The Committee Services Officer opened the meeting.

The Committee elected Councillor Clarkson to be the Chair for the Council Year 2019/20.

Both Councillors Lygo and Gotch were proposed and seconded for the position of Vice Chair for the Council Year 2020-21. On being put to a vote a majority of the Committee voted in support of Councillor Lygo’s nomination.  Councillor Lygo was therefore duly elected as  Vice Chair for the Council Year 2020/21.

None.

The Head of Law and Governance has submitted a report to establish 4 sub-committees for the 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 sub-committees on the basis of  the Powers and Duties of GPL Sub-Committees at Appendix 1.

2.     Establish 4 politically-balanced sub-committees of 3 members,

and agree the membership, 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 the report.

The Head of Law and Governance had submitted a report to establish 4 sub-committees for the 2020-21 Council Year to deal with the casework flowing from the Committee’s own responsibilities.

The Clerk noted that the date given for a sub-committee meeting on 01 August should be 17 August.

The 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 sub-committees on the basis of the Powers and Duties of GPL Sub-Committees at Appendix 1 of the report .

2. Agree the establishment of 4 politically balanced sub-committees of 3 members as follows:

•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 following meeting dates and times 

5.       Agree that the names of members for the 4 sub-committees be agreed outside the meeting.

Recommendation: to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 3 February 2020 as a true and accurate record.

In response to a question about the previous commitment to provide data about the number and nature of street closures it was explained that this would be the subject of a report to the next meeting of the Committee.

The Committee resolved to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 03 February 2020 as a true and accurate record.

Meetings are scheduled on:

22 September 2020

4 February 2021

Meetings are scheduled on

·       22 September 2020

·       04 February 2021