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Item FIP 18/5 referred from Finance, Innovation and Property Advisory Board minutes of 3 January 2018

(Item FIP 18/5 referred from Finance, Innovation and Property Advisory Board minutes of 3 January 2018)

Consideration of recommendations to the Cabinet from the Finance, Innovation and Property Advisory Board of 3 January 2018

The Cabinet resolved that:

The recommendations of the Finance, Innovation and PropertyAdvisory Board be approved as follows:

(1)         in respect of the recovery of legal fees payable by third parties, the Council’s fees continue to follow the Supreme Court guideline hourly rates as set out at paragraph 1.2.1 of the report;

(2)         the proposed scale of fees for local land charges searches and enquiries set out at Annex 1 to the report be adopted with effect from 1 January 2018;

(3)         the current photocopying charges of 10p (inclusive of VAT) for each page of the same document or additional copies of the same page plus postage as appropriate be retained;

(4)         the fee schedule for street naming and numbering set out in section 1.6 of the report be adopted with effect from 1 April 2018; and

(5)         the amount of council tax and business rate Court costs recharged remain as set out at paragraph 1.7.2 of the report for the 2018/19 financial year.

Decision Notice D180012CAB

The report of the Management Team brought forward for consideration as part of the Budget setting process for 2018/19 proposals in respect of those fees and charges that were the responsibility of the Cabinet Member for Finance, Innovation and Property or not reported elsewhere.

RECOMMENDED:  That

(1)         in respect of the recovery of legal fees payable by third parties, the Council’s fees continue to follow the Supreme Court guideline hourly rates as set out at paragraph 1.2.1 of the report;

(2)         the proposed scale of fees for local land charges searches and enquiries set out at Annex 1 to the report be adopted with effect from 1 January 2018;

(3)         the current photocopying charges of 10p (inclusive of VAT) for each page of the same document or additional copies of the same page plus postage as appropriate be retained;

(4)         the fee schedule for street naming and numbering set out in section 1.6 of the report be adopted with effect from 1 April 2018; and

(5)         the amount of council tax and business rate Court costs recharged remain as set out at paragraph 1.7.2 of the report for the 2018/19 financial year.

*Referred to Cabinet