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RESOLVED – That Agenda Items 6 – 11 be brought forward and taken at this time.
RESOLVED – That the Press and Public be invited back into the Meeting.
RESOLVED – That the proposed new fees set out in report COEP/26/24 be agreed with an implementation date of 1 April 2024.
Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillors Corin Jarvis, MG Morris and Paul Pemberton.
RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 26 February 2024 be signed as a correct record.
Members were reminded of their responsibility under Paragraph 11 of the Members’ Code of Conduct to declare the existence and nature of any personal interest in respect of any of the business to be transacted at this meeting. Agenda Item 10 – Councillor Steve Joe Jones (personal and prejudicial) – the licence holder was known. The Councillor left the meeting for the consideration of this item taking no part in the discussion or voting thereon.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED – That Agenda Items 6 – 11 be brought forward and taken at this time.
RESOLVED – That Agenda Items 6 – 11 be brought forward and taken at this time.
Agenda Items 7 to 11: Members determined in considering these reports that Paragraph 12 should apply. Their view on the public interest test was that to make this information public would disclose personal data relating to an individual in contravention of the principles of the Data Protection Act. Because of this and since there did not appear to be an overwhelming public interest requiring the disclosure of personal data they felt that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information. RESOLVED - That the press and public be excluded from the Meeting during consideration of the following items of business, as it is likely that, if they were present, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED – That the Press and Public be invited back into the Meeting.
RESOLVED – That the Press and Public be invited back into the Meeting.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED – That the proposed new fees set out in report COEP/26/24 be agreed with an implementation date of 1 April 2024.
The Chief Officer Economy and Planning submitted a report (COEP/26/24) to seek approval of changes to all the fees relating to hackney carriage and private hire drivers, vehicles and private hire operators licences. Presenting the report the Trading Standards and Licensing Lead informed the Committee that: · Decisions relating to the fees charged for licences were delegated to the Chief Officer Economy and Planning however the Chief Officer was now deferring the decision to the Committee. · The proposed fees were published on 8 February 2024 as required by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 to allow for any objections to the proposals to be made. · One objection had been received (Appendix 4). · Licence fees would be reviewed annually. Members considered the report and asked questions of the officer. During debate reference was made to the following matters: · The proposed annual review of fees was welcomed. · Consultation with the trade. The officer reported that in addition to the statutory publication of the proposed fees all operators had been informed of the proposals. Members requested that from next year the department also write to drivers in respect of fee changes. · The report to the March meeting of Council proposing an amendment to the scheme of delegation in respect of licence fee setting. · Requested that consideration be given to introducing Private Hire Operator fees for 1 vehicle as part of next year’s review of fees to take account of single vehicle operators. RESOLVED – That the proposed new fees set out in report COEP/26/24 be agreed with an implementation date of 1 April 2024.
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