The Corporate Director of Finance and Resources presented a report on the fees and charges for Council services which were proposed to come into effect from 1 April 2012.
The Corporate Director advised that the proposed fees and charges had been developed within the framework of the Council’s Charging Policy and the Council’s savings targets for 2012/13. An across-the-board increase was not proposed in the overall best interests of the local community and increases that were proposed were reflective of competitive market rates for those services.
Cabinet agreed:
(i) The proposed fees and charges for 2012/13 as set out in Appendix A to the report, to be effective from 1 April 2012;
(ii) That the fees and charges set out in Appendix B no longer be applicable from 1 April 2012;
(iii) To authorise the Corporate Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources and the Cabinet Member for Finance and Education, to set fees and charges applied from September 2012 for schools and academic year based activities; and
(iv) To authorise the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Sport, to amend the Splash Park fees and charges mid-year as required, to enable the continued provision of the service.