Issue - meetings

Councillor Osman submits a report that reviews experience with the operation of on-street parking during the past year, and recommends increasing the level of fines. The report also contains revised proposals for spending the surplus income generated by the scheme. The views of the Highways and Transportation Scrutiny Committee will be reported to the meeting.  The Cabinet is recommended to approve the increase in the level of the fine from £20 to £30 and the proposals for spending the surplus income and also to delegate to the Director the power to vary the amounts spent on the various items, subject to funding being available.

Councillor Osman submitted a report that reviewed experience with the operation of on-street parking during the last year and recommending an increase in the level of fines for parking offences.  The report also contained revised proposals for spending surplus income generated by the scheme.  It was noted that the Highways and Transportation Scrutiny Committee did not support the proposal to spend some of the additional income on night buses and a revised recommendation with regard to this was proposed.

RESOLVED:

(1)that the increase in the level of the fine from £20 to £30 be approved;

(2)that the proposals for spending the surplus income as detailed in Appendix A of the report be approved, with the exception of the funding of late night buses;

(3)that the Director of Environment, Development and Commercial Services be authorised to vary the amount spent on the various items referred to in Appendix A, subject to funding being available; and

(4)that the Director bring back a further report to the Cabinet on options relating to improving bus services focussing on services to outer estates and to elderly people as well as late night buses.