Issue - meetings
Fees and Charges 2008/09 - Health & Strategic Housing
Meeting: 22/01/2008 - Cabinet (Item 97)
97 Fees and Charges 2008/09 - Health & Strategic Housing 
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(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor David Kerr)
Report of the Corporate Director (Community Services).
Minutes:
(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor David Kerr)
The Corporate Director (Community Services) submitted a report that had been prepared as part of the 2008/09 estimate procedure and set out options for increasing the level of fees and charges.
The options, options analysis, including risk assessment, were set out in the report as follows:
(i) To approve either the 2.5% or 4.5% increase in fees for Environmental Health charges.
(ii) To approve the fee increases for HMO licensing and APS fees.
(iii) To approve a different fee structure for HMO licensing and APS fees.
(iv) Increase the fee for rats, mice and fleas in line with the other increases, or a different amount. This would make the collection of the fee on site slightly more time consuming and inefficient for the Pest Control Officers.
The preferred officer options were options (i) and (ii) for reasons set out in the report.
It was moved by Councillor Roger Mace and seconded by Councillor David Kerr: -
“That the recommendations, as set out in the report, be approved, subject to the increase in fees and charges being 2.5% and that charges for the removal of wasp infestations in domestic properties be not increased.”
Resolved Unanimously:
(1) That Cabinet increases the Health and Strategic Housing’s fees by 2.5%, as set out below, with the exception of fees for rats, mice or fleas, which remain at £20.00, with a reduction to £10.00 for customers in receipt of Council Tax and/or Housing Benefit and that charges for the removal of wasp infestations in domestic properties be not increased.
HEALTH AND STRATEGIC HOUSING
FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE YEAR 2008/9
OPTION FOR CEMETERY CHARGES
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Present Charge
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2.5% Option Proposed Charge £ |
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Exclusive Right of Burial: i) For the exclusive right of burial for a period of 75 years from the date of purchase, of a single earthen grave, walled grave or vault |
500.00 |
512.50 |
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ii) Exclusive right of burial in a woodland area - 2 space - 1 space |
500.00 250.00 |
512.50 256.25 |
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Transfer of Grave Deed |
Legal Costs |
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Duplicate Grave Deed |
73.50 |
75.25 |
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Searches – hourly rate |
33.00 |
33.75 |
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Interment Charges |
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(a) For the interment in a grave or woodland site either where the exclusive right of burial HAS or HAS NOT been granted:- |
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i) of the body of a child whose age at the time of death exceeded one year but did not exceed 16 years. |
150.75 |
154.50 |
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ii) of the body of a person whose age at the time of death exceeded 16 years. |
508.75 |
521.50 |
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iii) interment of cremated remains |
122.00 |
125.00 |
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iv)interment of cremated remains under headstone |
185.75 |
190.50 |
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(b)There is no charge for the interment or burial of cremated remains of a non-viable foetus, the body of a still-born child or a child whose age at the time of death did not exceed one year. |
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Scattering of Cremated Remains |
31.75 |
32.50 |
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Use of Cemetery Chapel |
83.50 |
85.50 |
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Present Charge
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2.5% Option Proposed Charge £ |
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Walled Graves & Vaults: |
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