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Dundee City Council to balance books by raising cost of services

Parking is one area where the council will look to increase its takings.
Parking is one area where the council will look to increase its takings.

Dundee citizens will pay more for council services as the authority bids to increase income by as much as £250,000 a year.

Chiefs have unveiled a package of price rises to boost coffers but say the increases will continue to represent good value.

A report to go before the council this week details the various rises that will be introduced for the year 2015/16.

They have been announced just days before the council meets to thrash out a controversial new budget.

It outlines a string of cuts to services that are proposed by the SNP administration in an effort to save millions of pounds a year.

Though none of the increases are themselves hugely arduous, they come across the board and will impact upon every Dundee citizen.

Everything from parking to education, leisure, marriage and burying a loved one will come with a small additional cost as a result of the changes.

Parking charges will be one of the key ways in which the price increases will be felt, with the price of on-street parking rising by 10p.

Car parks will also become more expensive, with variable stay up 10p for shorter visits and up to 40p for stays of more than six hours.

Long-stay parking costs will rise by 20p for 0-4 hour stays and by 40p for stays of more than four hours, while residents’ parking permits will rise by as much as £3.50 a year.

Pennies and pounds will also be added to the price of enjoying the city’s leisure services with the cost of a swim at the new Olympia Centre up by 10p.

The cost of using games halls at many city secondary schools will rise by £1, while £5 will be added to the use of climbing and skiing facilities at the Ancrum Outdoor Centre.

It will also cost more to play bowls at public greens in Dundee, with the price of a standard session rising from £4.20 to £4.40, while 10p will be added to the price of crazy golf and kiddie cars at the Castle Green in Broughty Ferry.

Away from leisure, it will cost more to bury a loved one as interment costs are to rise by between £8 and £39, while the price of marrying a loved one could increase with £9 added to the cost of hiring Baxter Park Pavilion for a wedding or civil ceremony.

Trades will also feel the pinch, with the price of scaffolding and skip permits up £4 and £2 per week respectively.

A number of other price rises are also included, though the cost of school meals, music fees and the hire of most sports halls will be unchanged.