Agenda item

		a)    Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2016/17 b)    Capital Strategy and Capital Programme 2016/21 c)     Housing Revenue Account Estimates for 2015/16 to 2020/21 d)    Statement of the Financial Officer on Reserves, Robustness of the      Estimates and Prudence of Capital Investments e)    (i)  Administration Budget Report 2016/17 (ii) Main Opposition Budget Report 2016/17 f)      Medium Term Financial Strategy 2016/17 to 2020/21 g)    Treasury Management Half Year Review 2015/16
		And if thought fit, pass the following resolutions:
	1  That it be noted that on 25 January 2016, the following amounts were approved     by the Cabinet as the Council's Council Tax Base for the financial year 2016/17:
	(a) 54,406 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) 8,389 for dwellings in the Saddleworth Parish area to which a Parish precept    relates
	(c) 5,305 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 2016/17 (excluding Parish precepts) as being £78,588,379
	3  That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2016/17 in     accordance with sections 31A to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:
	(a) £607,726,471					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) £528,892,476					being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in section  31A(3) of the Act
	(c)   £78,833,995					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)       £1,448.99					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)        £245,616					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)         £1,444.48					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)        £1,463.83					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)       £1,460.18					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 2016/17 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 2016/17 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			962.99		1,123.48		1,283.98	1,444.48	1,765.48	2,086.47	2,407.47	2,888.96
PCCGM Precept			104.87		122.34		139.82	157.30	192.26	227.21	262.17	314.60
GM Fire and Rescue Authority Precept			39.18		45.71		52.24	58.78	71.84	84.90	97.96	117.56
Saddleworth Parish Precept			12.90		15.05		17.20	19.35	23.65	27.95	32.25	38.70
Shaw and Crompton Parish Precept			10.47		12.21		13.96	15.70	19.19	22.68	26.17	31.40

 

AGGREGATE OF COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENTS
Authority/Parish	Council Tax Bands (£)
	A	B	C	D	E		F		G		H
Saddleworth Parish Area	1,119.94	1,306.58	1,493.24	1,679.91	2,053.23		2,426.53		2,799.85		3,359.82
Shaw & Crompton Parish Area	1,117.51	1,303.74	1,490.00	1,676.26	2,048.77		2,421.26		2,793.77		3,352.52
All other parts of the Council's area	1,107.04	1,291.53	1,476.04	1,660.56	2,029.58		2,398.58		2,767.60		3,321.12

 

 

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

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                Carolyn Wilkins

                                                                                Chief Executive

 

The Mayor requested and it was RESOLVED that Council Procedure 10.7 (Rules of Debate) be suspended to enable the Deputy 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 Main Opposition Group in moving the Main Opposition Budget, a time limit of 10 minutes.  All other speakers would be limited to 4 minutes with a 30 second extension.

 

The Mayor informed the Council that regulations had been implemented which required 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 11^th February 2016 be noted.

 

RESOLVED that the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 11^th February 2016 be noted.

 

a)       Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2016/17

 

Councillor Jabbar MOVED and Councillor Stretton SECONDED the report of the Director of Finance which presented the strategy for 2016/17 Treasury Management activities which included the Minimum Revenue Provision Policy Statement, the Annual Investment Strategy and Prudential Indicators.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

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

2.     The Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) Policy and method of calculation as per paragraph 2.3 of the report be approved.

3.     The projected treasury portfolio position as at 31^st March 2016 as per paragraph 2.5.3 of the report be approved.

4.     Treasury Limits for 2016/17 to 2018/19 as detailed in paragraphs 2.6.2 and 2.6.3 of the report be approved.

5.     The Borrowing Strategy for 2016/17 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 which included the investment credit rating criteria and the level of investment in non-specified investments be approved.

