	FOR
Briggs	FOR	Mushtaq	FOR
Brownridge	FOR	Price	FOR
Chadderton	FOR	Qumer	FOR
Chauhan	FOR	Rehman	FOR
Cosgrove	FOR	Roberts	FOR
Dawson	ABSENT	Salamat	FOR
Dean	FOR	Sedgwick	FOR
Dearden	FOR	Shah	ABSENT
Dillon	FOR	Sheldon	FOR
Fielding	FOR	Shuttleworth	FOR
Garry	FOR	Stretton	FOR
Haque	FOR	Sykes	FOR
Harkness	FOR	Toor	FOR
Harrison	FOR	Ur-Rehman	FOR
Heffernan	FOR	Williams	FOR
Hibbert	FOR	Williamson	FOR
Houle	FOR	Wrigglesworth	FOR
Hudson	FOR	Hussain	FOR

On a recorded vote being taken the resolutions were AGREED UNANIMOUSLY.

RESOLVED that:

1. It be noted that on 26^th January 2015, the following amounts were approved by the Cabinet as the Council’s Tax Base for the financial year 2015/16:

a) £53,401 for the whole Council area [Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the ”Act”)]

b) 8,237 for dwellings in the Saddleworth Parish area to which a Parish precept relates

5,270 for dwellings in the Shaw and Crompton Parish area to which a Parish precept relates

2. The Council Tax Requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2015/16 (excluding Parish precepts) as being £74,384,923 be approved.

Resolution 3 relating to the amounts calculated by the Council for the year 2015/16 in accordance with sections 31A to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, with an amendment as detailed below:

1) Amount b) should read £570,681,435 and

2) amount c) should read £74,623,969

No member spoke on this item.

A recorded vote in line with the recent regulations was then taken as follows:

Councillor		Councillor
Ahmad	FOR	Iqbal	FOR
Akhtar	FOR	Jabbar	FOR
Alcock	FOR	Judge	FOR
Alexander A.	FOR	Larkin	FOR
Alexander G.	FOR	Kirkham	FOR
Ames	FOR	Klonowski	FOR
Azad	FOR	Malik	FOR
Ball	FOR	McCann	FOR
Bashforth Marie	FOR	McLaren	FOR
Bashforth Steve	FOR	McMahon	FOR
Bates	FOR	Moores	FOR
Blyth	FOR	Murphy	FOR
Briggs	FOR	Mushtaq	FOR
Brownridge	FOR	Price	FOR
Chadderton	FOR	Qumer	FOR
Chauhan	FOR	Rehman	FOR
Cosgrove	FOR	Roberts	FOR
Dawson	ABSENT	Salamat	FOR
Dean	FOR	Sedgwick	FOR
Dearden	FOR	Shah	ABSENT
Dillon	FOR	Sheldon	FOR
Fielding	FOR	Shuttleworth	FOR
Garry	FOR	Stretton	FOR
Haque	FOR	Sykes	FOR
Harkness	FOR	Toor	FOR
Harrison	FOR	Ur-Rehman	FOR
Heffernan	FOR	Williams	FOR
Hibbert	FOR	Williamson	FOR
Houle	FOR	Wrigglesworth	FOR
Hudson	FOR	Hussain	FOR

On a recorded vote being taken, the resolution was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

RESOLVED that:

The following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2015/16 in accordance with sections 31A to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

(a) £645,305,404 being the aggregate of the amounts which the

Council estimates for the items set out in section

31A(2) of the Act taking into account any Precepts

For the Saddleworth and Shaw & Crompton

Parish areas

(b) £570,681,435 being the aggregate of the amounts which the

Council estimates for the items set out in section

31A(3) of the Act

above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b)above,

calculated by the Council, in accordance with

31A(4) of the Act, as its Council Tax Requirement

for the year (Item R in the formula in section 31B

of the Act).

(d) £1,397.43 being the amount at 3(c) above, all divided by item

T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in

accordance with section 31B of the Act, as the

basic amount of its Council Tax for the year

(including Parish precepts).

