CALDICOT TOWN COUNCIL

ESTIMATES FOR PRECEPT 2017/2018

                                                

FINAL

G McIntyre
Clerk to the Council/RFO

CALDICOT TOWN COUNCIL
ESTIMATES FOR PRECEPT YEAR 2017/2018

INTRODUCTION

The format presentation shows the previous year actual internally audited 2015/2016, the original estimate as prepared January 2016 for 2016/2017, the revised estimate 2016/2017 based on actual figures to date giving a better estimate for outturn year.  The final column showing the estimate for year 2017/2018 (The Precept Year) based on the most informed information available.  Town Council to consider its perceived future objectives and amend accordingly.  The estimates are initially in DRAFT for the consideration of Town Council.

The net figure arrived at as adjusted would be the precept sum to be levied onto Mon CC to add to its Council tax levy for that year and that precept must be made known to the County Council within a prescribed timescale.  

NOTE OF DEBARMENT FROM TAKING PART IN THE ESTIMATES COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2016

Under Local Government legislation any member who is 2 months in arrears with payment of Council tax must make that declaration and not take part, speak or vote at the meeting when the estimates for 2017/2018 are being discussed

TO NOTE NO INCOME TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR KING GEORGE V PLAYING FIELDS 2017/18 – 
Ref:  Audit Report 2015/6

SCALE CHARGES 

A)	BURIAL FEES 
                                           1.4.12     1.4.13     1.4.14     1.4.15    1.4.16    1.4.17   
	£	  £	      £           £        £         £
Opening New Single Grave	180	  250        270         270     270      300
Opening New Double Grave	180	  250        270         270     270      300
Opening New Triple Grave	180	  250        270         270     270	300	
Re-opening Existing Grave	180      250        270         270     270	300
Burials under 16 years	0	   0          0            0        0	0

Scattering of Cremated Remains	25	  50	     55	      55       55	60
Cremated Remains in CRS Area	65	 100       120          120      120	120
Cremated Remains in Existing Grave	65	 100       120          120      120	120
Cremated Remains in New Grave	180	 250       270          270      270	300

Reserved Spaces	200	 275        n/a          n/a       n/a	n/a
Reserved Cremation Area	65	 100        110         110      110	110
  
Headstones
New Headstone (to place)                   65     100        120          120       120	130
CRS Headstone	          65     100        120          120      120	130
New Inscription            	          65     100        120          120      120	130
Temporary cessation on new burials/cremations for persons outside Caldicot.  
To note double fees for re-open for deceased persons outside Caldicot [5 year rule].

B)    ALLOTMENT FEES

                                        1.4.12    1.4.13    1.4.14    1.4.15    1.4.16    1.4.17 
                                                                                                   
Full charge for working plotholders      £20      £20       £30      £30       £40     £40
Abated charge for retired/unemployed   £15      £15       £20      £20       £20	 £20	
To note 1 year’s notice must be given for increase in rentals – Increase was agreed for 2016/17
Notice was given 1.4.15

C)   TOWN COUNCIL BUILDING HIRE FEES
    1.4.12              1.4.13              1.4.14		1.4.15		1.4.16        1.4.17
  £7 [hr/part]     £8 [hr/part]        £8 [hr/part]	    £8 [hr/part]      £8 [hr/part]	£8 [hr/part]
        
Business Organisations - £30.00/hour/part hour   
Weekend rates [if permitted] – As above 

King George V Playing Fields	
	2016/17	Revised	2017/18	2015/16 
		               Estimate   Estimate    Estimate     actual 

	KGVPF Trustee Land  Income

	500	Bowls Club Fees/Insurance 		£1,430.00	£1,433.00	£0.00	£1,390.87
	Recharged
	505	Cald AFC Recharged Works		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	510	AFC Neutral Games		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	515	Allotments - KGVPF		£240.00	£220.00	£0.00	£210.00
	535	Removal scrap from compound		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£20.00
	Total	£1,670.00	£1,653.00	£0.00	£1,620.87