 

b.       Capital Strategy and Capital Programme 2016/21

 

Councillor Jabbar MOVED and Councillor Stretton SECONDED the report of the Director of Finance which set out the Capital Strategy for 2016/17 to 2020/21 and thereby the proposed 2016/17 Capital Programme, including identified capital investment priorities, together with the indicative Capital Programme for 2017/21, having regard to the resources available for the five year life of the programme.

 

Councillor McCann spoke on this item.

 

Councillor Jabbar exercised his right of reply. 

 

RESOLVED that:

 

1.       The Capital Strategy for 2016/21 at Appendix 1 of the report and summarised at Section 2.1 of the report be approved.

2.       The Capital Programme for 2016/17 and indicative programmes for 2017/18 to 2020/21 at Annex C of Appendix 1 and summarised at Section 2.2 of the report be approved.

 

c.       Housing Revenue Account Estimates for 2015/16 to 2020/21

 

Councillor Hibbert Moved and Councillor Jabbar SECONDED the joint report which set out the latest Housing Revenue Account (HRA) outturn estimate for 2015/16, the detailed budget for 2016/17 and strategic estimates for the four years 2017/18, through to 2020/21.  The report also set out the recommended dwelling and non-dwelling rents and service charge increases to be applied from April 2016.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

1.       The forecast HRA out-turn for 2015/16, as outlined at Appendix A of the report, be approved.

2.       The proposed HRA budget for 2016/17, as outlined at Appendix B of the report, be approved.

3.       The strategic estimates for 2017/18 to 2020/21, as outlined at Appendix D of the report, be approved.

4.       The proposed increase to dwelling rents for all properties of 0.9% be approved.

5.       The proposed increase to non-dwelling rents of 1% be approved.

6.       The proposed increase to PFI 2 service charges to continue on previously approved transitional arrangements be approved.

7.       The proposed increase to PFI 4 service charges to be based on a review of the actual charges incurred be approved.

 

 

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

 

Councillor Jabbar MOVED and Councillor Stretton SECONDED the report of the Director of Finance which sought agreement to the level of balances necessary to support the 2016/17 budget, the scrutiny of the level of earmarked reserves by the Audit Committee during 2016/17 and agreement to action necessary to secure a properly balanced budget and the prudence of capital investments within the present budget proposals.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

1.       The General Balances currently calculated for 2016/17 at £18,557k financed by the required element of the underspend currently envisaged for the financial year 2015/16 be approved.

 

2.       The initial estimate of General Balances to support the 2017/18 and 2018/19 budgets are amounts of £18,393k and £18,143k reflecting the budgetary challenges for these financial years be noted.

 

3.       The intended report to the Audit Committee after the financial year-end to ensure the Council earmarked reserves as at the end of the financial year 2015/16 were subject to appropriate scrutiny be noted.

 

4.       The actions necessary to secure a properly balanced budget as noted in paragraph 3.5 of the report be approved.

 

5.       The actions necessary to ensure the prudence of the capital investments as noted in paragraph 4.4 of the report be approved.

 

e)       Administration Budget Proposals 2016/17

 

Councillor Jabbar MOVED and Councillor Stretton SECONDED the report of the Director of Finance which presented the current Administration budget and budget proposals for 2016/17 having regard to the impact of the Local Government Finance Settlement (LGFS) and other financial issues.  The report also set out the current position related to the budget for 2017/18.  The Pay Policy Statement at Appendix 14 was requested to be withdrawn.

 

AMENDMENT

 

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

 

Councillors Wrigglesworth, Roberts, Akhtar, Dean, Brownridge, Hibbert, S. Bashforth, Shah and Hudson spoke against the amendment.

 

Councillors Williamson, Bates, Harkness, Gloster, Turner, Murphy, Sedgwick, Heffernan and Blyth spoke in support of the amendment.

 

Councillor Shuttleworth spoke on the amendment.

 

Councillor Jabbar exercised his right of reply.

 

Councillor Sykes exercised his right of reply.

