Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Chief Executive, on the review of the Council wide fees and charges for 2024/25 for services provided by the Council’s Directorates.

The Board was advised that, as part of the budget preparations for 2024/25, a review of fees and charges had been carried out.  The aim in setting fees and charges was to ensure that the Council fully recovered the cost incurred in providing the service, although this was dependent on a number of factors outside of the agreed charge.  These were detailed in the report and noted as including demand, which could change year on year and be affected by weather, economy, regional and national events and demographics; competition, where there may be a strong competitive market; and a statutory element, where some charges were outside the control of the Council and there was no discretion to what could be charged.

 Attached at Appendix A was the proposed schedule of statutory fees for 2024/25 and the chargeable rates for The Brindley Theatre and the Registrar’s Service were attached at Appendix B and C respectively, for 2024/25 and 2025/26.

RESOLVED: That

1)    the proposed fees and charges for 2024/25 as set out in Appendix A and for 2024/25 as set out in Appendices B and C, be approved; and

2)     the working group set up by the Environment and Urban Renewal Policy and Performance Board, who were currently looking at options for further controls on Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMO), be requested to consider the issues of HMO licenses, fees, and other controls.