Jersey Airport: Public car park charges

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A decision made on 3 August 2011:

Decision Reference: MD-E-2011-0122
Decision Summary Title:	DS - Jersey Airport – public car park charges		Date of Decision Summary:	1 August 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Brian Marek-Murray Finance and Commercial Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	WR - Jersey Airport – public car park charges		Date of Written Report:	July 2011
Written Report Author:	Brian Marek-Murray Finance and Commercial Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Increase the Jersey Airport public car park charges.
Decision(s): The Assistant Minister, acting in accordance with Regulation 3(1) of the Aerodromes (Administration) (Jersey) Regulations 1965, approved increases in the charges to the general public for use of the car parks at Jersey Airport, to take effect from 01 September 2011, as follows – (a) Short stay car park – from £0.60 per half hour to £0.70 per half hour (b) Main car park – from £0.60 per hour to £0.70 per hour.
Reason(s) for Decision: The airport has not increased it car park charges since May 2009 and an increase also is required to cover the rise in GST and operating costs. The cost of maintaining and administering the car parks has risen without a corresponding increase in charges.
Resource Implications: The additional income received will be used in maintaining and administering the car parks. There are no additional resource implications.
Action required: The Airport Director to ensure that: the Finance and Commercial Manager to seek the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources for the increase in charges in line with Financial Direction 4.1; the Marketing & Communications Manager publishes a revised list of charges in the Jersey Gazette; the Head of Engineering Services makes the necessary changes to public notices on the car parks; the Business Systems Support Manager makes the necessary alterations to the payment systems in the car park pay machines.
Signature:		Position: Senator Paul Routier Assistant Minister for Economic Development
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: