Issue - meetings

Review of Hackney Carriage Fares

 

 

Meeting: 15/10/2013 - Cabinet (Item 6)

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Report of the Cabinet Member Housing and Safety

Decision:

RESOLVED THAT

 

  1. an increase of 3.25% for Hackney Carriage fares be approved

 

  1. authority be delegated to the Executive Director to carry out the necessary advertising requirements to comply with section 65 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, and

 

  1. subject to there being no substantive amendments being made following consultation, authority be delegated to the Executive Director to adopt the proposed fares to be implemented within two months.

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member Housing and Safety introduced the report and explained that the Council had adopted a Hackney carriage fare formula which was used annually to calculate the running costs of a licensed Hackney Carriage vehicle. The formula this year indicated a 3.25 % increase in the running costs of a licensed Hackney Carriage vehicle. Cabinet was asked to approve the fare increase for consultation and if there were no substantive amendments following consultation, authority would be delegated to the Executive Director to adopt the proposed fares.

 

RESOLVED THAT

 

  1. an increase of 3.25% for Hackney Carriage fares be approved

 

  1. authority be delegated to the Executive Director to carry out the necessary advertising requirements to comply with section 65 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, and

 

  1. subject to there being no substantive amendments being made following consultation, authority be delegated to the Executive Director to adopt the proposed fares to be implemented within two months.