Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Ben Mackmurdie, Matt Nathan, Marian Spall, Heather Staff and Nick Wayne.

If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest* in an item of business:

§  if it is not yet on the council’s register, you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent;

§  you may choose to declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest that is already in the register in the interests of openness and transparency. 

In both the above cases, you must leave the room without participating in discussion of the item.

If you have a personal interest in an item of business and you intend to speak or vote on the item you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent but you may participate in the discussion and vote on the item.

*(a) Employment, etc - Any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain.

(b) Sponsorship - Any payment or other financial benefit in respect of your expenses in carrying out duties as a member, or of your election; including from a trade union.

(c) Contracts - Any current contract for goods, services or works, between you or your partner (or a body in which one of you has a beneficial interest) and the council.

(d) Land - Any beneficial interest in land which is within the council’s area.

(e) Licences- Any licence to occupy land in the council’s area for a month or longer.

(f) Corporate tenancies - Any tenancy between the council and a body in which you or your partner have a beneficial interest.

 (g) Securities - Any beneficial interest in securities of a body which has a place of business or land in the council’s area, if the total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body or of any one class of its issued share capital. 

This applies to all members present at the meeting.

None.

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting held on the 17 November 2022 be confirmed as a correct record and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

The legal advisor reported on amendments to the Licensing Committee Terms of Reference that were being submitted to the Audit Committee on the 23 May 2023 for approval.

RESOLVED that

a)    Four Licensing Sub-Committees be established for the municipal year 2023/2024 with the terms of reference set out in appendix 1 of the report, and with the proposed changes noted, and that all functions falling within the terms of reference be delegated to them;

b)    The following members, Chairs and Vice-Chairs be appointed for the municipal year 2023/2024 or until successors are appointed;

Licensing Sub-Committee A

Licensing Sub-Committee B

Licensing Sub-Committee C

Licensing Sub-Committee D

c)    it be noted that the following are members of the Licensing Committee and are substitutes for all of the Licensing Sub-Committees:-

Councillor Ben Mackmurdie

Councillor Matt Nathan

Councillor Ernestas Jegorovas-Armstrong

d)    That the terms of reference for the Licensing Committee as set out in Appendix 2 and the proposed amendments be noted.