Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chair for the Council Year 2014/15

Minutes:

The Committee agreed to elect Councillor Colin Cook as Chair for the Council Year 2014/15.

2.

Election of Vice-Chair for the Council Year 2014/15

Minutes:

The Committee agreed to defer the election of a Vice-Chair for the Council Year 2014/15 to the next meeting of the Committee on 23rd September 2014.

3.

Apologies for absence

No substitutes are allowed and the Quorum is 5 Members.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Mary Clarkson.

4.

Declarations of interest

Councillors serving on the Committee are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in any of the following agenda items.

Minutes:

None declared.

5.

Licensing and Gambling Acts Committee - Appointment of Sub-Committees pdf icon PDF 82 KB

The Head of Law and Governance has submitted a report, the purpose of which is to establish licensing casework sub-committees for the 2014-15 Council Year to deal with casework flowing from the Council’s responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005.

 

The Committee is asked to:

 

(a)          Appoint as many Licensing Casework Sub-Committees of three members as there are combinations of three members in the total number of members of the Committee;

 

(b)          Note that the Sub-Committees’ powers and duties are as set out in the Annex to this report.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Head of Law and Governance submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) the purpose of which was to establish licensing casework sub-committees for the 2014/15 Council Year to deal with casework flowing from the Council’s responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005.

 

The Committee agreed:

 

(a)          To appoint as many Licensing Casework Sub-Committees of three members as there are combinations of three members on the total number of members of the Licensing and Gambling Acts Committee;

 

(b)          To note the Sub-Committees’ powers and duties as set out in the annex to the report.

6.

Update on Licensing Authority Activity for the Council Year 2013/14 pdf icon PDF 104 KB

The Head of Environmental Development has submitted a report which informs the Committee of the progress made by the Licensing Authority under the Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005 during the Council Year 2013-2014.

 

The Committee is asked to:

 

(a)          Note the contents of the report; and

 

(b)          Make any comments and recommendations regarding the future work of the Licensing Function.

Minutes:

The Head of Environmental Development submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) which informed the Committee of the progress made by the Licensing authority under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005 during the Council Year 2013/14.

 

Julian Alison, Licensing Team Leader, attended the meeting and presented the report.

 

The Committee agreed to note the report.

7.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 27 KB

Minutes of the meeting held on 21st January 2014.

Minutes:

The Committee agreed the minutes of the meeting held on 21st January 2014.

8.

Dates of future meetings

The Committee is asked to note the following dates on which it is scheduled to meet and to confirm the start time of its meetings for the remainder of the Council Year 2014/15.

 

Tuesday 23rd September 2014

Tuesday 27th January 2015

Minutes:

The Committee agreed that it would meet at 6.00pm in the Town Hall on the following dates:

 

Tuesday 23rd September 2014

Tuesday 27th January 2015