Agenda item

As detailed in the recommendations.  The following additional recommendation was agreed at the meeting:

4.02.04                      To grant delegated authority to the Director of Environment,

following consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment, to formalise with Council managed car parks should be included for enforement action across the County and a list included in the business case to be submitted to Wesh Government for Civil Parking Enforcement.

* This matter has already been called in and is therefore not subject to call-in.

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment presented the report which provided an update following the County Council meeting on 1 March 2013.

At County Council on 1 March 2013, Members invited Cabinet to review its proposed Policy as follows:

1.      No introduction of charges for car parks which were currently free or to implement any increase in current car parking charges later

2.      The withdrawal of car parking charges in Holywell from 1 October 2013

3.      A review of the car parking charging and management system in Mold in partnership with Mold Town Council to be completed and implemented by 1 October 2013.

4.      The introduction of Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) from 1 October 2013, with the transfer of employees currently employed in car park management and control to the new service, in accordance with the Council’s established HR procedures.

Furthermore, Members resolved that a budget income provision of £104,000 should only be included in the Council Fund budget, which was equivalent to the combined charging income for Holywell and Mold for 1 April to 30 September 2013 only.  Any assumption for any income for Mold beyond that date would be presuming the outcome of the local review to be held with Mold Town Council.

Given the Council resolution, Appendix 4 of the 19 February 2013 report was no longer valid and would be amended following the review of charging in Mold.  A further report on the Council’s Off-Street Parking Policy would be submitted to a future meeting of Cabinet for a decision.

An additional recommendation was tabled at the meeting, which was agreed should be included in the recommendations:

“To grant delegated authority to the Director of Environment, following consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment, to formalise which Council managed car parks should be included for enforcement action across the County and a list included in the business case to be submitted to Welsh Government for Civil Parking Enforcement.”

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the following recommendations from the 19 February 2013 report (Appendix 1) be approved:

·         Approve the list of Contravention Codes and Policies on Residents Permits and Disabled Parking Bays shown in Appendix 1 (Appendices A, B and C)

·         Approve the use of Wales Penalty Processing Partnerships (WPPP) to process all Parking Contraventions Notices (PCN’s)

·         To grant delegated authority to the Director of Environment, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment, to finalise all detailed aspects of the process, including the matters listed in paragraph 2.09

·         Approve the Cabinet Member for Environment, or their nominated substitute, as the Council’s representative on the Adjudication Joint Committee outlined in paragraph 2.07

(b)       That the Summary Business Case shown in Appendix 2 for submission to the WG, as a formal request for CPE powers to be conferred upon Flintshire County Council be approved;

(c)        That the Terms of Reference for the review of Mold’s car parking and parking management regime set out in paragraph 3.04 of the report dated 19 February 2013 be approved;

(d)       That a further report be brought to Cabinet in July 2013, setting out recommendations, following the review of Mold’s car parking and vehicle management regime; and

(e)       That delegated authority be granted to the Director of Environment, following consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment, to formalise which Council managed car parks should be included for enforcement action across the County and a list included in the business case to be submitted to Welsh Government for Civil Parking Enforcement