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<strong>Selby</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
REPORT<br />
Reference: E/1135<br />
Public – Item 6<br />
To:<br />
The Executive<br />
Date: 3 November 2011<br />
Status:<br />
Key Decision<br />
Report Published: 26 October 2011<br />
Author:<br />
Eileen Scothern – Business Manager<br />
Executive Member: <strong>Council</strong>lor Cliff Lunn<br />
Lead Officer:<br />
Karen Iveson, Executive Director<br />
Title:<br />
Fees and Charges<br />
Summary:<br />
Following the approval of the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) at the<br />
Executive on 6 th October attached for your consideration cases where there is<br />
a justification to not increasing fees in line with the adopted MTFS.<br />
Recommendation:<br />
To agree the exceptions to the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS).<br />
Reasons for recommendation<br />
To provide evidence where increasing in line with RPI will not enable the<br />
<strong>Council</strong> to recover the costs of delivering a local service.<br />
1. Introduction and background<br />
1.1 The Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) provides the strategic<br />
framework for the <strong>Council</strong> in determining the Fees and Charging policy,<br />
the MTFS was agreed at the Executive on 6 th October 2011, which in<br />
terms of income generation stated that<br />
In determining fees and charges we will also explore opportunities to<br />
introduce discretionary charges as a means of either:-<br />
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