	KGVPF Trustee Land  Expenditure

	5010	Child Play Area Materials Etc		£2,000.00	£2,000.00	£2,000.00	£376.09
	5020	Playarea Safety Inspections		£900.00	£900.00	£1,000.00	£591.02
	5030	Playarea Gates		£1,250.00	£1,250.00	£1,250.00	£1,250.00
	5040	Compound Elect Supply		£200.00	£150.00	£200.00	£145.71
	5050	Welsh Water		£100.00	£50.00	£100.00	£33.15
	5060	Security/fire alarm systems		£600.00	£600.00	£600.00	£540.00
	5070	Compound Repairs		£100.00	£0.00	£100.00	£389.50
	5090	Grounds Maintenance Contractor		£11,000.00	£11,000.00	£11,500.00	£10,209.43
	5095	Waste Removal		£200.00	£100.00	£200.00	£5.00
	5100	Fields in Trust Affiliation		£55.00	£50.00	£55.00	£50.00
	5110	Signs KGVPF		£100.00	£50.00	£100.00	£0.00
	5120	Fence repairs/drains/bollards/paths		£200.00	£100.00	£200.00	£160.00
	5125	Trees		£1,000.00	£3,500.00	£3,000.00	£50.00
	5130	AFC Works		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	5135	Litter Bins		£0.00	£0.00	£500.00	£460.00
	5140	Bowling Green Contractor		£13,000.00	£13,000.00	£15,000.00	£11,963.52
	5150	STRI Subscription/Inspection		£640.00	£550.00	£600.00	£580.00
	5160	Pest Control		£100.00	£50.00	£100.00	£0.00
	5180	Repairs to wall		£100.00	£385.00	£100.00	£0.00
	5200	Replace bollards		£0.00	£1,008.00	£1,000.00	£0.00
	5210	Compound Gates		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£1,180.00
	Total	£31,545.00	£34,743.00	£37,605.00	£27,983.42

	2016/17	Revised	2017/18	2015/16
 	               Estimate   Estimate    Estimate	actual
	Town  Facilities  Income

	200	Burial Fees		£22,000.00	£20,000.00	£22,000.00	£23,760.00
	205	Allotment Rents		£2,000.00	£1,600.00	£2,000.00	£1,600.00
	210	Town Council Building Hire		£3,000.00	£2,000.00	£3,000.00	£2,816.00
	215	Nursery Rent/Recharge Insurance		£3,000.00	£4,000.00	£6,000.00	£1,615.00
	220	Jubilee Way Toilets		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£6,750.00
	225	Tourism		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£1.55
	Total	£30,000.00	£27,600.00	£33,000.00	£36,542.55
	Town  Facilities  Expenditure

	2000	Allotments	     	£2,415.00	£2,315.00	£2,335.00	£1,696.85
	2000/1	Rent of Land from MCC		£15.00	£15.00	£15.00	£15.00
	2000/2	Affiliation Fees NSALG		£70.00	£70.00	£70.00	£55.00
	2000/3	Water Supply		£1,000.00	£800.00	£1,000.00	£602.00
	2000/4	Grounds Maintenance		£630.00	£630.00	£650.00	£574.85
	2000/5	Pest Control		£100.00	£100.00	£100.00	£0.00
	2000/6	Repairs/Works		£500.00	£500.00	£500.00	£450.00
	2000/8	Winter gritting		£100.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00

	2100	Cemetery		£24,125.00	£29,460.00	£44,400.00	£14,629.08
	2100/1	Rates		£590.00	£590.00	£600.00	£554.30
	2100/2	Assoc Burial Auths/Good Funeral 		£95.00	£430.00	£100.00	£90.00
	Awards
	2100/3	Cemetery Attendant Gates		£1,250.00	£1,250.00	£1,250.00	£1,250.00
	2100/4	Grounds Maintenance		£9,240.00	£9,240.00	£9,500.00	£8,747.58
	2100/5	Grave Levelling & Marking		£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£623.00
	2100/6	H&S Headstone Inspection		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	2100/7	Vermin & Pest Control		£450.00	£450.00	£450.00	£440.00
	2100/8	Repairs/Works		£200.00	£200.00	£200.00	£803.00
	2100/9	Trees		£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£120.00
	2100/10	Hedges/Strimming/floral		£100.00	£100.00	£100.00	£0.00
	2100/13	Benches		£200.00	£200.00	£200.00	£0.00
	2100/14	Cemetery Land works		£10,000.00	£15,000.00	£30,000.00	£1,921.20
	2100/15	Refund grave space		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£80.00

