Decision details

Christmas and New Year Opening Hours for Leisure Centres 2018/19

Reference: D769

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Lifestyles, Health and Wellbeing

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To seek approval for opening hours for the Council’s leisure facilities over the Christmas and New Year holiday period 2018/19

Decision:

That approval is given to the opening hours for the Council’s leisure facilities over the Christmas and New Year holiday period 2018/19 as set out in appendix 1 of this report.

Reasons for the decision:

To allow for a reduced provision in customer service at the Council’s leisure centres over the Christmas and New Year period, compared to previous years.
To allow staff to take annual leave without the need to provide cover.

Alternative options considered:

The council could do nothing and continue to open the leisure centres with the normal operating hours. This option would mean a waste of resource in terms of heating, lighting and staffing of the facilities for extremely low levels of customer use.
Alternative opening hours to those contained in the proposal could be considered. However the proposal takes into account previous year’s usage levels and customer feedback of wanting to access facilities from 7am until the evening.

Publication date: 29/10/2018

Date of decision: 29/10/2018

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