Agenda and minutes

Resolved: that Councillor Cole be elected Chairman for the meeting.

Councillor Cole in the Chair

A Member must declare any disclosable pecuniary interest where it relates to any matter being considered at the meeting. A declaration of a disclosable pecuniary interest should indicate the interest and the agenda item to which it relates. A Member is not permitted to participate in this agenda item by law and should immediately leave the meeting before the start of any debate.

If the Member leaves the Chamber in respect of a declaration, he or she should ensure that the Chairman is aware of this before he or she leaves to enable their exit from the meeting to be recorded in the minutes in accordance with Standing Order 37.

None.

Resolved: that the hearing procedure be adopted.

The Sub-Committee will be invited to pass the following resolution:

“(1) That the press, public, and officers not required by the Members, the Chief Executive or the Director, to remain during the exempt session, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the ground that its consideration will involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972, by virtue of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act”

Also, if appropriate, the following resolution should be passed –

“(2) That members of the Council who are not members of this Sub-Committee be invited to remain.”

Exclusion of the press and public

The Sub-Committee was invited to pass the following resolutions:

“(1)      That the press, public, and officers not required by the Members, the Chief Executive or the Director, to remain during the exempt session, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the ground that its consideration will involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972, by virtue of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act”

Also, if appropriate, the following resolution should be passed –

“(2)       That members of the Council who are not members of this Sub-Committee be invited to remain.”

Resolved: that the resolutions be passed.

Report of the Director of Public Health

Geoff Booker reported for the Director of Public Health on the Review of a Private Hire Driver’s Licence, and then responded to questions from the Sub-Committee.

The Private Hire Driver’s Licence Holder did not attend the Sub-Committee to give oral testimony or provide any documentation to rebut the evidence.

Resolved:

1)       that the Sub-Committee did not feel that the Licence Holder was a fit and proper person to hold a Private Driver’s Licence, and consequently revoked the Private Hire Driver’s Licence on the grounds of Public Safety, with immediate effect.

(2)      that the Sub-Committee decided an opportunity should be given to the holder to re-apply for a new Private Hire Driver’s Licence (PHDL) and would consider granting a new Licence if they decided the applicant was a fit and proper person to hold a PHDL after hearing from the applicant concerning the allegations regarding past behaviour.