Decision details

For Members to consider the budget savings options for the public toilet service.

Members considered a report that detailed the current budgetary arrangements for public toilets and requested Members to approve proposed savings within those budgets, which are required due to new contractual arrangements.

Officers agreed to provide Members with data on the breakdown of costs of public toilets in the city to demonstrate the higher than average cost of the Union Terrace public toilets.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised to approve the instigation of savings proposals A and C1 as outlined in Table 3 of the report and to request a report on further considerations of toilet provision be brought to a future Executive Member for Neighbourhoods and Advisory Panel meeting.

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:  That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and the suggested decision above be endorsed

REASON:                  To ensure that expenditure will remain within present budget provision.