Issue - meetings

INFORMATION NOTE OF THE LICENSING MANAGER

To facilitate preliminary discussions about the role of the Licensing and Appeals Committee and seek the views of its Members.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the information note entitled The Role of the Licensing and Appeals Committee be noted;

(2)       That the following suggestions by Members be considered by the Licensing Manager:

(i)            Consider introducing taxi fare tariffs that discourage the use of vehicles with high fuel consumption;

(ii)          That Service Director Legal and Community be requested to consider an amendment to the constitution in that the Committee may meet more than once per year and that the Licensing Manager, in consultation with the Chairman of the Licensing and Appeals Committee, call meetings when necessary with a maximum of 4 meetings per annum.

Audio Recording – 57 minutes 50 seconds

The Licensing Manager presented the information note entitled Role of the Licensing and Appeals Committee together with the following appendices:

·                Appendix A - Applications under the Licensing Act 2003 reserved for a Licensing and Appeals Sub-Committee; 

·                Appendix B - Applications under the Gambling Act 2005 reserved for a Licensing and Appeals Sub-Committee.

The following Members asked questions and took part in the debate:

·                 Councillor Richard Thake;

·                 Councillor Sam North;

·                 Councillor Jim McNally;

·                 Councillor Mike Rice;

·                 Councillor Tom Tyson.

There was a detailed discussion regarding the number of meetings held each year.

Members made the following suggestions:

·                Consider introducing taxi fare tariffs that discourage the use of vehicles with high fuel consumption;

·                That the Committee meet more than once per year and that the Licensing Manager, in consultation with the Chairman of the Committee call meetings when necessary with a maximum of 4 meetings per annum.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the information note entitled The Role of the Licensing and Appeals Committee be noted;

(2)       That the following suggestions by Members be considered by the Licensing Manager:

(i)            Consider introducing taxi fare tariffs that discourage the use of vehicles with high fuel consumption;

(ii)          That Service Director Legal and Community be requested to consider an amendment to the constitution in that the Committee may meet more than once per year and that the Licensing Manager, in consultation with the Chairman of the Licensing and Appeals Committee, call meetings when necessary with a maximum of 4 meetings per annum.