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The Cabinet received a
report of the Executive Director (Place).  
 
RESOLVED: 

(unanimous) 
DECISION TAKEN
Cabinet agreed that
the Council enters into a new agreement for a period of 6 years
(with the option to extend for a further 3 years) with East Herts
District Council to provide parking enforcement services from 17
January 2026.
 
REASON FOR THE
DECISION 
The Council is
currently part of a consortium to provide on street and car parking
enforcement services with the lead authority being East Herts
District Council, with Stevenage Borough Council the third
member.
 
East Herts have a
contract with an external contractor (APCOA) to deliver on street
and car park enforcement for the three councils. Welwyn Hatfield
Call off this contract. East Herts deliver the back-office services
directly to the three councils. The back-office services include
the processing of penalty notices, and the work is undertaken by
directly employed staff.
 
There are separate
Service Level Agreements between East Herts and Welwyn Hatfield and
East Herts and Stevenage to deliver the services. An extension
option was agreed by Cabinet on 11th July 2023, so that the current
SLA now expires on 16th January 2026. At the same time, Cabinet
asked Officers to appraise the options for how the service could be
delivered when the extension expires.