	2200	CCTV		£14,500.00	£14,500.00	£14,500.00	£12,800.00
	2210	Christmas Lighting		£18,000.00	£18,000.00	£18,000.00	£11,195.17
	2220	Floral Displays		£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£240.00
	2230	Grounds maintenance Orchard Close       	£420.00	£420.00	£435.00	£317.08
	2240	Dog Waste Bin Collection		£8,000.00	£7,000.00	£8,000.00	£6,673.89
	2250	Bus shelter maintenance		£1,000.00	£500.00	£500.00	£500.00
	2260	Citizen's Advice Bureau		£10,000.00	£10,000.00	£10,000.00	£10,000.00
 2270	Town Twinning		£3,000.00	£0.00	£3,000.00	£0.00

                                                    2016/17	Revised	2017/18	2015/16
		               Estimate   Estimate    Estimate	actual

 2400	Town Council Building		£12,060.00	£12,550.00	£16,463.00	£8,155.28
	2400/1	Rates		£410.00	£400.00	£413.00	£380.78
	2400/2	Town Council Building Attendant		£1,500.00	£800.00	£800.00	£816.00
	2400/3	Water Supply		£600.00	£500.00	£600.00	£232.12
	2400/4	Electricity Supply		£1,700.00	£1,500.00	£1,700.00	£581.70
	2400/5	Gas Supply		£1,700.00	£1,500.00	£1,700.00	£1,534.75
	2400/6	Security & Fire Systems		£700.00	£700.00	£700.00	£605.00
 2400/7	Service Boiler/Repairs		£1,000.00	£3,000.00	£1,000.00	£0.00
	2400/8	PAT Testing		£100.00	£50.00	£100.00	£72.00
	2400/9	Cleaning Materials & Windows		£500.00	£500.00	£500.00	£363.29
	2400/10	Periodic Testing [5 years]		£500.00	£0.00	£500.00	£250.00
	2400/11	Works to Building/Repairs		£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£1,007.00
	2400/14	Grounds Maintenance		£1,950.00	£1,950.00	£2,000.00	£1,932.66
	2400/15	Winter Gritting		£100.00	£100.00	£100.00	£0.00
	2400/18	MCC Adopted Lights		£100.00	£100.00	£100.00	£89.98
	2400/19	Flags		£100.00	£100.00	£100.00	£0.00
	2400/20	Paths/Gate/Fence		£100.00	£2,350.00	£5,150.00	£100.00
	2400/21	Remove Tree Grounds		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£190.00

	2450	9 Sandy Lane		£0.00	£1,400.00	£0.00	£2,866.89
	2460	Land Top Sandy Lane		£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£0.00
	2490	Tourism		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£150.00
	Total	£95,520.00	£100,145.00	£119,633.00	£69,224.24

