AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               Approved the Council Tax base for the whole of the Borough area, for 2024/25 at 69,742.5 as detailed in the report and appendices. This was a decrease of 507.7 over the 2023/24 base, a 0.72% decrease.

ii)             Noted a Council Tax collection rate of 98.5% for 2024/25.

iii)            Noted an estimated deficit on the Council Tax Collection Fund in 2023/24 of £0.801m of which the Council’s share was £0.633m