Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decisions:
Received a report
regarding Leisure Activity and Cemetery Charges for 2003/04.
Agreed, in order to
set the Leisure Activity Charges for the forthcoming year in
accordance with the principles of the Charging Policy Commission
and pending the recommendations of the Leisure Facilities Scrutiny
Panel and to assist with the Community Priority of “Improving
Health, Housing and Social Care”:
- The proposed
Leisure Activity and Park Sports Charges as set out in Appendices A
and B to the report, at an overall average increase of 6%, which
will result in an anticipated £1,316,820 income and
£2,728,235 (67.4%) subsidy. This is subject to a further
report reviewing these charges being presented to the Executive in
six months;
- The extension of
the Leisure Pass to include Registered Adult Carers for the
Disabled or the Infirm and those receiving Incapacity Benefit;
- That the period of
validity of the Leisure Pass should be one year for all categories
of entitlement and accordingly that the cost of the Leisure Pass
should be increased to £3.00 per annum.
- That the
activities available to Leisure Pass holders should be standardised
across all the sites to include Swimming, Fitness Rooms, Badminton,
Squash, Table Tennis and GP Referral Sessions;
- That a report on
the Cemetery Charges should be presented in August / September 2003
in order that stakeholders can be consulted on the proposed
programme of Charges;
Publication date: 14/03/2003
Date of decision: 11/03/2003
Decided at meeting: 11/03/2003 - Cabinet
Effective from: 20/03/2003
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