Agenda and minutes

An apology was received from Councillor Winfield.

There were no declarations of interest.

To consider the minutes of the previous meeting(s)

Resolved:                 That the minutes of the meeting held on 8 September 2016 be agreed as a correct record.

The Executive Director (Resources and Support Services) presented this report which provided an opportunity for members to scrutinise the draft proposals of the scale of fees and charges to apply from 1 April 2017.

Members asked for further information to be presented for consideration by this Scrutiny Committee regarding the annual levels of income against each of the budget headings; they also requested that officers undertake a further review with a view to increasing charges to maximise income; and there were specific requests for further information in respect of charges for car park enforcement, the hire of rooms and pitch hire.

It was agreed that an additional meeting of the committee would be held to consider these issues.

The report was presented by the Executive Director (Resources and Support Services) and informed members of the Scrutiny Committee of the current proposals being considered to balance the 2017/18 revenue budget.

It was noted that there was a budget gap for 2017/18 of £2.731m and the Committee was asked to suggest any further areas of savings. In response it was suggested that:-

The Reporter cease publication

Full details of the vacant post review to be submitted to this Committee for information.

Any member of the public wishing to submit a question must serve two clear days’ notice, in writing, of any such question to the Borough Council.

There were no public questions.

There was no Urgent Business.

It was agreed that a further meeting be held to consider additional information in respect of fees and charges.

To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the attached report, because it is likely that there will be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2 and 7 in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Resolved:                 That the public be excluded from the meeting during

consideration of the following matter because it is likely that there will be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act, 1972.

That assurance be sought that the level of income from the Trade Refuse Collection Service was at the optimum level bearing in mind market forces