 Community Well-Being  Expenditure

	2280	Entertainments & Arts		£10,000.00	£7,000.00	£7,000.00	£16,000.00
	2290	Recreation		£0.00	£0.00	£2,000.00	£0.00
	2300	Playscheme		£10,000.00	£0.00	£5,000.00	£5,000.00
	2310	Caldicot Youth Group		£5,000.00	£0.00	£5,000.00	£4,000.00
	2340	St Mary's Church Luncheon Fund		£2,500.00	£0.00	£5,000.00	£0.00
	3010	General Donations		£1,000.00	£500.00	£0.00	£820.00
	3030	Garden Competition		£300.00	£350.00	£400.00	£274.17
	3040	British Legion Wreaths & Buffet		£300.00	£300.00	£400.00	£235.00
	3050	Flowers/Spray/Cards Etc		£200.00	£200.00	£200.00	£150.00
	3090	Elderly & Disabled Initiative		£5,000.00	£5,500.00	£2,500.00	£2,000.00
	3100	Children & Young People's Initiative		£5,000.00	£12,000.00	£0.00	£0.00
	3120	Contribution to Caldicot Castle		£0.00	£8,000.00	£0.00	£0.00
	Total	£39,300.00	£33,850.00	£27,500.00	£28,479.17
	Projects  Expenditure

	4030	Bus shelter project		     £0.00 	£600.00	       £0.00            £0.00
	4040	CCTV Cameras		£0.00	£6,285.00	£7,000.00	£0.00
	4092	Laptop		£0.00	£500.00	£0.00	£449.00
	4094	Fireproof Cabinet		£0.00	£1,100.00	£0.00	£0.00
	Total	£0.00	£8,485.00	£7,000.00	£449.00

	                                                   2016/17    Revised	 2017/18    2015/16
		               Estimate   Estimate    Estimate	actual
	Administration  Income
	100	Precept		£294,935.00	£294,935.00	£0.00	£256,418.00
	105	Agency Services Provided		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	110	Peppercorn Rent Leaseback		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	115	Sale of Assets		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	125	Bank Interest		£1,000.00	£500.00	£500.00	£738.83
	130	VAT Receivable		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£12,131.12
	135	Output VAT		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	140	Contra		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£200.00
	145	Photocopying		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£1.40
	170	Consolidated Stock		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£84.13
	175	Gwent Police Reimburse		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	600	Loan/Capital Receipt		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	Total	£295,935.00	£295,435.00	£500.00	£269,573.48
	Administration  Expenditure
	1000	General Administration		£80,300.00	£85,200.00	£90,200.00	£72,422.62
	1000/1	Tax and NI		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£11,809.55
	1000/2	Superannuation		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£13,082.74
	1000/3	Salaries (inc Tax/NI, Super)		£80,000.00	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£42,273.11
	1000/4	Travel		£0.00	£200.00	£200.00	£0.00
	1000/5	Payroll Bureau		£300.00	£0.00	£0.00	£257.50
	1000/6	Prof Advice - restructure		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£4,999.72

	1100	Other Administration		£40,940.00	£28,510.00	£37,696.00	£19,668.48
	1100/1	Telephone		£1,200.00	£1,200.00	£1,236.00	£1,145.59
	1100/2	Stationery		£800.00	£800.00	£800.00	£421.81
	1100/3	Postage		£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£810.00
	1100/4	Photocopying		£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£538.41
	1100/5	Computer back-up & agreements		£2,000.00	£3,000.00	£3,000.00	£831.94
	1100/6	Insurance		£6,000.00	£5,000.00	£6,000.00	£4,010.74
	1100/7	Audit Fees		£3,000.00	£1,500.00	£1,500.00	£1,495.00
	1100/8	Local Council Affiliation		£1,500.00	£1,300.00	£1,500.00	£1,190.00
	1100/9	Subscriptions & Publications		£100.00	£100.00	£100.00	£475.00
	1100/10	Office Sundries		£200.00	£350.00	£200.00	£225.07
	1100/11	Staff Training & SLCC Membership		£600.00	£1,000.00	£1,000.00	£235.00
	1100/12	Election Expenses		£2,000.00	£2,000.00	£6,000.00	£0.00
	1100/13	Cllr Training & Seminars		£1,500.00	£1,500.00	£1,500.00	£440.00
	1100/14	Councillors Expenses		£3,000.00	£1,500.00	£3,000.00	£1,449.40
	1100/15	Mayor Allowance		£2,500.00	£2,500.00	£2,500.00	£2,900.00
	1100/16	Civic Reception		£600.00	£500.00	£600.00	£0.00
 1100/17	Mayoral Chain & Engraving		£30.00	£100.00	£2,500.00	£23.30
	1100/18	Mayor's Board		£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£8.00
	1100/19	Photographs		£100.00	£100.00	£100.00	£58.72
	1100/20	Prof Advice Solicitors, Etc		£5,000.00	£2,000.00	£2,000.00	£5.25
	1100/22	Input VAT on Expenditure		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	1100/23	Website		£300.00	£1,000.00	£300.00	£220.00

