Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Vice-Chairman for the 2017/18 municipal year.

The Chairman requested nominations for the position of Vice-Chairman of the Licensing Act Committee for the municipal year 2017/18.

It was proposed by Councillor Biddulph and seconded by Councillor Sherlock:

“That Councillor Cozler be appointed Vice-Chairman of the Licensing Act Committee for the municipal year 2017/18.”

There being no further nominations, the Chairman declared the proposal to be carried.

Resolved:

That Councillor Cozler be appointed Vice-Chairman of the Licensing Act Committee for the municipal year 2017/18. 

Minutes of meeting held on 16 June 2016 (previously circulated). 

The Minutes of the meeting held on 16^th June 2016 were signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

There were no items of urgent business.

To receive declarations by Members of interests in respect of items on this Agenda.

Members are reminded that, in accordance with the Localism Act 2011, they are required to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests which have not already been declared in the Council’s Register of Interests.  (It is a criminal offence not to declare a disclosable pecuniary interest either in the Register or at the meeting.)

Whilst not a legal requirement, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 9 and in the interests of clarity and transparency, Members should declare any disclosable pecuniary interests which they have already declared in the Register at this point in the meeting.

In accordance with Part B, Section 2 of the Code of Conduct, Members are required to declare the existence and nature of any other interests as defined in paragraphs 8(1) or 9(2) of the Code of Conduct.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Committee received the report of the Food, Safety and Licensing Manager to enable the Committee to make arrangements for the chairing of Licensing Act Sub-Committees during the forthcoming municipal year.

It was reported that each Sub-Committee must comprise three members of the Licensing Act Committee.  The procedure for establishing Sub-Committees to deal with hearings under the Licensing Act 2003 had been agreed at the Licensing Act Committee’s meeting on 14^th February 2005.

At that meeting it had been agreed that the then Chairman and Vice-Chairman and three other named Members be appointed as Chairmen of the Sub-Committees, and that each ad hoc Sub-Committee would include one of these Members who would act as the Chairman.  This arrangement had continued, although in some municipal years the Committee had nominated four rather than five Chairmen, and in the last municipal year, only three Members had been nominated.

It was reported that the demand for meetings of the Sub-Committees had increased over the past year.  Officers therefore recommended that the number of Sub-Committee Chairmen increase to five, being the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Licensing Act Committee and three other members of the Committee.

It was proposed by Councillor Rogerson and seconded by Councillor Ashworth that there be a total of five Chairmen of the ad hoc Licensing Act Sub-Committees in 2017/18, comprising the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Licensing Act Committee and three other named Members, and that each ad hoc Sub-Committee include one of these five Members, who acts as Chairman.

Upon being put to the vote, Members voted unanimously in favour of the proposition, whereupon the Chairman declared the proposal to be carried.

The Chairman requested nominations for three other Chairmen of the ad hoc Sub-Committees.  Councillor Guilding was nominated by Councillor Sykes and seconded by Councillor Yates.  Councillor Biddulph was nominated by Councillor Sherlock and seconded by Councillor Cozler.  Councillor Wilkinson was nominated by Councillor Mills and seconded by Councillor Yates.

There being no further nominations, the Chairman declared the proposal to be carried.

Resolved:

(1)        That there be a total of five Chairmen of the ad hoc Licensing Act Sub-Committees in 2017/18, comprising the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Licensing Act Committee and three other named Members, and that each ad hoc Sub-Committee includes one of these five Members, who acts as Chairman.

(2)        That the other three Chairmen of the ad hoc Sub-Committees be Councillors Guilding, Biddulph and Wilkinson.