There were no apologies for absence.

Members are invited to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests or other registrable and non-registrable interests in items on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest.

It was resolved that:

1.    It be noted that the Corporate Management Committee, at its meeting on 14 December 2023, calculated the Council Tax Base 2024/25 for the Council as 35,495.8, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.

2.    The following amounts be calculated for the year 2024/25 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

a)    £100,600,019.21 being the aggregate of the amount which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (2) (a) to (f) of the Act;

b)    £93,839,844.10 being the aggregate of the amount which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) (a) to (d) of the Act;

c)    £6,760,175.11 being the amount by which the aggregate at 2(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 2(b) above, calculated by this Council in accordance with Section 31A (4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year.

d)    £190.45 being the amount at 2(c) above, divided by the Council Tax base (item 1 above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B (1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts)

e)    £0.00 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act

f)     £190.45 being the amount at 2(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 2(e) above by the Council Tax base, 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 (Parish precept) relates.

g)    That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2024/25 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act as amended.

Being the amounts given by multiplying the amount at 2(f) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a valuation band ‘D’ 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.

3.    To note for the year 2024/25 Surrey County Council and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey have stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Act for each of the categories of dwelling in the Council’s area as shown below: