Issue - meetings
Fees and Charges 2016
Meeting: 26/10/2015 - SOCIAL CARE, HEALTH & HOUSING OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (Item 43)
Fees and Charges 2016
To receive the directorate’s relevant fees and charges information, noting the Executive proposals and influencing where appropriate changes to the fees and charges prior to Council.
Full details are available on the Executive papers dated 06 October 2015
The relevant appendices, A, B, C, D, E and a supplementary page are attached.
Additional documents:
- Appendix A - 2016-17 Fees Charges - SCHH v5 Revised 08102015, item 43 PDF 100 KB
- Appendix B - 2016-17 Fees Charges - SCHH v4 Revised 08102015, item 43 PDF 65 KB
- Appendix C - 2016-17 Fees Charges - SCHH v4 Revised 08102015, item 43 PDF 131 KB
- Appendix D - 2016-17 Fees Charges Review v2, item 43 PDF 195 KB
- Appendix E - Largest sources of Fees and Charges Income 2015-16, item 43 PDF 13 KB
- Supplementary Item 2016-17 Fees & Charges - Statutory All, item 43 PDF 343 KB
Minutes:
The Head of Financial Performance introduced the fees and charges proposed for 2015 that form part of the Medium Term Financial Plan that related to Social Care Health and Housing.
In light of the report Members queried the price differential for guest rooms per night. The Head of Finance advised that accommodation at Priory View reflected the high standard.
Following queries from Members the Executive Member agreed to circulate further details on self funder brokerage administration fees; laundry charges; and transport to day centres and VAT charges. The Director also agreed to review the yearly charge for garages.
NOTED the generally modest increase in charges in line with inflation.
Meeting: 06/10/2015 - EXECUTIVE (Item 43)
43 Fees and Charges 2016 PDF 26 KB
To propose the revised fees and charges prices for 2016; identifies new services for which it is proposed that fees or charges will be levied; and identifies those charges where proposed increases are significantly different from the 1% advisory increase as per the 2016/17 Budget Strategy.
Additional documents:
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix A - Children's Services, item 43 PDF 69 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix A - Community Services, item 43 PDF 134 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix A - ICS, item 43 PDF 82 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix A - Regeneration, item 43 PDF 237 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix A - SCHH, item 43 PDF 82 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix A2 - SCHH, item 43 PDF 66 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix B - Community Services, item 43 PDF 61 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix B - ICS, item 43 PDF 68 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix B - SCHH, item 43 PDF 68 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix C - Community Services, item 43 PDF 80 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix C - ICS, item 43 PDF 69 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix C - Regeneration, item 43 PDF 63 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix C - SCHH, item 43 PDF 73 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix D - Review, item 43 PDF 177 KB
- Fees & Charges 2016 - Appendix E - Largest sources of Fees and Charges Income 2015-16, item 43 PDF 8 KB
- Revised Recommendation, item 43 PDF 34 KB
- Amendments to the Appendices, item 43 PDF 68 KB
Decision:
RECOMMENDED to Council
that subject to any recommendations from Overview and Scrutiny and the amendments set out in the Executive Chairman’s Briefing Note:-
1. that the Fees and Charges prices for 2016 be agreed;
2. that the new Fees and Charges proposed to be introduced for 2016 be agreed;
3. that Fairer Charging be brought in line with Residential Care charging, and that charging commence when the care started with effect from 1 January 2016, as set out in paragraphs 11 and 12 in the Executive report;
4. to confirm that whilst some statutory charges have been left at the 2015 rate currently, these would be amended to the new charges once the Council had been advised of the rates applicable to 2016; and
5. the progress of the Fees and Charges cyclical review process, as set out at Appendix D to the Executive report, be noted.
Minutes:
The Executive considered a report from the Executive Member for Corporate Resources that proposed revised fees and charges for 2016, identified new services for which it was proposed that fees or charges would be levied and identified those charges where proposed increases were significantly different from the 1% advisory increase as per the 2016/17 budget strategy.
The Overview and Scrutiny (O&S) Committees would consider the proposed fees and charges during the October cycle of meetings. A request was made that the statutory charges be summarised and a list of charges where there is flexibility for them to be increased be provided to the O&S Committees.
This would enable the Sustainable Communities O&S Committee to consider the proposed increase in car parking charges. In response to a question, the Executive Member for Corporate Resources explained that the proposed increase in car parking charges would allow the Council to invest in improving the technology and customer experience at the Council’s busiest car parks.
Reason for decision: To enable the Council to agree the fees and charges prices for 2016 as part of delivering a balanced budget for 2016/17 and identify resource requirements for the Medium Term.
RECOMMENDED to Council
that subject to any recommendations from Overview and Scrutiny and the amendments set out in the Executive Chairman’s Briefing Note:-
1. that the Fees and Charges prices for 2016 be agreed;
2. that the new Fees and Charges proposed to be introduced for 2016 be agreed;
3. that Fairer Charging be brought in line with Residential Care charging, and that charging commence when the care started with effect from 1 January 2016, as set out in paragraphs 11 and 12 in the Executive report;
4. to confirm that whilst some statutory charges have been left at the 2015 rate currently, these would be amended to the new charges once the Council had been advised of the rates applicable to 2016; and
5. the progress of the Fees and Charges cyclical review process, as set out at Appendix D to the Executive report, be noted.