Resident Services
Contains 20 resources
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DRAFT EIA - Fees and Charges review - Cemetery and Cremation Services.
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 11/01/2023
Description
Nottingham City Council provides crematorium and burial services from 3 active cemeteries and 1 crematorium. The service is also responsible for maintaining 17 closed cemeteries located within the City. The service provides Burials and Cremations for both our residents and for people from out of the City. The 3 active cemeteries are located at Wilford Hill Cemetery in Rushcliffe , Bulwell Cemetery in Bulwell and Highwood Cemetery in Broxtowe. The service delivers 543 burials and over 1600 cremations per year. The proposed fee increases have been benchmarked against the current in year 2022/23 fees at our Neighbouring and core / large cities.
Draft EIA - Reduce Service Level In Tasking & Intelligence
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 10/01/2023
Description
• Partnership intelligence support - sharing vital information & intelligence with partners including Nottinghamshire Police, ASB Team, Nottingham City Homes, Selective Licensing to tackle a range of issues within the framework of national, regional and local policy. • Utilising information and intelligence to support plans, assessments and tasking for Community Protection and wider Crime & Drugs partnership stakeholders • Build & maintain partnership relationships across a range of stakeholders to ensure intelligence channels remain open and partners are not working in silo. • The roles provide tactical advice in response to operational issues and support to Gold or Silver command as part of a joint structure with Nottinghamshire Police • The roles ensure information is held & deployed in a secure manner consistent with relevant legislation • Delivery and administration of the Partnership Tasking process, including information collation and research to identify threat & risk - This is a monthly meeting
Draft EIA - Library Transformation
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 10/01/2023
Description
This assessment is for recommendations in relation to Nottingham City Council Library Service Transformation as follows: The recommendations are a result of a comprehensive review of library provision and need across the city and set out a long-term strategic plan that aligned with the need in the city and, also included a budget savings requirement of £233k from the library It recognised based on national and local trends over the last 10 years and accelerated by the pandemic that library usage and the ways people access services is changing. Therefore, this review was not just a cost saving exercise but a longer-term modernisation programme for the service.
Draft EIA - Fleet Reduction
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 10/01/2023
Description
This report sets out the requirements for Nottingham City Council, Fleet Services to reduce unused fleet vehicles and dispose for saving in relation to the MTFP. The Executive Board on 20 December approved a report detailing progress in developing the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) and this report included new budget saving proposals covering 2023/24 to 2026/27 period which are now being consulted on we will have more cleaning resource then required and will not deliver a balanced budget.
Draft EIA - Commercial Waste % price review increases each year
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 10/01/2023
Description
Nottingham City Council provides and operates a successful Commercial Waste service for businesses to dispose of their commercial waste as our statutory role as waste collection and disposal authority. This was one of the first services within the Council to focus explicitly on commercial growth as a means for contributing to the MTFP (Medium Term Financial Plan) The service has successfully developed new services and markets with the introduction of commercial recycling services and geographical expansions into Rushcliffe, Mansfield, Newark and more recently Derby. The aim at the start of each new financial year is that increases will be applied automatically by utilising the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and a review of business costs, fuel, vehicle maintenance and parts, waste disposal and staffing cost to ensure that the charges keep pace whilst providing this service. Nottingham City Council will aim to provide a perpetual revenue stream and the ability to generate a surplus.
DRAFT EIA - Ward Budgets reduction 15%
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 10/01/2023
Description
Reduction of ward budgets by 15% (21k). Ward budgets are used to support community projects/interventions. Community groups apply for funding from the Ward budget funds which Elected members support and officers approve.
DRAFT EIA - VCS Grant Reductions
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 10/01/2023
Description
17% will be taken from across the VCS grant providers (ABG, COI and Specialist) The commitment to continuing Financial Vulnerability at its current levels (as it is a key priority). 23/24 used to co-produce a refreshed VCS grant programme; ensures key needs of citizens are met; demonstrates best value; investigate greater possibilities of match funding. Goal is to ensure development of a more sustainable and thriving VCS with a particular focus on a more formal link to early intervention and prevention services.
DRAFT EIA - Sycamore Centre -grant reduction
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 10/01/2023
Description
Lease for the building (Sycamore Centre) agreed to be terminated so grant for this function ceased.
DRAFT EIA - Reduce the subsidy to Community Centres (15%)
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 10/01/2023
Description
Reduce the subsidy to Community Centres (£812.000) by 15% over a two-year period- via moving to full repairs and lease arrangements and/or closures of buildings. This is a non-statutory service. To Include protecting the block grant £51,000 to support groups to transition to new arrangements
Draft EIA - Corporate Landlord Model - Internal Cleaning to reflect current occupancy
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 09/01/2023
Description
This report sets out the requirements for Nottingham City Council, Facilities Management to introduce 25% staff hours reduction of internal cleaning staff to reflect building under occupancy trends. The Executive Board on 20 December approved a report detailing progress in developing the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) and this report included new budget saving proposals covering 2023/24 to 2026/27 period which are now being consulted on we will have more cleaning resource then required and will not be deliver a balanced budget.
