Meeting of General Purposes Committee on Monday, 3 June 2013

Meeting documents

General Purposes Committee
Monday, 3 June 2013

Date:
03 Jun 2013
Time:
6pm
Venue:
Autun Room, Daneshill House, Stevenage SG1 1HN
Contact:
Ola Adeoye
Tel:
01438 242809
Email:
committees@stevenage.gov.uk
Members:
D Kissane (Chair), L Chester, M Gardner, L Harrington, C Hurst, C Latif, J Lloyd CC, L Martin-Haugh, M Notley, G Snell, J Hollywell, B Underwood and V Warwick.

Agenda

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Summary of Decisions

PART I

1. TO NOTE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF VICE CHAIR
Membership of the General Purposes Committee agreed by Annual Council on 22 May 2013 has been amended.
          
Councillor J Hollywell to replace Councillor J Thomas on the Committee.

Members to appoint Vice Chair for the Committee.

2. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

3. TERMS OF REFERENCE
To note the Terms of Reference of the Committee as approved by Council at its Annual meeting on 22 May 2013.
Terms of Reference attached

4. MINUTES - 15 APRIL 2013
To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on 15 April 2013.
Minutes attached

5. PROCEDURE NOTE
To note the procedure to be followed at the meeting.
Procedure note attached

6. POLICY ON CONVICTIONS FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGE AND PRIVATE HIRE LICENSING - CONSULTATION
Members to consider and approve the revised policy on convictions for the provisions of Hackney Carriage and agree a period of consultation.
Report attached
Appendix attached

7. REVIEW OF LIMIT ON HACKNEY CARRIAGE VEHICLE NUMBERS
Members to consider a review of the Council's current policy of limiting hackney carriage vehicle licence numbers.
Report attached         

8. URGENT PART I BUSINESS
To consider any business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

9. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
To consider the following Motion -

  1. That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs 1-7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.
     
    That Members consider the reasons for the following reports being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

PART II

10. MINUTES - 15  APRIL 2013
To approve as a correct record the Part II Minutes of the meeting of the hearing held on 15 April 2013.

11. URGENT PART II BUSINESS
To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

 

Published:
23 May 2013