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Agenda Item 127A
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Budget Policy &
Resources Committee
Subject: Fees & Charges 2023/24- Report and Extract from the proceedings of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee meeting held on the 17 January 2023
Date of meeting: 9 February 2023
Report of: Executive Director for Housing, Neighbourhoods, & Communities; Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture; Executive Director of Adult Social Care & Health
Contact Officer: Name: Lisa Johnson
Email: lisa.johnson@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Ward(s) affected: All
For general release
Note: Urgency
By reason of the special circumstances below, and in accordance with section 100B(4)(b) of the 1972 Act, the Chair of the meeting has been consulted and is of the opinion that this item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.
Note: Reasons for urgency
The special circumstances for non-compliance with Council Procedure Rule 3, Access to Information Procedure Rule 5 and Section 100B(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), (items not considered unless the agenda is open to inspection at least five days in advance of the meeting) were that the Fees and Charges which were not approved at the January ETS Committee are required to be considered by Committee before Budget Council on 24th February 2023. An administrative error meant that the paper was not picked up following the January ETS Committee and was therefore not published with the agenda. However, the paper was published and has been in the public domain since the publication of the ETS papers in January and there are no changes to the report.
Action Required of Policy & Resources Committee:
1.1 To receive the report from the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 3.3 of that report, which states:
3.3 The committee are advised that if the proposed fees & charges recommended in this report are not agreed, or if the committee wishes to amend the recommendations, then the item will normally need to be referred to the Policy & Resources Committee meeting on 9 February 2023 to be considered as part of the overall 2023/24 budget proposals. This is because the 2023/24 draft and final budget proposals are developed on the assumption that fees and charges are agreed as recommended and any failure to agree, or a proposal to agree different fees and charges, may have an impact on the overall budget proposals, which means it would need to be dealt with by Policy & Resources Committee as per the requirements of the constitution. However, this does not fetter the committee’s ability to make alternative recommendations to Policy & Resources Committee.
1.2 To agree the following recommendations:
2.1 That Committee agrees the proposed fees and charges for 2023/24 as set out within the report.
2.2 That Committee agrees the proposed fees and charges in paragraph 3.6 relating to Monitored Contractor Scaffold Licence, Brown Tourist Signs and Development Directional Signs, to be implemented with immediate effect in the current financial year 2022/23 allowing for lead in time to update systems, charging methods and notice periods.
2.4 That Committee agrees the proposed fees and charges in paragraphs 3.35 – 3.36 relating to Garden Waste Collection Service fees, to be implemented with immediate effect in the current financial year 2022/23 allowing for lead in time to update systems, charging methods and notice periods.
2.5 That Committee delegates authority to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment & Culture (in relation to paragraphs 3.5 - 3.39), the Executive Director of Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities (in relation to paragraphs 3.40 - 3.41) and to the Executive Director of Health & Adult Social Care (in relation to paragraphs 3.42 – 3.46) to change fees and charges as notified and set by central Government during the year.
Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee
4.00pm 17 January 2023
Council Chamber, Hove Town Hall
Minutes
Present: Councillor Davis (Joint Chair), Hills (Joint Chair), Lloyd (Deputy Chair), Platts (Joint Opposition Spokesperson), Wilkinson (Joint Opposition Spokesperson), Nemeth (Group Spokesperson), Appich, Fowler, Heley and Simson
Part One
66 Fees and Charges 2023-24
66.1 The Committee considered a joint report of the Executive Director for Housing, Neighbourhoods, & Communities; Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture; Executive Director of Adult Social Care & Health that set out the proposed 2023/24 fees and charges for the service areas covered by the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee in accordance with corporate regulations and policy.
66.2 Councillors Nemeth, Simson, Appich, Lloyd and Wilkinson asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.
66.3 The Chair put the recommendations to the vote that failed.
The meeting concluded at 8.50pm