Approved
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Under Standing Orders (Section
6.2, paragraph 19 (a) to (c) the Chairman of the Council has agreed that this
decision should be exempt from call-in in order that the 2 elements of this
proposal i.e. the charges and hours of operation come into force simultaneously
on 1 April 2019. The main part of the proposals relating to the fee charges had already been through
the scrutiny process in January 2019 prior to being subsequently agreed at
Cabinet on 22 January 2019 as part of the Financial Budget submission and so
the call-in process for that element of the proposal does not apply under
Standing Orders (Section 6.2, paragraph 18 (h)). However, part of
the supporting process for the increased charges involved the need to make a
Traffic Regulation Order to change the hours of operation to come into
operation on 1 April and that would normally be subject to call-in. However, doing so raised the potential for a
problem of timing between the 2 elements if the hours of operation decision was
to be called in. Therefore, as the main fee charges has already been
through the Scrutiny process before going to Cabinet the Chairman of the
Council agreed to waive the process for the hours of operation as any delay
could prejudice the Council’s or public’s interest.