Decision details

To confirm the council’s approach to the setting of fees & charges, to ensure that there are no unintentional subsidies in the provision of discretionary services unless there is a policy decision to do so.

RESOLVED:

1.    That the proposed fees and charges policy be adopted.

2.    That any discretionary services, whether currently provided free of charge or with some element of subsidy, will be subject to a full review including appropriate consultation before a decision is taken on whether the subsidy was to continue.

Reason for decision:

The Council was facing a serious financial situation which meant that its approach to the delivery of discretionary services, for which a charge is permissible, needed to be appropriate. The fees and charges policy ensured that a consistent, transparent and policy based approach was adopted by the Council in order to eliminate unintentional subsidies or reconsider subsidies that may no longer be supportable within the current financial context. 

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