To consider the submitted report on a proposal to vary parking charges.

The Council considered the submitted report on a decision taken by the Chief Finance Officer to vary the off street parking charges from 1 November 2017 and to vary the on-street parking charges from 2 November 2017 to move from seasonal parking charges to fixed year-round tariffs across all parking places managed by the Council in Torbay.  It was noted the Elected Mayor had requested that Council reconsider the decision of the Chief Finance Officer and recommended that the scheduled winter tariff should remain in place for 2017/18 in accordance with the approved budget.

Councillor Excell proposed and Councillor Mills seconded a motion as set out below:

(i)         that the decision taken by the Chief Finance Officer to vary the off street parking charges from 1 November and to vary the on street parking charges from 2 November, set out in Appendices 1 and 2 to the submitted report, be rescinded and the original parking charges (set out in Appendices 3 and 4 to the submitted report) be implemented;  and

(ii)        that the Executive Head of Business Services be requested to publish the relevant Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) to Revoke the ‘Borough of Torbay (Street Parking Places {Pay & Display}) Order No2 2017’ and ‘Borough of Torbay (Off Street Parking Places) Order No3 2017’ and implement the TROs set out in (i) above.

At this juncture, a procedural motion (in accordance with Standing Order A16.11(a)(iv)) to move to the vote was proposed by Councillor Darling (S) and seconded by Councillor Carter and was declared lost.

During the debate Councillor Tyerman proposed and Councillor Lewis seconded an amendment to the motion as follows:

that the decisions taken by the Chief Finance Officer on 29 September 2017 to vary the off street parking charges from 1 November and to vary the on street parking charges from 2 November, set out in Appendices 1 and 2 to the submitted report, be approved by Council and implemented as advertised.

The amendment was put to the vote and declared lost.

At this juncture, a procedural motion (in accordance with Standing Order A16.11(a)(iv)) to move to the vote was proposed by Councillor Mills and seconded by Councillor Excell and was declared carried.  Accordingly, Councillor Excell’s and Councillor Mills’ original motion was then considered by the Council which was agreed, as set out below:

(i)         that the decision taken by the Chief Finance Officer to vary the off street parking charges from 1 November and to vary the on street parking charges from 2 November, set out in Appendices 1 and 2 to the submitted report be rescinded and the original parking charges (set out in Appendices 3 and 4 to the submitted report) be implemented;  and

(ii)        that the Executive Head of Business Services be requested to publish the relevant Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) to Revoke the ‘Borough of Torbay (Street Parking Places {Pay & Display}) Order No2 2017’ and ‘Borough of Torbay (Off Street Parking Places) Order No3 2017’ and implement the TROs set out in (i) above.

(Note:  Councillor Thomas (J) left the meeting prior to consideration of this item.)