	2016/17	Revised	2017/18	2015/16
	Heading	               Estimate   Estimate    Estimate	actual
	1100/25	CONTRA		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£200.00
	1100/27	H&S/HR Consultancy		£3,000.00	£0.00	£0.00	£2,526.25
	1100/29	Newsletter		£2,000.00	£0.00	£1,000.00	£220.00
	1100/30	Set-Up laptop		£0.00	£250.00	£50.00	£239.00
	1100/31	Independent Inquiry/Restructuring		£3,000.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	1100/32	Deputy Mayor Allowance		£500.00	£500.00	£500.00	£0.00
	1100/33	Payroll Bureau		£0.00	£300.00	£300.00	£0.00
	1310	Advertising		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£712.00
	1320	Agency Services		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	1330	Prov for Bad/Doubt Debts		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	1340	Street Lighting		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	1350	Community Hall		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	Total	£121,240.00	£113,710.00	£127,896.00	£92,803.10

Devolution of Service  Expenditure
	2500	Jubilee Way Toilets – see 4090		£0.00	£20,000.00	£20,000.00	£0.00
	2510	Grounds Maintenance MCC		£0.00	£5,000.00	£5,000.00	£0.00
	4085	Sweeper MCC		£8,410.00	£20,000.00	£20,000.00	£0.00
	4090	Devolution of Service - Toilets		                    £21,590.00            £0.00 	£0.00	£0.00
	4090/1	Toilets		                      £21,590.00             £0.00 	£0.00	£0.00
	4090/1/1	Survey Toilets		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	4090/1/2	Solicitor Toilets		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	4090/1/3	Cleaning/Maintenance                 	£20,000.00	£0.00            	£0.00             £0.00
	4090/1/4	NNDR		£1,140.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	4090/1/5	Insurance		£450.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	4090/1/6	Water supply		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	4090/1/7	Electricity		£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	4091	Contingency		£10,000.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00

                                             Total     £40,000.00	    £45,000.00	   £45,000.00	£0.00
                               
                                                                           £            £
                               Total Income		                       324,688       33,500	
	  Total Expenditure		     335,933	364,634	
			     (11,245)
*Precept Required                                     331,134*   

Divided by Tax Base 2016/17 - £3987.91 - £83.03
[2017/17 Tax Base not available to date]  

                                                 

Tax Bases 2012-2017 - For information

2016/17 -£294,935 - £3987.91 – £73.96
2015/16 - £256,418 - £3956.03 - £64.82
2014/15 - £238,742 - £3,938.97 - £60.61
2013/14 - £202,762 - £3,929.34 - £51.60
2012/13 - £161,456 - £3,783.64 - £42.68

Reserves Analysis Projection based on 2015/16 Audited Accounts/Revised Estimate 2016/17	                

                                                   Actual         Year            Year        Total	                                  
                                  15/16     16/17 	   17/18     
                                    £         £           £         £
                
General Balance/Contingency        5,000                            5,000                           
Reserves	                     139,980     38,140	     		178,120
Repairs/Health & Safety Works     20,000           			 20,000	

Provisions:                                             
CCTV                              10,000    (6,285)     7,000      10,715                   
Bus Shelters                       4,600      (600)                 4,000         
5 Year Strategy                   28,000   (17,500)	  2,500	 13,000    
Cemetery Land                     20,000   (15,000)    30,000      35,000

King George V Playing Fields
Compound                          25,000   		       	 25,000   
Play Equipment                    10,000   (10,000)  	               - 	
                                 262,580   (11,245)    39,500     290,835