How to get involved and have your say What happens next? By responding to the consultation, you will help us make informed decisions. No decisions have been taken and Your responses, along with the final Equality Impact your views will be instrumental in the final decision taken Assessments, will be presented to KCC Members in July by County Council Members. following which we will publish our results. Please let us know your views by visiting and completing Any changes to bus routes resulting from decisions made the questionnaire. by Council Members most likely take effect in August 2016. Alternatively, complete the questionnaire at the end of this document and return to: Freepost, KENT COUNTY COUNCIL BUS FUNDING REVIEW. If you require any further information about the proposed 11. Glossary of changes before responding to the consultation please contact us at . Community Transport Operators: means operators who have a different license to the Easy read and Microsoft Word versions of this document likes of Arriva and Stagecoach. These operators are and the questionnaire are available on our website or upon typically more voluntary in their nature and can often request. provide transport services for the Council at a lesser cost. If you require this or any of the consultation documents in Council Members: means KCC’s elected politicians, in another format please request these via email to or by this instance represented through those members forming telephone on 03000 421553 (text relay service 18001 part of relevant Cabinet Committees. 03000 421553). This number goes to an answer machine, which is monitored during office hours. Criteria for bus service support: means the KCC Member approved way of ranking existing and new bus Please complete your questionnaire and return it to us services to identify if they will or won’t be paid for by KCC. by the 15th May 2016.
How to get involved and have your say By responding to the consultation, you will help us make informed decisions. No decisions have been taken and your views will be instrumental in the final decision taken by County Council Members. Please let us know your views by visiting and completing the questionnaire. Alternatively, complete the questionnaire at the end of this document and return to: Freepost, KENT COUNTY COUNCIL BUS FUNDING REVIEW. If you require any further information about the proposed changes before responding to the consultation please contact us at . Easy read and Microsoft Word versions of this document and the questionnaire are available on our website or upon request. If you require this or any of the consultation documents in another format please request these via email to or by telephone on 03000 421553 (text relay service 18001 03000 421553). This number goes to an answer machine, which is monitored during office hours. Please complete your questionnaire and return it to us by the 15th May 2016. What happens next? Your responses, along with the final Equality Impact Assessments, will be presented to KCC Members in July following which we will publish our results. Any changes to bus routes resulting from decisions made by Council Members most likely take effect in August 2016. 11. Glossary of Community Transport Operators: means operators who have a different license to the likes of Arriva and Stagecoach. These operators are typically more voluntary in their nature and can often provide transport services for the Council at a lesser cost. Council Members: means KCC’s elected politicians, in this instance represented through those members forming part of relevant Cabinet Committees. Criteria for bus service support: means the KCC Member approved way of ranking existing and new bus services to identify if they will or won’t be paid for by KCC.
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