Agenda and minutes

Licensing Committee - Wednesday, 25th May, 2016 5.00 pm

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Items
No.	Item
1.	Election of a Chairman To elect a Chairman of the Committee for the ensuing Council year. Minutes: The Democratic Support Officer called for nominations for the Chairman of the Licensing Committee. It was moved by Councillor D P Murphy duly seconded and RESOLVED: That Councillor P S Le Chevalier be elected Chairman of the Committee for the ensuing municipal year.
2.	Appointment of a Vice-Chairman To appoint a Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the ensuing Council year. Minutes: The Chairman called for nominations for the Vice-Chairman of the Licensing Committee. It was moved by Councillor P S Le Chevalier duly seconded and RESOLVED: That Councillor B Gardner be appointed as Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the ensuing municipal year.
3.	Apologies To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors D G Cronk, B Gardner and M J Holloway.
4.	Declarations of Interest PDF 37 KB To receive any declarations of interest from Members in respect of business to be transacted on the agenda. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest made by Members.
5.	Minutes PDF 44 KB To confirm the attached Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 2 March 2016. Minutes: The Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 2 March 2016 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
6.	Minutes of Sub-Committee Meetings PDF 52 KB To receive the attached Minutes of the meetings of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on 4 April 2016. Minutes: The Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on 4 April 2016 were received and noted.
7.	Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005 - Appointment of Licensing Sub-Committees and Chairman of Sub-Committees PDF 53 KB To appoint five Sub-Committees of three members each and to appoint a Chairman for each Sub-Committee in accordance with the report of the Head of Democratic Services (report to follow after the Annual Meeting of the Council). Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Substitute Procedure Rules for the Licensing Committee , item 7. PDF 80 KB Minutes: Members considered the report of the Director of Governance which provided suggestions for the composition of the five Licensing Sub-Committees, each comprising of three members, to hear applications under the Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005. Members were also asked to appoint the Chairmen of each of the sub-committees. To better reflect the operational requirements of the Licensing Sub-Committees, Members were asked to formalise arrangements for the appointment of substitute members on the sub-committees by adopting the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 4 with the amendments outlined in Appendix 1 of the report. These arrangements included amendments to reflect the lack of political balance requirements for the sub-committees. RESOLVED: (a) That the five Licensing Committees and their Chairmen for the ensuing municipal year 2016/17 be as follows: (A) Councillors B W Butcher (Chairman), L A Keen, M J Ovenden (B) Councillors B Gardner (Chairman), S M Le Chevalier, D P Murphy (C) Councillors S F Bannister (Chairman), D G Cronk, P S Le Chevalier (D) Councillors D Hannent (Chairman), M J Holloway, M Rose (E) Councillors P M Brivio (Chairman), B Glayzer, D A Sargent (b) That the Licensing Committee adopt the procedure for the appointment of Substitute Members as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.

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