To receive nominations for Vice-Chair.

The Chair, asked for nominations for the position of Vice-Chair of the Licensing Committee for the municipal year 2020/2021.

Councillor Kahar Chowdhury proposed Councillor Shad Chowdhury for the position. This was seconded by Councillor Ahbab Hossain.  

There were no further nominations.

The Licensing Committee;

Resolved

That Councillor Shad Chowdhury is elected as Vice-Chair of the Licensing Committee for the municipal year 2020-2021.

Members are reminded to consider the categories of interest in the Code of Conduct for Members to determine whether they have an interest in any agenda item and any action they should take. For further details, please see the attached note from the Monitoring Officer.

Members are reminded to declare the nature of the interest and the agenda item it relates to. Please note that ultimately it’s the Members’ responsibility to declare any interests form and to update their register of interest form as required by the Code.

If in doubt as to the nature of your interest, you are advised to seek advice prior to the meeting by contacting the Monitoring Officer or Democratic Services

There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interest.

Simmi Yesmin, Democratic Services Officer, 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 2020/2021.

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, Democratic Services 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 2020/2021.

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 Kahar Chowdhury

·       Councillor Shad Uddin Chowdhury

·       Councillor Peter Golds

·       Councillor David Edgar

·       Councillor Amina Ali

·       Councillor Eve McQuillan

·       Councillor Kyrsten Perry

·       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.