To consider a report of the Executive Member for Finance and Governance and Corporate Director, Finance and Systems.

That Council be recommended to approve the following:

·       The Fees and Charges for 2021/22 and those relating to Registration of Births, Death & Marriages and Allotments also shown for 2022/23, as set out in the booklet available on the Council’s web site;

·       That approval be delegated jointly to each Corporate Director with the Director of Finance and Systems to amend fees and charges which are within their respective delegated powers during 2021/22 in the event of any change in the rate of VAT, as appropriate;

·       That approval be delegated jointly to each Corporate Director with the Director of Finance and Systems to amend fees and charges during 2021/22 which are within their respective delegated powers where the economics of the charge levels have changed (e.g. costs have risen unexpectedly), or for commercial reasons.

The Executive Member for Finance and Governance and the Director of Finance and Systemssubmitted a report which summarised the salient features of the annual review and pricing of the Council’s main fees and charges, which were now recommended to Council, along with appropriate delegation arrangements covering potential in-year amendments, where appropriate.

RESOLVED - That Council be recommended to approve the following:

·       The Fees and Charges for 2021/22 and those relating to Registration of Births, Death & Marriages and Allotments also shown for 2022/23, as set out in the booklet available on the Council’s web site;

·       That approval be delegated jointly to each Corporate Director with the Director of Finance and Systems to amend fees and charges which are within their respective delegated powers during 2021/22 in the event of any change in the rate of VAT, as appropriate;

·       That approval be delegated jointly to each Corporate Director with the Director of Finance and Systems to amend fees and charges during 2021/22 which are within their respective delegated powers where the economics of the charge levels have changed (e.g. costs have risen unexpectedly), or for commercial reasons.