 

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

 

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

 

On a recorded vote being taken ELEVEN VOTES were cast IN FAVOUR of the AMENDMENT with FORTY-SEVEN cast AGAINST and NO ABSTENTIONS.  The AMENDMENT was therefore LOST.

 

The following Councillors then spoke on the Original Motion:

 

Councillors Mushtaq, S. Bashforth, Akhtar, Dean, Chadderton and Harrison spoke in support of the original motion.

 

Councillor Jabbar exercised his right of reply.  Councillor Jabbar expressed thanks to all staff who had worked on the budget, the Chief Executive and Chief Officers who, with Cabinet Members, put together this balance budget.

 

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

 

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

On a recorded vote being taken FORTY-SIX VOTES were cast IN FAVOUR of the Original Motion with NO VOTES cast AGAINST and TWELVE ABSTENTIONS.  The Original Motion was therefore CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

1.       The revised budget for 2016/17, having regard to the Local Government Finance Settlement, be approved.

2.       The net revenue budget for 2016/17 for the Council set at £190.653m be approved.

3.       A Council Tax increase of a total of 3.70% resulting in charges as set out in Appendix 10 of the report be approved.

4.       The total draw on the Collection Fund for major preceptors of £90.344m for Borough Wide services and £78.588m for Council services be approved.

5.       The remaining Tranche 1 budget reduction proposals now that all public consultation stages had been completed (presented in summary at Appendix 1 of the report and in detailed at Appendix 2 of the report) in the sum of £1.193m be approved.

6.       The remaining Tranche 2 budget reduction proposals now that all consultation stages had been completed (presented in summary at Appendix 3 of the report and in detail at Appendix 4 of the report) in the sum of £1.244m be approved.

7.       The Tranche 3 budget reduction proposals (presented in summary at Appendix 5 of the report and in detail at Appendix 6 of the report) in the sum of £2.640m be approved.

8.       The information contained within the Equality Impact Assessments also included in Appendices 2, 4 and 6 in the report which supported Tranches 1, 2 and 3 be approved.

9.       The revised budget reduction target for 2017/18 of £20.464m be approved.

10.     The fees and charges schedules at Appendix 13 of the report be approved.

11.     The Pay Policy Statement at Appendix 14 of the report be withdrawn.

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

13.     The possibility of a change to the budget reduction target for 2017/18 as a result of developments during 2016/17 be noted.

 

f.        Medium Term Financial Strategy 2016/17 to 2020/21

 

Councillor Jabbar MOVED and Councillor Stretton SECONDED the report of the Director of Finance which presented the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) for the financial years 2016/17 to 2020/21 having regard to the uncertainties around a number of issues which included 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.

 

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

 

g.       Treasury Management Half-Year Review 2015/16

 

Councillor Jabbar MOVED and Councillor Stretton SECONDED the report of the Director of Finance which advised Council of the performance of the Treasury Management function for the first half of 2015/16 and provided a comparison of performance against the 2015/16 Treasury Management Strategy and Prudential Indicators.

 

No member spoke on this item.

 

On being put to the vote the MOTION was CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

1.       The Treasury Management activity for the first half of the financial year 2015/16 and the project outturn position be approved.

 

2.       The amendments to the Authorised and Operational Boundary for external debt as set out in the table at Section 2.4.5 of the report be approved.

 

3.       Changes to the credit methodology whereby viability, financial strength and support ratings would no longer be considered as key criteria in the choice of creditworthy investment counterparties be approved.

 

The Mayor then asked Council if they agreed to the resolutions as detailed in the Summons and, in accordance with the 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 2016/17 as approved by the Cabinet on 25^th January 2016 and the Council Tax Requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2016/17.

 

No member spoke on this item.

 

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

 

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

 

On a recorded vote being taken FIFTY-SEVEN VOTES were cast IN FAVOUR of the RESOLUTION with NO VOTES cast AGAINST and ONE ABSTENTION.  The RESOLUTION was therefore CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

1.       It be noted that on 25^th January 2016, the following amounts were approved by the Cabinet as the Council Tax Base for the financial year 2016/17:

 

a)    54,406 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)    8,389 for dwellings in the Saddleworth Parish area to which a Parish precept related.

c)     5,305 for dwellings in the Shaw and Crompton Parish area to which a Parish precept related.

