Agenda item - Fees and Charges 2011/12

Report of the Strategic Director, Place (copy attached).

(1)         That the Cabinet Member agrees the proposed fees and charges for 2011/12 as set out in the report.

81.1               The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Strategic Director, Place concerning the proposed fees and charges for the Environment portfolio for 2011/12.

81.2               Councillor Mitchell stated that the proposed changes to parking charges aimed to meet the corporate inflation target of 2% and asked whether they would subsequently be increased to help meet the further savings the council was required to make. She also queried the difference between pest control fees for the removal of rats and mice.

81.3               The Cabinet Member stated that the charges in the report were what was being proposed for approval today and that it was not possible to say what might happen in the future.

81.4               The Head of Planning & Public Protection explained that charges for the removal of mice had been brought in during the previous year and the proposals within the report aimed to bring the charges for rats and mice closer together. He reported that there had been no reduction in take up of the service and no complaints of dissatisfaction in relation to the price had been received.

81.5               RESOLVED - That having considered the information and the reasons set out in the report, the Cabinet Member accepted the following recommendations:

(1)         That the proposed fees and charges for 2011/12, as set out in the report, be agreed.