Issue - meetings

The Council resolved:-

(i)             to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to carry out the necessary actions to increase on-street and off-street parking charges by 10% from 1 April 2023; and

(ii)           to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to carry out the necessary actions to amend the pricing structure of Resident Parking Permits as per table 1 of the report, from 1 April 2023.

The Council had before it a report by the Director of Resources which detailed the review of parking charges within Aberdeen as it compared to other local authorities and other local providers and recommended a structure of charges for future years.

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)           instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to carry out the necessary actions to increase on-street and off-street parking charges by 10% from 1 April 2023 and 5% each following year for four years; and

(b)           instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to carry out the necessary actions to amend the pricing structure of Resident Parking Permits as per Table 1 of the report from 1 April 2023 and 5% each of the following years for four years.

At this juncture, the Council agreed to suspend Standing Order 40.2 to allow the meeting to continue beyond six hours.

Councillor McLellan moved, seconded by Councillor Yuill:-

          That the Council -

(1)       instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to carry out the necessary actions to increase on-street and off-street parking charges by 10% from 1 April 2023; and

(2)       instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to carry out the necessary actions to amend the pricing structure of Resident Parking Permits as per Table 1 of the report, from 1 April 2023.

Councillor Houghton moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Kusznir:-

          That the Council refer the matter to the budget process.

Councillor Boulton moved as a further amendment, seconded by Councillor Farquhar:-

That the Council refer the matter to the budget process and include options to allow for 2 hours on-street parking.

During the course of summing up, Councillor Houghton advised that he was willing to accept the 2 hours on-street parking element of Councillor Boulton’s amendment into a combined amendment and this was accepted.

On a division, there voted:-

For the motion  (24)  -  Lord Provost; Depute Provost; and Councillors Al-Samarai, Allard, Alphonse, Bouse, Hazel Cameron, Clark, Cooke, Copland, Cormie, Davidson, Fairfull, Greig, Henrickson, Hutchison, MacGregor, McLellan, McRae, Mennie, Nicoll, Radley, van Sweeden and Yuill.

For the amendment  (20)  -  Councillors Ali, Blake, Bonsell, Boulton, Brooks, Crockett, Cross, Farquhar, Graham, Grant, Houghton, Kusznir, Macdonald, McLeod, Malik, Massey, Stewart, Thomson, Tissera and Watson.

The Council resolved:-

to adopt the motion.