2.  The Council Tax Requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding Parish Precepts) as being £78,588,379 be approved.

 

Resolution 3 relating to the amounts calculated by the Council for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31A to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992

 

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

 

Councillor		Councillor
Ahmad	FOR	Iqbal	FOR
Akhtar	FOR	Jabbar	FOR
Alexander A.	FOR	Judge	FOR
Alexander G.	FOR	Larkin	FOR
Ali	FOR	Kirkham	FOR
Ames	FOR	Klonowski	FOR
Azad	FOR	Malik	FOR
Ball	FOR	McCann	FOR
Bashforth M.	FOR	McLaren	FOR
Bashforth S.	FOR	McMahon	ABSENT
Bates	FOR	Moores	FOR
Blyth	FOR	Murphy	FOR
Briggs	FOR	Mushtaq	FOR
Brownridge	FOR	Price	FOR
Chadderton	FOR	Qumer	FOR
Chauhan	FOR	Rehman	ABSENT
Cosgrove	FOR	Roberts	FOR
Dawson	FOR	Salamat	FOR
Dean	FOR	Sedgwick	FOR
Dearden	FOR	Shah	FOR
Fielding	FOR	Sheldon	FOR
Garry	FOR	Shuttleworth	FOR
Gloster	FOR	Stretton	FOR
Haque	FOR	Sykes	FOR
Harkness	FOR	Toor	FOR
Harrison	FOR	Turner	FOR
Heffernan	FOR	Williams	FOR
Hibbert	FOR	Williamson	FOR
Hudson	FOR	Wrigglesworth	FOR
Hussain	FOR	Ur-Rehman	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 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31A to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

 

a)	£607,726,471	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)	£528,892,476	Being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.
c)	£78,833,995	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)	£1,448.99	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)	£245,616	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)	£1,444.48	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)	£1,463.83	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 mention 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)	£1,460,18	Shaw and Crompon 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 mention 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 Precepts

 

No member spoke on this item.

 

RESOLVED that it be noted that for the year 2016/17 the Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority had issued be precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each category of dwellings in the Council area as indicated in the report.

 

Resolution 5 – Relating to the Setting of the Council Tax for 2016/17

 

No member spoke on this item.

 

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

 

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

 

On a recorded vote being taken FIFTY-SEVEN VOTES were cast IN FAVOUR of the RESOLUTION with ONE VOTE cast AGAINST and NO ABSTENTIONS.  The RESOLUTION was therefore CARRIED.

 

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 2016/17 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	962.99	1,123.48	1,283.98	1,444.48	1,765.48	2,086.47	2,407.47	2,888.96
PCCGM Precept	104.87	122.34	139.82	157.30	192.26	227.21	262.17	314.60
GM Fire and Rescue Authority Precept	39.18	45.71	52.24	58.78	71.84	84.90	97.96	117.56
Saddleworth Parish Precept	12.90	15.05	17.20	19.35	23.65	27.95	32.25	38.70
Shaw and Crompton Parish Precept	10.47	12.21	13.96	15.70	19.19	22.68	26.17	31.40

 

AGGREGATE OF COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENTS

 

Authority/ Parish	Council Tax Bands (£)
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Saddleworth Parish Area	1,119.94	1,306.58	1,493.24	1,679.91	2,053.23	2,426.53	2,799.85	3,359.82
Shaw & Crompton Parish Area	1,117.51	1,303.74	1,490.00	1,676.26	2,048.77	2,421.26	2,793.77	3,352.52
All other parts of the Council’s area	1,107.04	1,291.53	1,476.04	1,660.56	2,029.58	2,398.58	2,767.60	3,321.12