NOTICE OF MEETING
SUB-COMMITTEE:
LICENSING & REGULATORY NO. 6
DAY/DATE:
TUESDAY, 15TH JANUARY 2008
TIME: 2.30PM
VENUE: EAST
COMMITTEE ROOM
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
EARLE STREET
CREWE
Despatch
date: 7th
January 2008
Enquiries
to: Carol
Jones
Tel: 01270 537598
Fax: 01270 537605
e-mail : agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
To:
Members of
the Licensing and Regulatory Sub-Committee No.
6
(Councillors T E Ankers, J A Beech, W S
Davies, R E Dodd, R W Parker, M Roberts, R Salmon and W T Beard
(Chair)
Copies: Other
Members of the Licensing & Regulatory Committee
Appropriate Officers
Notes to Members of the
Public
The full Licensing and Regulatory
Committee consists of 15 elected Members. Councillor Stan
Davies is the Chair. This Committee has 7
Sub-Committees. There are 2 x 8-Member Sub-Committees which
deal with Hackney Carriage and Private Hire licensing and personnel
matters and there are 5 x 3-Member Sub-Committees which deal with
matters under the Licensing Act 2003.
The Borough Council welcomes and encourages
members of the public to attend its Committee, Board and Council
meetings.
If you plan to attend, please report to the
Reception Desk in the Municipal Buildings, where you will be
provided with a Visitor’s Pass.
Car parking is not available at the
Municipal Buildings, but there are several town centre car
parks. There is a disabled access to the rear of the
Municipal Buildings, and this can be accessed through the side door
on Vernon Way. Please press the button for attention, and
someone will meet you and escort you through to the main reception
area.
You are asked to remain quiet whilst the
meeting is taking place, and to enter and leave the meeting room,
or public gallery of the Council Chamber, as quietly as
possible. Please ensure that if you have a mobile phone or
pager, it is switched off for the duration of the meeting.
You are not allowed to have drinks or food
in the meeting rooms, nor in the Public Gallery. A “No Smoking”
policy operates in the Municipal Buildings.
Fire Evacuation
If the fire alarm rings, you should make
your way to the nearest exit with your belongings, as quickly as
possible, and leave the building. Please follow any
instructions from staff about evacuation routes.
Copies of the agenda will be available if
you attend. Agendas are also made available on the Internet and can
be accessed via the Council’s website – see front page for
details.
On occasions, members of the press and
public will be excluded from the meetings when the business to be
transacted is of a confidential nature, for example, dealing with
individual people, contracts and financial affairs of other
parties.
If you require any further information,
please contact Carol Jones the Committee Officer (details on front
page).
AGENDA
1
Declaration of Interests
Any Member present (including
non-Sub-Committee Members) to declare any personal or prejudicial
interest, and the nature of the interest, which they have in any
item of business on the agenda and, if necessary, to leave the
meeting prior to discussion of that item.
Members who also serve as County, Town or
Parish Councillors are reminded of the need to make declarations in
respect of any item which directly concerns the business of the
appropriate authority.
Declarations are a personal matter for each
Member to decide. Whilst Officers will advise on the Code of
Conduct and its interpretation, the decision to declare, or not, is
the responsibility of the Member, based on the particular
circumstances.
2
Minutes of the Meeting held on 20th November
2007
To approve as a correct record the Minutes of
the previous Sub-Committee No. 6 meeting held on 20th
November 2007. (2)
3
Licence Fees for 2008/2009
The report proposes an increase in fees for
a number of licenses that come under the jurisdiction of the
Licensing and Regulatory Committee.
The Sub-Committee is
invited to RESOLVE –
(A) That notice be
given of the proposed increase in licence fees for hackney carriage
and private hire vehicle and operator licences shown in Table A of
the report and that, subject to there being no objections received,
that the revised fees be brought into effect from 1st
April 2008, and,
(B) That licence
fees for hackney carriage and private hire drivers, sex
establishments and motor vehicle salvage operators be increased as
shown in Table B and be brought into effect from 1st
April 2008.
If you require this agenda
in large print, Braille, audiotape, CD or in another language,
please contact
Equality and Diversity,
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, Municipal Buildings, Earle
Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 2BJ
Tel: 01270 537565
E-mail:
petra.dexterduskova@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
Note:
In accordance with the Health and Safety
at Work Act, the Council is required to notify those attending
meetings of the fire evacuation procedures. A copy has
previously been distributed to Members and instructions are located
in all rooms within the Civic Suite.