Agenda item

Members agreed to take the following into consideration at minute 160.

Session 1, 12 January 2022

Minute 36 Draft Revenue and Capital Budgets 2022 - 2023

The following provisional recommendations by the Overview and Scrutiny

Committees to Cabinet were agreed at this point:

·        To adopt the draft Revenue and Capital Budgets for 2022-23 taking account of the following:

o   adopting a £2.00 an hour charge for a limited number of popular hot[1]spot car parks within Category 1: Exmouth Queen’s Drive, Exmouth Queen’s Drive Echelon, Exmouth Beach Gardens, Budleigh Lime Kiln, and Sidmouth Ham (East and West) from April 2022; and

o   adopting a £1.50 an hour charge for all other Category 1 car parks from April 2022 but avoid the 10p per year charge for the subsequent three years to prevent damage to vulnerable High Street businesses.

·        To review other budgetary requests (e.g. Tree Strategy and StreetScene) which have been rejected in line with new estimated budget forecasts.

·        That a working draft of the Car Parking Strategy be presented to the next Overview Committee in order to set timescales for a speedy adoption.

The Chair advised that this would be revisited after the two committees had reviewed

the Service Plans in both this meeting and the following session on 17 January 2022.

Minute 37 Key Service Plan Objectives 2022 - 2023

·        the Service Plan 2022-23 for Countryside and Leisure be adopted.

·        the Service Plan 2022-23 for the Environmental Health and Car Park service

·        be adopted.

·        the Service Plan for 2022-23 for the Housing Service be adopted.

·        the Service Plan 2022-23 for StreetScene be adopted.

Session 2, 17 January 2022

Minute 43 Key Service Plan Objectives 2022 - 2023

·        the Service Plan 2022-23 for the Finance service be adopted, subject to:

·        Inclusion of a Key Service Objective for the Finance service to work with

·        the Housing service to review the rise in costs of providing temporary

·        accommodation for the homeless.

·        the Service Plan 2022-23 for the Growth, Development and Prosperity service

·        be adopted.

·        the Service Plan 2022-23 for the Planning service be adopted, subject to:

-        A review of the Council’s enforcement processes and how information about cases is communicated to ward members and the public;

-        A review of the validation information requirements for ecological surveys and assessments;

-        A review of the Statement of Community Involvement and consultations onplanning applications to consider making greater use of site notices to publicise planning applications.

·        the Service Plan 2022-23 for the Governance and Licensing service be adopted.

·        the Service Plan 2022-23 for the Place, Assets and Commercialisation service be adopted, subject to:

-        A review of the process that leads to the registration of Assets of

Community Value.

·        the Service Plan 2022-23 for the Communications, Digital Services and Engagement service be adopted.

·        the Service Plan 2022-23 for the HR and Payroll service be adopted.

Minute 44 Draft Revenue and Capital Budgets 2022 - 2023

·        To adopt the draft Revenue and Capital Budgets for 2022-23 taking

account of the following:

o   adopting a £2.00 an hour charge for a limited number of popular hot[1]spot car parks within Category 1: Beer Central, Exmouth Queen’s Drive, Exmouth Queen’s Drive Echelon, Exmouth Foxholes, Exmouth Beach Gardens, Budleigh Lime Kiln, and Sidmouth Ham (East and West) from April 2022; and

o   adopting a £1.50 an hour charge for all other Category 1 car parks from April 2022 but avoid the 10p per year charge for the subsequent three years to prevent damage to vulnerable High Street businesses.

·        To review other budgetary requests (e.g. Tree Strategy and StreetScene) which have been rejected in line with new estimated budget forecasts.

·        That a working draft of the Car Parking Strategy be presented to the next Overview Committee in order to set timescales for a speedy adoption.