Agenda and minutes

Employment and General Committee - Tuesday, 20th February, 2024 10.00 am

Venue: Committee Room 2, Town Hall, Rose Hill, Chesterfield

Contact: Emily Taylor 01246 345236

Items
No.	Item
34.	Declarations of Members' and Officers' Interests relating to Items on the Agenda Minutes: No declarations of interest were received.
35.	Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Falconer.
36.	Minutes PDF 65 KB Minutes: *RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the meeting of the Employment and General Committee on 20 November, 2023 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
37.	Council Tax Base 2024/25 PDF 74 KB Additional documents: Appendix A Taxbase 202425 at 98.25% , item 37. PDF 23 KB Appendix B Taxbase 202425 at 98.25% , item 37. PDF 23 KB Appendix C Taxbase 202425 at 98.25% , item 37. PDF 22 KB Appendix D Taxbase 202425 at 98.25% , item 37. PDF 22 KB Minutes: The Service Director for Finance presented a report seeking approval of the Tax Base calculation for 2024/25. 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 overall Tax Base for 2024/25 at 30,443.17 (Appendix A) shows an increase of 220.74 or 0.7% on the 2023/24 Tax Base of 30,222.43. *RESOLVED – That the report for the calculation of the Council’s Tax base for the whole and parts of the area for 2024/25 be approved.
38.	Local Government Act 1972 - Exclusion of Public 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". Minutes: 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.
39.	Minutes of the Employer Trade Union Committee View the reasons why item 39. is restricted Minutes: The Minutes of the meetings of the Employer/Trade Union Committee held on 13 November, 2023 and 22 January, 2024 were considered. RESOLVED – That the Minutes be received and noted.
40.	Minutes of the Council Health and Safety Committee View the reasons why item 40. is restricted Minutes: The Minutes of the meetings of the Council Health and Safety Committee held on 8 November, 2023 were considered. RESOLVED – That the Minutes be received and noted.