The main motive for increasing fees and charges was applying a user-pays principle to achieve "full cost recovery", a council report said.

Despite that, pricing methods ranged from "partial cost recovery" to collecting an amount greater than the cost of a service.

The report claims council fees and charges will increase by an average 5 per cent in 2010-11.

Additionally, there will be more than 100 new charges introduced to the already long list.

It will cost people more to die, with cemetery plot fees rising from $800 in 2009-10 to $900 in 2010-11, a 12.5 per cent increase.

The cost of a weekly domestic garbage pick-up, paid in annual rate notices, will rise from $301.17 to $320.85, a 6.5 per cent increase.

Applying to chop down a tree will cost $78, a 6 per cent rise.

Buskers will have to pay more for council's permission to sing for their supper, with the cost of a six-month licence to busk in Belmont, Charlestown and Toronto town centres rising from $44.10 to $50.

Food inspections of supermarkets, restaurants, cafes, hotels and takeaways will rise from $185.85 to $195.

People looking to rezone land will pay $5457 for the council to assess their plan, a 5 per cent rise from the previous year.

Trampolinists at the Hunter Sports Centre will pay more, with the per-term cost of a beginner's program for children rising from $126 to $130.50.

Dumping waste at Awaba tip will increase.

Mixed waste fees will rise from $160 a tonne to $187 a tonne and green waste is set to rise from $73.70 a tonne to $77.40 a tonne.

Discarding clean fill at the tip will rise from $68 a tonne to $82 .

New charges include naming a road at a cost of $1200, renumbering a house for $300 and dumping a mattress at Awaba tip for $25.

The council's draft 2010-11 pricing policy is on exhibition and is open for public comment.

The new prices are planned to begin on July 1.