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Present : The Mayor – Councillor Smith

Councillors Ali, Armitage, Bainbridge, Barker, Barkworth, Berry, B Briggs, J Briggs, Mrs Bromby, Bunyan, Carlile, Cawsey, Clark, Collinson, Davison, Eckhardt, Ellerby, England, L Foster, T Foster, Glover, Gosling, Grant, Jawaid, Kirk, O’Sullivan, Poole, Mrs Redfern, Regan, C Sherwood, N Sherwood, Mrs Simpson, Stewart, Swift, K Vickers, P Vickers, Waltham, Wells, Whiteley and Wilson.

The council met at Pittwood House, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe.

1936 MAYOR’S REMARKS – The Mayor welcomed fellow councillors, officers and members of the public to the meeting. He also thanked Salaman Muzaffar of the Multi-Faith Partnership for reading the prayer tonight.

The Mayor then referred to one of the council’s former councillors, Sue Herring and also Janet Rocks, widow of the former councillor Vince Rocks who had both recently died. The thoughts and prayers of the council were with their families at this very sad time. The Mayor then asked everyone to join him in a minute’s silence to pay the council’s respects.

The Mayor then indicated that this evening included much business including an Extraordinary Meeting so the council then moved on to deal with the business.

1937 DECLARATIONS OF PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS – Declarations of personal interest were indicated as follows.

1938 MINUTES – Resolved – That the minutes of the ordinary meeting and the extraordinary meeting of the council held on 13 October 2010 having been printed and circulated amongst the members be taken as read and correctly recorded and be signed by the Mayor.

1939 HUMBERSIDE POLICE – MR T HOLLIS – CHIEF CONSTABLE – Mr Tim Hollis, Chief Constable of Humberside Police and Chief Superintendent Peter Simmonds ‘B’ Division Commander attended the meeting and outlined some of the current policing issues both nationally and locally. Mr Hollis and Mr Simmonds then answered a range of questions from members of the council about policing issues.

Mr Hollis then informed the council that Chief Superintendent Simmonds would be retiring from the police at the end of February and he paid tribute to his work in North Lincolnshire over the last three years. He also introduced Mr Simmonds’ successor, Mr Mike Duggleby.

At the conclusion of the question and answer session the Mayor thanked Mr Hollis and Mr Simmonds for attending the meeting.

Resolved – That Mr Hollis and Mr Simmonds be thanked for attending the meeting and that Mr Simmonds be thanked for his work in North Lincolnshire during the last three years and that the council’s best wishes be offered to him for the future.

1940 (19) CALCULATING THE COUNCIL TAX BASE FOR 2011/2012 – The Service Director Finance submitted a report asking the council to consider the council tax base to be used for each part of the council’s area for tax setting purposes. The report highlighted the requirements of relevant regulations and how the council tax base would be used. The key points in the report were the requirement of the council to set and notify its tax base, consideration of the council tax collection rate, calculation of the tax base for formula grant purposes and the calculation of a local tax base for each parish and the total tax base for the authority as detailed in appendix B to the report.

A key proposal this year was to increase the collection rate assumption from 98 per cent to 99 per cent which would help the council’s financial position at a time of reductions in central government support and was justifiable based on current collection and write off levels.

Resolved – (a) That the recommendations contained in the report of the Service Director Finance in relation to the calculation of the council’s tax base for 2011/2012 as set out in appendix C to the report be approved, and (b) that pursuant to the report and in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992, the amount calculated by North Lincolnshire Council as its tax base for the whole area for the year 2011/2012 shall be 51,590.9 and for the parts of the area listed below for the year 2011/2012 shall be for the parish or area of

• Consider why residents of North Lincolnshire appeared more fearful of crime than the actual incidents of crime suggested.