Recommendations from Overview & Scrutiny Committee
The Overview & Scrutiny Committee made the following recommendations to Cabinet at the meeting held on 12th November:
Car Parking Fees & Charges
Car Parking Charges:
Option 1- overall car parking total increase in line with CPI inflation of 3.8% and apportioned so there is no increase to standard town car parks.
The Committee requested Cabinet to be mindful of the inconvenience for cash users caused by using small change such as 5p coins.
Season Ticket Charges
Option 6 - increase season ticket fees by 3.8%.
Decision:
Decision
RESOLVED
To accept the following recommendations from the Overview & Scrutiny Committee:
Petition – Pretty Corner Woods, Sheringham
For the Countryside Team to proactively communicate with the public, in a timely fashion, regarding the way in which NNDC sites are managed, why they are managed in certain ways and what plans are in place when upcoming works on those sites are likely to cause disruption or a significant change going forward.
Car Parking Fees & Charges
Car Parking Charges:
Option 1- overall car parking total increase in line with CPI inflation of 3.8% and apportioned so there is no increase to standard town car parks.
The Committee requested Cabinet to be mindful of the inconvenience for cash users caused by using small change such as 5p coins.
Season Ticket Charges
Option 6 - increase season ticket fees by 3.8%.
Minutes:
The Chair invited Cllr V Holliday, Chair of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee to speak. Cllr Holliday said that the Committee had supported the recommendations, emphasising that they supported no increase for standard town car parks and that they asked Cabinet to be mindful of the inconvenience for cash users caused by using small change, such as 5 pence coins.
She also mentioned a request from a member of the committee, following a recent petition relating to Pretty Corner Woods. He felt that the matter had highlighted some issues with engagement between the Council’s Countryside Team and local communities and the following proposal had been supported by the Committee
‘For the Countryside Team to proactively communicate with the public, in a timely fashion, regarding the way in which NNDC sites are managed, why they are managed in certain ways and what plans are in place when upcoming works on those sites are likely to cause disruption or a significant change going forward.’
The Chair thanked Cllr Holliday and Cabinet
RESOLVED
To accept the following recommendations from the Overview & Scrutiny Committee:
Petition – Pretty Corner Woods, Sheringham
For the Countryside Team to proactively communicate with the public, in a timely fashion, regarding the way in which NNDC sites are managed, why they are managed in certain ways and what plans are in place when upcoming works on those sites are likely to cause disruption or a significant change going forward.
Car Parking Fees & Charges
Car Parking Charges:
Option 1- overall car parking total increase in line with CPI inflation of 3.8% and apportioned so there is no increase to standard town car parks.
The Committee requested Cabinet to be mindful of the inconvenience for cash users caused by using small change such as 5p coins.
Season Ticket Charges
Option 6 - increase season ticket fees by 3.8%.