Decision details

(R&E) Markets Improvement Plan

Decision Maker: Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To agree to the implementation of the Improvement Plan for the markets, including:
• Running additional markets in the Outdoor Covered Market (OCM)
• Revising charges for some existing markets in the OCM
• Charging for use of the toilets in the Centenary Market Hall, although disabled toilets will remain free to use.

Decision:

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

 

1 November 2019

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

 

Paul Woodcock

Strategic Director of Regeneration & Environment

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

 

N/A

Brief Description of Decision:

 

 

To agree to the implementation of the Improvement Plan for the markets, including:

·          Running additional markets in the Outdoor Covered Market (OCM)

·          Revising charges for some existing markets in the OCM

·          Charging for use of the toilets in the Centenary Market Hall, although disabled toilets will remain free to use.

 

Reasons for the Decision:

 

 

The Markets currently has a major budget pressure. The improvement plan will seek to create additional income to partially alleviate this pressure.

Charging for the toilets will tackle anti-social behaviour, which is a recurring problem at the current time.

 

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

 

Do nothing – the Markets will remain as they are, no additional income will be regenerated and some Markets will continue to lose stalls; to the point where it is no longer viable to run them.

 

The toilets will continue to be a source of ASB and complaints from customers and traders

 

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None

 

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

 

N/A

Reports or parts of reports considered

 

Links to Budget Roundtable discussions and will feed into the Fees and Charges 2020/21 report

 

 

I certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to agree to the implementation of the Improvement Plan for the markets

 

Signed by the Decision Maker      Paul Woodcock

Date:               01.11.2019

Name            Paul Woodcock

Job Title:        Strategic Director of Regeneration & Environment

 

Publication date: 01/11/2019

Date of decision: 01/11/2019

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