There were no apologies for absence.

The following substitution was noted:-

Councillor Butler for Councillor Verrall

There were no Visiting Members.

RESOLVED:

1.  That Councillors FitzGerald and Parvin rotate the Chairmanship until the end of the Municipal Year 2011/12.

2.  That Councillor FitzGerald be elected Chairman for this Meeting and until the next Meeting of the Licensing Act 2003 Committee.

RESOLVED:  That Councillors FitzGerald and Parvin rotate the Vice Chairmanship until the end of the Municipal Year 2011/12.

There were no disclosures by Members or Officers.

There were no disclosures of Lobbying.

RESOLVED: That the items on the Agenda be taken in public as proposed.

RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 28 July 2011 be approved as a correct record and signed.

Inspector Coleman was invited to attend the meeting to discuss a visit for Members of the Committee to see the night time economy.

Inspector Coleman outlined the current situation of the night time economy, the changes that have been put in place over the past year and the closer working relationship that the police now have with the owners and the door staff.

Inspector Coleman answered questions from Members and the Chairman thanked him for attending.

RESOLVED: 

1.  That the Head of Democratic Services liaise with the Licensing Officer and Inspector Coleman to arrange a mutually convenient date for a visit to the night time economy with a maximum of 3 or 4 Members of the Committee.

2.  That a map showing the major venues and their maximum capacity be provided for the visit.

The Head of Democratic Services outlined the changes to procedures with regard to determining the membership of Sub Committee meetings. 

Members welcomed the changes made, but stressed the importance of having a substitute member available for these meetings.  Members also felt it was important that the Members on the Sub Committee were made aware of who the substitute was (and if there was no substitute available) so that they know who to contact should they need to.

RESOLVED: That the Head of Democratic Services ensures that a substitute member is available for Sub Committee meetings wherever possible and the details of the substitute member, or that no substitute member is available, circulated to those serving on the Sub Committee.

Members were informed that, following the last meeting, the Head of Democratic Services has been able to fund the second place at the Institute of Licensing Training event in November from within existing budgets and has now booked 2 places at this event.

It was proposed that the Political Group Spokespersons rotate the attendance at this event and, if unable to attend, arrange for one of their Group Members to attend in their stead.  Also, if the Independent spokesperson was unable to attend then the substitution would also rotate.

RESOLVED: That the Political Group Spokespersons rotate the attendance to the Institute of Licensing Training event and that this year the Liberal Democrat and Independent Spokespersons attend.

6.30 p.m. to 7.50 p.m.