CONSULTATION ON Hackney Carriage TARIFF INCREASE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Melton Borough
Council in pursuance of powers granted under the Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1976 has made a Table of Fares for
Hackney Carriages as set out in the Schedule hereto attached.
A copy of the Notice will be deposited at
Parkside, The Cove Children’s and Community Centre, Sysonby Street,
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0LP, and The Edge Children’s
and Community Centre, Dalby Road, LE13 0BQ for a period of 14 days
from the date of publication of this Notice, and will be available
for inspection without payment at all reasonable hours.
Following a request from Hackney Carriage
Drivers and Operators to increase the tariff for fares for journeys
within Melton Borough, consultation papers were sent to
all Hackney Carriage drivers in Melton Borough and they were asked
to suggest proposals for a new tariff. Out of 85 drivers 42
responses were received identifying 7 options from ‘no increase’
through to increases in the ‘drop’ and ‘running mile’.
The drivers met on 19th October
2011 and discussed the tariffs. The drivers unanimously voted in
favour of a tariff increase and opinions were canvassed from those
present on which proposed tariffs was considered to be the most
appropriate. The majority ruled in favour of a minor
increase in the drop rate, reducing the distance of the drop rate
from 0.5 mile to 0.3 mile, with the running mile remaining the
same.
On 16 November 2011 the Council's Rural,
Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee resolved to accept the
recommendation of the Head of Regulatory Services to proceed with
the request to increase the tariffs that can be charged for
journeys within the Borough.
A copy of the
existing and
proposed Table of Fares can be downloaded the increase in each
tariff highlighted in red.
Any person wishing to object to the proposed
Table of Fares should do so in writing to the undersigned by 30
January 2012. You can email your
comments to the Council's Licensing section at licensing@melton.gov.uk
. If no objections are made the proposed
fees shall come into operation on the 6 February
2012.
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