Purpose

Decisions:

1.   
To authorise the proposed executive fees and charges for 2024/25
set out in Appendix A having considered the consultation responses
and equality impact assessments.
 
A Business Planning Report was received by
Cabinet on 18 July 2023 outlining the council’s updated
Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) to 2029/30 and the future
financial risks and challenges facing the council.
 
The Chief Finance Officer report was received
by Cabinet on 5 September 2023, outlining the review of fees and
charges. One of the recommendations was to delegate the approval of
the executive side fees and charges to the Cabinet Member
(Portfolio Holder) for Resources & Effective Council once they
have been subject to consultation and EQIA, which was agreed at
Cabinet.
 
The report also stated the council will review
fees and charges on an annual basis, and subject to consultation
and consideration of equality impact assessments, all revised fees
and charges should be at full cost recovery, where consideration is
given for those driven by inflation, or statute.
 
This report requests authorisation for the
proposed executive fees and charges as set out in Appendix A, for
implementation from 1 January 2024. Non-executive fees and charges
were submitted to Council on 17th October 2023 and
approved.