To receive nominations for the appointment of the Vice-Chair for the municipal year 2019-2020.

The Chair, asked for nominations for the position of Vice-Chair of the Licensing Committee for the municipal year 2019/2020.

Councillor Ahbab Hossain proposed Councillor Rajib Ahmed for the position. This was seconded by Councillors Leema Qureshi and Shad Choudhury.

There were no further nominations.

The Licensing Committee;

Resolved

That Councillor Rajib Ahmed is elected as Vice-Chair of the Licensing Committee for the municipal year 2019-2020.

To note any declarations of interest made by Members, including those restricting Members from voting on the questions detailed in Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act, 1992.  See attached note from the Monitoring Officer.

There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interest.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Committee held on 14^th March 2019 as an accurate record of the proceedings.

The minutes of the Licensing Committee held on 14 March 2019 were agreed as a correct record of proceedings.

The Chair, introduced the report and stated that this report set out the Terms of Reference, Membership and Quorum of the Licensing Committee and the schedule of dates for the Municipal Year 2019/2020.

The Licensing Committee;

Resolved

1.    That the Terms of Reference, Membership and Quorum as set out in Appendices 1 of the report be noted.

Simmi Yesmin, Senior Committee Officer introduced the report and stated that the report set out the Terms of Reference and meeting dates for the Licensing Sub-Committee for the Municipal Year 2019/2020.

Ms Yesmin stated the report was seeking to determine the number of Licensing Sub-Committee chairs and asked members to either nominate themselves or others for the position.

The following Members were put forward to be Chairs for the Licensing Sub-Committees:

·         Councillor Ehtasham Haque

·         Councillor Rajib Ahmed

·         Councillor Shad Uddin Chowdhury

·         Councillor Peter Golds

·         Councillor Dan Tomlinson

·         Councillor Shah Ameen

·         Councillor Eve McQuillan

·         Councillor Leema Qureshi

·         Councillor Mohammed Pappu

The Licensing Committee;

Resolved

1.    That Licensing Sub-Committee’s Terms of Reference and Schedule of meetings attached as Appendix 1 to the report be noted.

2.    The establishment of Licensing Sub-Committees to determine applications where representations have been made was agreed.

3.    Determined how many Licensing Sub-Committee Chairs to appoint.