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Shirehall
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Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6ND

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Shrewsbury Room - Shirehall

Contact: Shelley Davies  Committee Officer

Items
No. Item

35.

Election of Chairman

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

Councillor Keith Roberts be elected as Chairman.

36.

Welcome and Introduction from the Chairman

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting.

37.

Appointment of Vice-Chairman

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That Councillor Andrew Davies be appointed as Vice-Chairman.

38.

Apologies

To receive apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Robert Macey and Jon Tandy.

39.

Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.

Minutes:

Members were reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter in which they had a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.

40.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 79 KB

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 6th January 2016.

 

Contact: Shelley Davies (01743 257718)

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 6th January 2016 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

41.

Public Question Time

To receive any public questions or petitions from the public, notice of which has been given in accordance with Procedure Rule 14.  The deadline for this meeting is Wednesday, 23rd March 2016.

 

Minutes:

There were no public questions or statements received.

42.

Exercise of Delegated Powers pdf icon PDF 87 KB

Report of the Transactional Team Manager is attached, marked 7.

 

Contact: Mandy Beever (0345 678 9026)

 

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Transactional Team Manager in relation to delegated powers to issue and amend licences. (copy attached to the signed minutes).

 

The Transactional Team Manager, responded to a number of general queries from Members and confirmed that the officer panel process used for dealing with matters concerning hackney carriage and private hire vehicles and drivers was working well with applications being processed in a more efficient and timely manner. The Transactional Team Manager agreed to circulate further information to Members to show the timescale of the officer panel process compared to the previous Committee process.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the report of the Transactional Team Manager be noted.

43.

Overview of Private Hire Company "Uber" pdf icon PDF 108 KB

Report of the Operations Manager – Health and Community Protection is attached, marked 8.

 

Contact: Karen Collier (01743 251711)

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Operations Manager – Health and Community Protection in relation to an overview of the Private Hire Company ‘Uber’. (copy attached to the signed minutes).

 

The Operations Manager – Health and Community Protection, responded to a number of general queries from Members and confirmed that concern in relation to ‘Uber’ had been raised nationally and locally through MPs. 

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the report of the Operations Manager – Health and Community Protection be noted.

44.

Appointments to Licensing and Safety Sub-Committee

·         To appoint 2 Conservative substitute members.

 

Please note that there have been no meeting dates scheduled for Licensing and Safety Sub-Committee in the 2016/17 Council Diary. Meetings will be arranged when necessary.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That, Councillors Nic Laurens and Dean Carrol be appointed as substitute members on the Licensing and Safety Sub-Committee.

45.

Records of Proceedings - Licensing Sub-Committees pdf icon PDF 124 KB

Copies of the records of proceedings of the Licensing Act Sub-Committee meetings from

December 2015 to February 2016 are attached for the Committee’s information.

 

·         13th January 2016

·         13th January 2016

·         13th January 2016

·         1st February 2016

 

Contact: Emily Marshall (01743 257717) or Shelley Davies (01743 257718)

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The records of proceedings of the Licensing Act Sub-Committee meetings from December 2015 to February 2016 were received by Members (Copies attached to the signed minutes).

 

 RESOLVED:

 

That the records of proceedings of the Licensing Act Sub-Committee meetings from December 2015 to February 2016 be noted.

46.

Date of Next Meeting

To note that the next meeting of the Strategic Licensing Committee will be held on Wednesday, 18th May 2016 in the Shrewsbury Room, Shirehall, Shrewsbury.

 

Minutes:

It was noted that the next meeting of the Strategic Licensing Committee would be held on Wednesday, 18th May 2016 in the Shrewsbury Room, Shirehall.

 

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