Agenda and minutes
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Minutes To sign the minutes of the meeting held on 31 October 2017.
Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 31 October 2017 were taken as read and signed by the Chair as a correct record.
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Declarations of Interest Councillors are reminded of the need to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests that relate to business on the agenda and which have not already been included in the register of interests, before any discussion takes place on the item. Unless the interest is sensitive, you must also disclose the nature of the interest. In accordance with the Council's Code of Conduct, you must then leave the room and must not participate in any further discussion of the item. Councillors requiring clarification should seek the advice of the Monitoring Officer prior to the day of the meeting. Minutes: No declarations of interest were made by Members.
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Licensing Fees and Charges To consider the report of the Environmental Health and Licensing Manager.
Minutes: The Principal Licensing Officer presented the report for the proposed licensing fees and charges for 2018/19. He explained that it was a statutory obligation to set the fees.
He informed Members that if there were no increase in fees this would put the Council at risk of being unable to recover the costs for services and activities which it was permitted to charge for. The fees were monitored each year to ensure that they were reasonable, but any change was not for the purpose of generating revenue.
The taxi fees would be advertised for 28 days in the Civic Centre reception and in newspapers and would be approved in March 2018 if no representations were made. However, any challenge to the fee changes would require that they be brought back to the Licensing Committee in March 2018.
In response to Members’ questions, the Environmental Health and Licensing Manager and Principal Licensing Officer explained that:-
· The Gambling and Licensing Act fees are set by legislation; · Other Licensing fees must be justified through different legislation and adhere to the European Union Services Directives; · Fees are calculated based upon the cost to deliver the service, policy amendments and consultations and the costs associated with the licensing committee.
A Member expressed appreciation for the hard work undertaken by the Licensing team and considered the increase to be modest.
RESOLVED that the proposed Fees and Charges for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 be approved as set out in the report.
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