Recommendations
The Executive is asked to recommend that the Leaders’ Committee approve at their meeting on 4 December 2018 the following borough subscription and charges:
• The proposed Joint Committee subscription for boroughs of £161,958 per borough for 2019/20, no change on the charge of £161,958 for 2018/19 (paragraph 14);
• The proposed Joint Committee subscription for the MOPAC and the LFC of £15,410 for 2019/20, no change on the charge of £15,410 for 2018/19 (paragraph 15);
• An overall level of expenditure of £6.909 million for the Grants Scheme in 2019/20 (inclusive of £241,000 gross ESF programme), a reduction of £1.759 million on the total budget of £8.668 million for 2018/19; and
• That taking into account the application of £58,000 ESF grant and £183,000 from earmarked Grants Committee reserves, net borough contributions for 2019/20 should be £6.668 million, the same level as for 2018/19 (paragraphs 16-19).
The Executive is also asked to recommend that the Leaders’ Committee endorse the following subscription and charges for 2019/20 for TEC, which will be considered by the TEC Executive Sub-Committee on 15 November, before being presented to the main meeting of TEC on 6 December for final approval:
• The Parking Core Administration Charge of £1,500 per borough and for TfL (2018/19 - £1,500) (paragraph 20);
• No charge to boroughs in respect of the Freedom Pass Administration Charge, which is covered by replacement Freedom Pass income (2018/19 – no charge) (paragraph 22);
• The net Taxicard Administration Charge to boroughs of £338,182 in total (2018/19 - £338,182); (paragraph 23);
• No charge to boroughs and TfL in respect of the Lorry Control Administration Charge, which is fully covered by estimated PCN income (2018/19 – no charge) (paragraph 24);
• The Parking Enforcement Service Charge of £0.3760 per PCN, which will be distributed to boroughs and TfL in accordance with the number of PCNs issued in 2017/18 (2018/19 - £0.4226 per PCN; paragraphs 27-28);
• The Parking and Traffic Appeals Charge of £28.75 per appeal or £25.08 per appeal where electronic evidence is provided by the enforcing authority (2018/19 - £30.63/£27.02 per appeal). For hearing Statutory Declarations, a charge of £23.23 for hard copy submissions and £22.50 for electronic submissions (2018/19 - £25.21/£23.53 per SD) (paragraphs 29-30);
• Congestion Charging Appeals – to be recovered on a full cost recovery basis, as for 2018/19, under the new contract arrangement with the GLA (paragraph 31);
• The TRACE (Electronic) Charge of £7.53 per transaction (2018/19 - £7.53) (paragraphs 32-34);
• The TRACE (Fax/Email) Charge of £7.70 per transaction, which is levied in addition to the electronic charge of £7.53 per transaction, making a total of £15.23 (2018/19 - £15.23) (paragraphs 32-34); and
• The TEC Charge of £0.175 per transaction (2018/19 - £0.175) (paragraphs 32-34).
On the basis of the above proposed level of subscriptions and charges, the Executive is asked to recommend to the Leaders’ Committee:
• The provisional consolidated revenue expenditure budget for 2019/20 for London Councils of £385.173 million, as per Table 4 at paragraph 35 and Appendix A of this report;
• The provisional consolidated revenue income budget for 2019/20 for London Councils of £383.449 million, also as per Table 4 at paragraph 35 and Appendix B;
• Within the total income requirement, the use of London Councils reserves of £1.724 million in 2019/20, as detailed in Table 12 at paragraph 55.
The Executive is also asked to recommend that the Leaders’ Committee note:
• The position in respect of forecast uncommitted London Councils reserves as at 31 March 2019, as detailed at paragraphs 53-59; and
• The positive statement on the adequacy of the residual London Councils reserves issued by the Director of Corporate Resources, as detailed in paragraphs 60-61.