Agenda and minutes

No declarations of interest were received.

There were no apologies for absence.

*RESOLVED –

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Employment and General Committee on 28 November, 2022 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Service Director for Finance presented a report seeking approval of the Tax Base calculation for 2023/24.  It was noted that this would fulfil a statutory requirement and enable the Council Tax to be set later in the financial year.

The Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended) required the Borough Council as Billing authority to calculate the Tax Base for the Borough and the Parishes and to notify the Major Precepting Authorities (Derbyshire County Council and Derbyshire Police Authority), and those Parishes which request it, by 31st January each year.

The regulations, mentioned at paragraph 4.1 of the officer’s report, prescribed the method of calculating the Tax Base, and the statements at Appendices A, B, C and D showed the Council's Tax Base calculation for the Whole Area, Chesterfield’s non-parished areas, Staveley Town Council and Brimington Parish Council respectively.

The overall Tax Base for 2023/24 at 30,222.43 (Appendix A) showed an increase of 364.31 or 1.2% on the 2022/23 Tax Base of 29,858.12.

The Service Director also recommended that the calculation of the Council’s Tax Base, as detailed in the 2023/24 Tax Base table in the report, be approved for the whole and parts of the area for 2023/24.

*RESOLVED –

That the report for the calculation of the Council’s Tax base for the whole and parts of the area for 2023/24 be approved.

Report to follow.

The Service Director for Finance provided the committee with a verbal update on the National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR).

It was stated that whilst there was no constitutional requirement to present a report to the committee, once the NNDR was agreed the Director of Finance would provide a further update to committee members.

*RESOLVED –

That the update be noted.  

To move “That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act".

Part 2 (Non Public Information)

RESOLVED –

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

The Minutes of the meetings of the Employer/Trade Union Committee held on 14 November and 12 December, 2022 were considered.

RESOLVED –

That the Minutes be received and noted.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Council Health and Safety Committee held on 16 November, 2022 were considered.

RESOLVED –

That the Minutes be received and noted.