Draft EIA - Car Parking (On Street and Off Street) 2022/23
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 05/01/2023
Description
The City Council reviews its parking services regularly to ensure that they continue to encourage turnover of vehicles and complement other city and transport strategies. Key to these reviews is the need to be flexible in use of parking provision through duration and price. As part of this process, it is proposed to move forward with changes to the City Council’s parking tariffs. Parking Services has focussed on managing the highway needs with flexible, high quality customer products, which meet the on-going market demands for parking within the City Centre. Parking services is performing well following the pandemic but is now reaching maximum occupancy at certain times and in certain locations where the demand exceeds supply. It is therefore appropriate that the City Council reviews the current tariffs to manage this demand and remain fit for purpose.
EIA Draft - Redesign of Community Assets
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 04/01/2023
Description
This will be a 3 year programme that will see innovative new way by which staff efficiencies, technology and use of public buildings can be better integrated to delivery community benefit. This will see the redesign of leisure and integration of leisure and community assets to develop a service that embeds the delivery of public health, well-being and learning improvement outcomes.
Draft EIA - Review of fees & parking tariffs
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 04/01/2023
Description
The subject of this Equality Impact Assessment is the review to commercial fees, retail charges, and parking tariffs at our Museums and Heritage sites. The fees and charges have been carefully considered and apply across the board and have been designed not to adversely affect any particular group and takes into cost of living increases for service delivery. Fees and charges reflect a dynamic response to maintaining quality and affordable services. The Museums Service offers a range of services that are overall, subsidised. However to maintain accessibility, quality and future service investment is dependent upon appropriate fee and charge structures being implemented particularly in relation to secondary income, from parking retail. & Catering but also commercial events. These are influenced and dictated by local competitor pricing.
Draft EIA - Reduced annual contribution to the Greens Windmill Trust, a company limited by guarantee
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 04/01/2023
Description
This will see a reduction of the City Council’s overall contribution towards the support of the site by £5,000 annually. The site is run via an SLA with Greens Windmill Trust. There are no equality impacts with this proposal as this is related to renegotiation of SLA between Nottingham City Council and Greens Windmill Trust required for their management and operation of the site from the 1st April 2023 onwards. Ongoing support will continue to be provided by Nottingham City Council to support Greenmill Trust in securing alternative funding streams from external sources e.g. ACE and HLF and promoting their income generating events and activities.
Draft EIA - Pricing review across fees and charges
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 04/01/2023
Description
The subject of this Equality Impact Assessment is the annual review of fees and charges to the public, for sport and leisure activity at our leisure centres which will take place in 2023. The fees and charges have been carefully considered and apply across the board and have been designed not to adversely affect any particular group. The most disadvantaged citizens e.g. those on Benefits/ universal credits already get discounts for many of the activities across Sport & leisure concessions policy which remains unchanged. Concessionary price levels are offered to NCC residents in receipt of certain benefits: https://www.activenottingham.com/concessions/ This provides up to 50% discount for a number of the play products including for example swimming, gym, health suite and badminton. We also offer discounted membership for Nottingham City Council residents who pay monthly and are eligible for an inclusive / disability level membership. City residents with disabilities or long standing illnesses get 20% off
Draft EIA - Parks, Green and Open Spaces Review
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 04/01/2023
Description
The closure of the Woodthorpe Park Pitch and Putt and two Bowling greens at Lenton Recreations Ground. These facilities have in recent years significantly reduced in use or have totally ceased to operate, it is proposed to transfer the sites into grass areas (known as amenity cut grass, rather than fine turf / sports turf). This change of purpose of the sites will reduce the maintenance requirements and revert these areas back to amenity cut grass standards. The reduction in number of cuts required will result in a lesser resource requirement going forward.
Draft EIA - Cultural Grants Reduction
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 04/01/2023
Description
For the financial year 2023/24 a reduction to the City’s Cultural Partners Grant Fund of 15% equating to £34,756 is being proposed. This reduction will be to all granted organisations across the portfolio these being: Nottingham Contemporary; Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature; City Arts; and New Art Exchange.
Draft EIA - Street Litter Bin & Cleansing Standards Review
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 29/12/2022
Description
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 imposes duties under section 89(1) and (2) on certain landowners and occupiers (referred to throughout as ‘duty bodies’ and described in detail at section 3.2) to keep specified land clear of litter and refuse, and on local authorities and the Secretary of State to keep clean public highways for which they are responsible. Where bins are provided by Nottingham City Council, elements of the Act requires them to be emptied, cleansed and maintained so that the bins and its contents do not create issues to the public. Forthcoming changes the Waste and Street Cleaning through a restructure that aligns these two closely synergised services together include the proposal to develop and implement a consistent service standard for a Street Litter Bin Programme.
Draft EIA - Reduce the Missed Bin provision
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 29/12/2022
Description
Under the terms of the Environmental Protection act 1990, Nottingham City Council is classed as a Waste Collection and Disposal Authority and as such, under section 45 (1), has a statutory duty to collect household waste from all domestic properties. This proposal is to reduce the Domestic Waste missed bin provision from April 2023 by applying a new policy whereby the service will only return to non-collected bins that qualify through a validation check. However, the service will return to all missed streets/roads that are not collected through crew error or disruption on the scheduled day of collection the following day where possible and certainly before the next collection.
Draft EIA - Commercial Cafe Price Increase
- Report
- published by Nottingham City Council on 28/12/2022
Description
Nottingham Catering operates four commercial cafes within council buildings and parks which are open to both staff and members of the public. Catering prices in these facilities have not been increased since 2019 due to the impact of COVID19 and the closure of some facilities, however with the significant increased in inflation and the cost of food, plus the increases in pay for the public sector employees the service must increase its prices accordingly.