To consider a report on the above.

Members considered the submitted report which set out the Council’s tax base for council tax purposes for 2017/18.

Mayor Oliver proposed and Councillor Mills seconded the motion, which was agreed by the Council, as set out below:

(i)         that the calculation of the Council Tax Base for the year 2017/18 be approved as shown in Appendix 1 to the submitted report;

(ii)        that the calculation of the Brixham Town Council Tax Base for the year 2017/18 be approved as shown in Appendix 2 to the submitted report;

(iii)       that, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax base) (England) Regulations 2012, the amount calculated by Torbay Council as its Council Tax base for the year 2017/18 should be 44,049.22;  and

(iv)      that, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax base) (England) Regulations 2012, the amount calculated by Torbay Council as the Council Tax base for Brixham Town Council for the year 2017/18 should be 5,900.83.