(e) £239,046 being the aggregate amount of all special items

referred to in section 34(1) of the Act, being the

Saddleworth and Shaw & Crompton Parish

Precepts

(f) £1,392.95 being the amount at 3(d) above less the result

given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by the

amount by Item T (1(a)above), calculated by the

Council, in accordance with section 34(2) of the

Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the

Year for dwellings in those parts of its area to

which no special item relates.

(g) £1,412.30 Saddleworth Parish area

Being the amounts given by adding to the amount

at 3(f) above the amounts of the special item or

items relating to dwellings in those parts of the

Council’s area mentioned at 3(e) above divided by

the amount at 1(b) above, calculated by the

Council, in accordance with section 34(3) of the

Act, as the basic amounts of its council tax for the

year for dwellings in those parts of its area to

which one or more special items relate

(h) £1,408.06 Shaw & Crompton Parish area

being the amounts given by adding to the amount

at 3(f) above the amounts of the special item or

items relating to dwellings in those parts of the

Council’s area mentioned at 3(e) above divided

by the amount at 1(b) above, calculated by the

Council, in accordance with section 34(3) of the

Act, as the basic amounts of its council tax for the

year for dwellings in those parts of its area to

which one or more special items relate.

Resolution 4 relating to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester and the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority

No member spoke on this item.

RESOLVED that it be noted that for the year 2015/16 the Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester and the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each category of dwellings in the Council’s are as indicated in the table below.

Resolution 5 relating to the setting of the Council Tax for 2015/16

No member spoke on this item.

A recorded vote in line with the recent regulations was then taken as follows:

Councillor		Councillor
Ahmad	FOR	Iqbal	FOR
Akhtar	FOR	Jabbar	FOR
Alcock	FOR	Judge	FOR
Alexander A.	FOR	Larkin	FOR
Alexander G.	FOR	Kirkham	FOR
Ames	FOR	Klonowski	FOR
Azad	FOR	Malik	FOR
Ball	FOR	McCann	FOR
Bashforth Marie	FOR	McLaren	FOR
Bashforth Steve	FOR	McMahon	FOR
Bates	FOR	Moores	FOR
Blyth	FOR	Murphy	FOR
Briggs	FOR	Mushtaq	FOR
Brownridge	FOR	Price	FOR
Chadderton	FOR	Qumer	FOR
Chauhan	FOR	Rehman	FOR
Cosgrove	FOR	Roberts	FOR
Dawson	ABSENT	Salamat	FOR
Dean	FOR	Sedgwick	FOR
Dearden	FOR	Shah	ABSENT
Dillon	FOR	Sheldon	FOR
Fielding	FOR	Shuttleworth	FOR
Garry	FOR	Stretton	FOR
Haque	FOR	Sykes	FOR
Harkness	FOR	Toor	FOR
Harrison	FOR	Ur-Rehman	FOR
Heffernan	FOR	Williams	FOR
Hibbert	FOR	Williamson	FOR
Houle	FOR	Wrigglesworth	FOR
Hudson	FOR	Hussain	FOR

On a recorded vote being taken, the resolution was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

RESOLVED that the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2015/16 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

Authority/Parish	Council Tax Bands (£)
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Oldham Council	928.63	1,083.40	1,238.18	1,392.95	1,702.50	2,012.05	2,321.58	2,785.91
PCCGM Precept	101.53	118.45	135.38	152.30	186.14	219.99	253.83	304.60
GM Fire and Rescue Authority Precept	38.43	44.83	51.24	57.64	70.45	83.26	96.07	115.28
Saddleworth Parish Precept	12.90	15.05	17.20	19.35	23.65	27.95	32.25	38.70
Shaw and Crompton Parish Precept	10.07	11.75	13.43	15.11	18.47	21.83	25.18	30.22

AGGREGATE OF COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENTS

Authority/Parish	Council Tax Bands (£)
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Saddleworth Parish Area	1,081.49	1,261.73	1,442.00	1,622.24	1,982.74	2,343.25	2,703.73	3,244.49
Shaw & Crompton Parish Area	1,078.66	1,258.43	1,438.23	1,618.00	1,977.56	2,337.13	2,696.66	3,236.01
All other parts of the Council’s area	1,068.59	1,246.68	1,424.80	1,602.89	1,959.09	2,315.30	2,671.48	3,205.79

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