Agenda
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Meeting |
Executive |
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Councillors Carl Les (Chairman), Mark Crane, Gareth Dadd, Richard Foster, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Heather Phillips, Janet Sanderson, Malcolm Taylor and Annabel Wilkinson. |
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Date: |
Tuesday 3 February 2026 |
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Time: |
11.00 am |
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Venue: |
Meeting Room 3, County Hall, Northallerton |
This meeting is being live broadcast and recorded and will be available to view via our website and uploaded to our Youtube channel.
Business
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1. |
Apologies for Absence
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 20 January 2026
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(Pages 5 - 12) |
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Declarations of Interest
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Public Questions and Statements |
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Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Elizabeth Jackson, Principal Democratic Services Officer, and supplied the text by midday on 29 January 2026, three working days before the day of the meeting. Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item. Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak: · at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes); · when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting. If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Leader who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.
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Review of the Public Convenience Service |
(Pages 13 - 34) |
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Recommendations
a) The TEEE O&S committee recommends to Executive the following:
1) To set a consistent entry fee, the Group recommends the entry fee for 2026-27 to be set at either 40p or 50p per user, with the final value decided by Executive. 2) To endorse a capital allocation to expand the locations where a charge is levied. 3) To endorse a capital allocation to enable officers to explore alternative funding streams, including honesty boxes, app-based donations, advertising, sponsorship, and community partnerships. 4) To continue to offer free access for disabled users, through the National RADAR key scheme. 5) To maintain and seek to expand Changing Places provision to meet the needs of people with profound disabilities, supported by external funding. 6) To implement as part of the next car park tariff review, an increase to the per ticket price across all off-street parking to fund all revenue costs for toilets within the immediate vicinity of any NYC car park. In addition to the revenue costs, the uplift in the tariff should include a contribution towards a capital modernisation programme - should be funded through the overall car park tariff income. 7) Consider closure of sites which are in a poor condition, have low footfall and/or are in close proximity to other sites, subject to consultation with Parish/Town Councils, Division Members, Area Committee, Executive and with the final decision to be taken by the Executive Member for Managing Our Environment. 8) To ring-fence proceeds from the disposal of any public conveniences for reinvestment into the wider toilet network. 9) To commit to a capital improvement programme to ensure that by 2030 all sites are in a good or excellent condition. 10) Collaborate with others, including the Combined Authority, to identify opportunities for financial support in operating tourist infrastructure and to actively pursue external funding to enhance and sustain the Service.
b) The capital allocation to deliver Recommendation 2 is £175,000 (proposed to be funded from the Strategic Capacity Reserve), and the capital allocation to deliver Recommendation 3 is £2,000.
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Active North Yorkshire Membership and Pricing Review |
(Pages 35 - 58) |
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Recommendations
1) It is recommended that approval is granted to implement a new pricing structure for Active North Yorkshire as set out in this report, specifically this includes:
i) Implementation of a phased approach to pricing consistency with an initial implementation of a two-tier pricing structure as set out above. ii) Removal of fixed term contracts to improve flexibility and accessibility and in response to customer feedback. iii) Approve the implementation of a new concession scheme, including senior concession to state pension age (currently 66, increasing to 67 in 2026). iv) Approve the principles of introducing on demand fitness and healthcare services, subject to further costs/benefit analysis and procurement. v) Approve the proposed learn to swim pricing model, maintaining free access to public swimming as part of the offer.
2) Approve the measures to mitigate significant price increases and honour existing agreements for existing customers between 60-65 who receive an age-based concession, current gym only memberships at Harrogate and formal price for life agreements at Harrogate.
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Appointments to Committees and Outside Bodies |
(Pages 59 - 60) |
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Recommendation
That the Executive appoints Parish Councillor Richard Daniel, from Stillingfleet Parish Council to the Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage Board.
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8. |
Forward Plan
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(Pages 61 - 76) |
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Any Other Items |
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Any other items which the Leader agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances
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10. |
Date of Next Meeting - 17 February 2026 (Performance Monitoring)
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Contact Details |
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For enquiries relating to this agenda and meeting please contact: Elizabeth Jackson, Principal Democratic Services Officer E-mail: elizabeth.jackson@northyorks.gov.uk E-mail: democraticservices.central@northyorks.gov.uk Tel: 01423 556409
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services