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 Mrs Joy and Parvin rotate the Chairmanship until the end of the Municipal Year 2011/12.

2.  That Councillor Mrs Joy be elected Chairman for this Meeting and until the next Meeting of the Licensing Committee.

RESOLVED:  That Councillors Mrs Joy 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 were approved as a correct record and signed.

Mr Parker, the private hire representative, requested an update on Item 39 of the Minutes of the Meeting held on 28 July 2011 regarding Kent County Council being included as a Driver Assessment organisation.

The Head of Democratic Services said that he was not aware of the current position but would find out and inform Mr Parker and Members. 

The Head of Democratic Services informed Members that he will be arranging regular meetings with Mr Parker.  He currently meets Mr Conyan (the Hackney Carriage representative) every 6 weeks.  Members asked that they be informed of the dates and times of these meetings so that Political Group Spokespersons could attend should they wish.

RESOLVED:

1.  That the Head of Democratic Services informs Members and Mr Parker of the current position with regard to Kent County Council being included as a Driver Assessment organisation.

2.  That the Head of Democratic Services arranges meetings every 6 weeks with Mr Parker and informs the Political Group Spokespersons of these dates, together with the meeting dates with Mr Conyan.

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 Members to attend.  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.

7.55 p.m. to 8.10 p.m.