Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

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Note: The General Purposes Licensing Committee will start at 6.15pm or on the rising of the meeting of the Licensing and Gambling Acts Committee if this is later. 

Items
No. Item

Apologies for Absence

There were no  apologies for absence

 

1.

Election of Chair for the Council Year 2017/18

The General Purposes Licensing Committee elects Councillor …. to be the Chair for the Council Year 2017/18.

 

 

 

Minutes:

The Committee Services Officer opened the meeting.

 

The General Purposes Licensing Committee elected Councillor Clarkson to be the Chair for the Council Year 2017/18.

 

Cllr Clarkson took the Chair

 

2.

Election of Vice-Chair for the Council Year 2017/18

The General Purposes Licensing Committee elects Councillor …. to be the Vice Chair for the Council Year 2017/18.

 

 

 

Minutes:

The General Purposes Licensing Committee elected Councillor Cook to be the Vice Chair for the Council Year 2017/18.

 

3.

Declarations of Interest

None

 

4.

Appointments of Sub-Committees 2017/18 pdf icon PDF 110 KB

The Acting Head of Law and Governance has submitted a report to establish 4 sub-committees for the 2017-18 Council Year to deal with the casework flowing from the Committee’s own responsibilities.

 

Recommendations: That the General Purposes Licensing Committee resolves to:

 

1.    Agree that the casework hearings for taxi, private hire or other driver or vehicle licences, street trading licences and sex  establishment licences should be determined by the same sub-committees as set out in the Powers and Duties of GPL Sub-Committees at Appendix 1.

 

2.    Establish 4 politically-balanced sub-committees of 3 members each to undertake the casework of the General Purposes Licensing Committee as set out in Appendix 1:

·         Sub- Committee A: GPL Chair, Labour Cllr A, Lib Dem Cllr A

·         Sub- Committee B: GPL Vice Chair, Labour Cllr B, Lib Dem Cllr B

·         Sub- Committee C: GFL Chair, Labour Cllr C, Lib Dem Cllr A

·         Sub- Committee D: GPL Vice Chair, Labour Cllr D, Lib Dem Cllr B

 

3.    Agree that substitution is permitted on each of the 4 sub-committees but that substitutes must be from the General Purposes Licensing Committee and must maintain political proportionality;

 

4.    Agree the meeting dates and time listed in Appendix 1.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Acting Head of Law and Governance submitted a report which established 4 sub-committees for the 2017-18 Council Year; to deal with the casework flowing from the Committee’s own responsibilities.

 

The Committee’s legal representative presented the report. He explained the proposed changes to the sub-committee structure, merging the duties and requirements of the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire and Licensing Registration Sub-Committees will reduce the administration of running two sub-committees. Having more Committee members involved in the sub-committee work would build resilience in the licensing function. Option 3 is the preferred option as it creates 4 sub-committees and involves 8 members.

 

The General Purposes Licensing Committee resolved to:

 

1.    Agree that the casework hearings for taxi, private hire or other driver or vehicle licences, street trading licences and sex  establishment licences should be determined by the same sub-committees as set out in the Powers and Duties of GPL Sub-Committees at Appendix 1.

 

2.    Establish 4 politically-balanced sub-committees of 3 members each to undertake the casework of the General Purposes Licensing Committee as set out in Appendix 1:

·         Sub- Committee A: GPL Chair, Labour Cllr A, Lib Dem Cllr A

·         Sub- Committee B: GPL Vice Chair, Labour Cllr B, Lib Dem Cllr B

·         Sub- Committee C: GPL Chair, Labour Cllr C, Lib Dem Cllr A

·         Sub- Committee D: GPL Vice Chair, Labour Cllr D, Lib Dem Cllr B

 

3.    Agree that substitution is permitted on each of the 4 sub-committees but that substitutes must be from the General Purposes Licensing Committee and must maintain political proportionality;

 

4.    Agree the meeting dates and time listed in Appendix 1.

 

Note:

After the meeting it was agreed the following Councillors would sit on the sub-committees:

Sub- Committee A: Cllr Clarkson (Chair), Cllr Anwar, Cllr Wade

Sub- Committee B: Cllr Cook (Chair), Cllr Munkonge, Cllr Landell- Mills

Sub- Committee C: Cllr Clarkson (Chair), Cllr Azad, Cllr Wade

Sub- Committee D: Cllr Cook (Chair), Cllr Lloyd-Shogbesan, Cllr Landell- Mills

 

5.

Update on Licensing Authority Activity: Council Year 2016 - 2017 pdf icon PDF 150 KB

The Head of Community Services has submitted a report which informs the Committee of the progress made by the taxi licensing function during the 2016-17 Council year.                    

 

 

Recommendation: That the General Purposes Licensing Committee resolves to:

 

1.    Note the contents of the report; and make any comments and recommendations regarding the future work of the licensing function.

Minutes:

The Head of Community Services submitted a report which informed the Committee of the progress made by the taxi licensing function during the 2016-17 Council year.        

           

The Licensing Compliance Officer presented the report.

 

The General Purposes Licensing Committee resolved to:

 

1.    Note the contents of the report; and make any comments and recommendations regarding the future work of the licensing function.

 

6.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 96 KB

Minutes from 23 January 2017

 

Recommendation: That the minutes of the meeting held on 23 January 2017 be APPROVED as a true and accurate record.

 

Minutes:

The General Purposes Licensing Committee resolved to APPROVE the minutes of the meeting held on 23 January 2017 as a true and accurate record.

7.

Dates of Future Meetings

The Committee noted the next meetings was scheduled for 20 September 2017 at 6.15pm or following the Licensing and Gambling Acts Committee.