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Item CH 21/34 referred from Communities and Housing Advisory Board of 9 November 2021.

Consideration of recommendations (CH21/34) to the Cabinet from the meeting of the Communities and Housing Advisory Board of 9 November 2021.

The Cabinet resolved that:

(1)             the approach to pass the increase in material costs directly on to the purchasers to ensure the subsidy currently provided did not increase, be agreed; and

(2)            Option 3, to apply a one-off increase to eliminate the entire subsidy and allow fees and charges to cover the full management and maintenance costs of the Cemetery site, which would need an 89% increase to be applied across all charges based on the 2021/22 Original Estimates, be agreed.

(Decision Notice D220015CAB)

Consideration of recommendations (CH21/34) to the Cabinet from the meeting of the Communities and Housing Advisory Board of 9 November 2021.

The Cabinet resolved that:

(1)             the approach to pass the increase in material costs directly on to the purchasers to ensure the subsidy currently provided did not increase, be agreed; and

(2)            Option 3, to apply a one-off increase to eliminate the entire subsidy and allow fees and charges to cover the full management and maintenance costs of the Cemetery site, which would need an 89% increase to be applied across all charges based on the 2021/22 Original Estimates, be agreed.

This report provides information to Members to consider a strategic approach to the review and implementation of charges applied at Tonbridge Cemetery.

Consideration was given to the joint report of the Director of Street Scene, Leisure and Technical Services and the Director of Finance and Transformation regarding a strategic approach to the review and implementation of charges applied at Tonbridge Cemetery.  A list of existing charges for the cemetery compared where possible with charges applied by other Kent councils were set out at Annex 2 to the report. 

RECOMMENDED: That

1)      the approach to pass the increase in material costs directly on to the purchasers to ensure the subsidy currently provided did not increase, be agreed; and

2)      Option 3, to apply a one-off increase to eliminate the entire subsidy and allow fees and charges to cover the full management and maintenance costs of the Cemetery site, which would need an 89% increase to be applied across all charges based on the 2021/22 Original Estimates, be agreed.