Decision details

Waste Services Fees and Charges 2018/19.

Reference: D668

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Climate Change and Natural Habitat

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To seek approval for a revised set of Fees and Charges for Waste Services to be introduced 1st April 2018.
The report details a revised set of Fees and Charges for Garden Waste, Bulky Waste, Trade Waste/Trade Recycling and a New Bin Charge for new properties and seeks approval for their introduction from 1st April 2018.

Decision:

a)To approve the revised Fees and Charges for 2018/19 as detailed
in Appendices 1 and 2.
b)To agree for the price revisions to be introduced from 1st April 2018.

Reasons for the decision:

To contribute to the delivery of a balanced budget both in 2018/19 and in the medium term, and satisfy statutory requirements.

Alternative options considered:

An alternative percentage increase for inflation could have been applied. This however would not have been in consideration of the proposed Medium Term Financial Plan or current CPI inflation measures.

Publication date: 19/02/2018

Date of decision: 19/02/2018

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