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Fees & Charges 2024 -2025

 

 

Meeting: 08/01/2024 - Cabinet (Item 10)

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Executive Summary

This report recommends the fees and charges for the financial year 2024-25 that will come into effect from the 1st April 2024.

 

Options considered

 

Alternatives for the individual service fees and charges proposed have been considered by service managers as part of the process of creating this report.

 

Consultation(s)

Portfolio Holder

Director of Resources/S151 Officer

Budget Managers

 

Recommendations

 

That Cabinet agree and recommend to Full Council:

  • The fees and charges from 1st April 2024 as included in Appendix A.
  • That delegated authority be given to the Section 151 Officer, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and relevant Directors/Assistant Director to agree the fees and charges not included within Appendix A as required (outlined within the report).

 

Reasons for recommendations

 

To approve the Council’s proposed fees and charges for 2024/25.

 

Background papers

 

Fees & Charges 2023/24 report (Full Council – 12th December 2022)

 

 

 

Wards affected

All

Cabinet member(s)

Cllr Lucy Shires

Contact Officer

James Moore, Technical Accountant, James.Moore@north-norfolk.gov.uk

 

Links to key documents:

 

Corporate Plan:          

This report helps to ensure that the Council is financially sound by setting charges for external services, adequately reimbursing the costs of delivering the Council’s services and generating extra income where appropriate.

Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS)                                

This report includes opportunities that service managers have identified to generate extra income from within their current operations.

Council Policies & Strategies

N/A

 

 

 

Corporate Governance:

 

Is this a key decision 

 Yes

Has the public interest test been applied

Not an exempt item

Details of any previous decision(s) on this matter

Current Fees & Charges 2023/24 report (Full Council – 22 February 2023)

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Decision

RESOLVED

 

To recommend to Full Council:

  • The fees and charges from 1st April 2024 as included in Appendix A.
  • That delegated authority be given to the Section 151 Officer, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and relevant Directors/Assistant Director to agree the fees and charges not included within Appendix A as required (outlined within the report).

 

Reason for the decision:

To approve the Council’s proposed fees and charges for 2024/25.

 

Minutes:

Cllr Fredericks presented the report on behalf of the Portfolio Holder for Finance, Cllr Shires. She said that it had been to the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on 13th December for pre-scrutiny. Section 3.2 set out three key reasons for any proposed increases in fees and charges. These included inflation, increase in fees where they were set by a higher authority (usually central government) and increases in fees which must be set on a cost recovery basis such as licensing fees and land charges.

 

Sections 3.4 to 3.10 set out where service areas had identified opportunities to generate additional income. She informed members that this report did not include changes to car parking charges, these would be reviewed at a later date.

 

It was proposed by Cllr T Adams, seconded by Cllr C Ringer and

 

RESOLVED

 

To recommend to Full Council:

  • The fees and charges from 1st April 2024 as included in Appendix A.
  • That delegated authority be given to the Section 151 Officer, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and relevant Directors/Assistant Director to agree the fees and charges not included within Appendix A as required (outlined within the report).

 

Reason for the decision:

To approve the Council’s proposed fees and charges for 2024/25.