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Agenda and minutes

Licensing Act 2003 Committee - Thursday 28th July, 2011 6.45 pm

Venue: Town Hall, High Street, Maidstone

Contact: Neil Harris 01622 602020 Email: neilharris@maidstone.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
13.	Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Mrs Parvin, Parvin, Warner and Yates.
14.	Notification of Substitute Members Minutes: The following substitutions were noted:- Councillor Barned for Councillor Mrs Parvin Councillor Hogg for Councillor Parvin Councillor Daley for Councillor Warner Councillor Butler for Councillor Yates
15.	Notification of Visiting Members Minutes: There were no Visiting Members.
16.	Election of Chairman Minutes: RESOLVED: That Councillor Mrs Joy be elected Chairman for the meeting.
17.	Election of Vice Chairman Minutes: No appointment was made at this meeting.
18.	Disclosures by Members and Officers Minutes: There were no disclosures by Members or Officers.
19.	Disclosures of Lobbying Minutes: There no disclosures of lobbying.
20.	Exempt Items Minutes: RESOLVED: That the items on the Agenda be taken in public as proposed.
21.	Minutes of the Meeting held on 23 June 2011 PDF 35 KB View item 21. as HTML 19 KB Minutes: RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 23 June 2011 be approved as a correct record and signed.
22.	Annual Licensing Training Event 2011 PDF 58 KB View item 22. as HTML 35 KB View the background to item 22. Additional documents: Cabinet, Council or Committee Report for Annual Licensing Training Event 2011 enc. 1 , item 22. PDF 2 MB Minutes: The Committee considered the report of the Head of Democratic Services seeking appointment of the Member to attend the Licensing training Event 2011 being held in Birmingham. It had been approved by the Member and Employment and Development Panel that they would fund only one member to attend this training event. RESOLVED: 1. That the Member and Employment and Development Panel be asked to reconsider the decision to fund only one member, that a second member be funded and that representatives on the Committee would attend a meeting of the Panel to put forward its case for the funding for the additional member. 2. That the Head of Democratic Services be asked to investigate whether there were any funds available within the Licensing budget to fund a second person to attend the training and that this matter be considered by the Political Group Spokespersons for the Committee. 3. That the Political Group Spokespersons for the Committee be asked to appoint the members to attend the annual training event 2011.
23.	Licensing Partnership Update Minutes: The Head of Democratic Services submitted the latest Partnership revenue fees figures up until the end of June 2011. The Committee were informed that as matters relating to the Licensing Act 2003 had transferred successfully at the outset of the Partnership there were no transfer issues for this Committee. He also asked members how the public access/consultee access service was working for them. He was made aware that there had been a number of difficulties in the implementation of this access service and he indicated that he would take up this matter with the Licensing Partnership Manager. However, he indicated that work on this would be prioritised after the work on transfer. RESOLVED: That the report be noted.
24.	Duration of Meeting Minutes: 8.36 p.m. to 8.37 p.m.