Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services introduced a report on the proposed fees and charges for Council services, the majority of which came into effect from 1 January 2019.

The fees and charges had been assessed against the principles of the Council’s Charging Policy framework and the vast majority would either remain unchanged or be subject to an increase of 3.2% in line with the Retail Price Index (at July 2018).  With regard to charges in respect of leisure centres and other services that were no longer directly provided by the Council, the Cabinet Member confirmed that service providers were typically restricted to inflation-only increases unless the Council approved otherwise.

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree the proposed fees and charges as set out in Appendix A to the report, to be effective from 1 January 2019 unless otherwise stated;

(ii)  Note the fees and charges no longer applicable from 1 January 2019, as set out in Appendix B to the report; and

(iii)  Delegate authority to the Director of People and Resilience, in consultation with the Chief Operating Officer and the relevant Cabinet Members, to set fees and charges to be applied from September for schools and academic year based activities.