Mr Jones said: "The move away from national funding to an increased reliance on the
precept, putting the onus on local tax payers, is not only unfair, but will not raise the same amount of money.
He claimed he was able to avoid imposing a
precept because of success in winning more funding from central government, which the Mayor said amounted to PS1.7 billion since May 2017.
The mayor's office has now confirmed that the charge will be introduced, while announcing the region's police
precept will also be hiked from April by the maximum amount.
"A [pounds sterling]12 increase on the policing
precept in the West Midlands would still mean that local people are paying more than [pounds sterling]50 less than neighbouring forces such as Staffordshire, West Mercia and Warwickshire.
There's no "they," though, so don't waste a perfectly good anxiety attack on the ghost posse of the
precepts.
He urged lawmakers to consider the decree-law with utmost national responsibility that marks the executive and legislature, pointing out that the text does not prejudice Islamic
precepts in any way, nor does it trespass on Bahrain's sovereignty.
FAMILIES in a part of Newcastle face a hefty parish
precept payment again.
Its parish councillors meet on Thursday to vote on a draft budget
precept for 2015-16 that some predict could bring in a further [pounds sterling]50,000.
Mr Michael said he would have liked to increase the
precept by 7% to meet the deficit South Wales Police are suffering.
Mark Burns-Williamson, said: "Although I had the option of accepting a grant from the Government to freeze the
precept for a year I chose not to do that as I would have had to make up the shortfall next year."
Some of the councils would potentially have to increase their current
precept by almost 50% to stand still, with households having to pay between PS5.56 and PS21 a year extra for their town and parish services.
The police authority meeting at St Asaph will be urged to levy the
precept, which is included in council tax bills, because it offers the best balance between the need to provide sufficient funds "to sustain the force at a time of far reaching changes" and to limit the impact on taxpayers.