Agenda

General Purposes Committee - Thursday, 22 October 2026 6.00pm

Venue: Council Chamber. View directions

Contact: Gemma O'Donnell (01438) 242216  Email: committees@stevenage.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

2.

MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 134 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on 14 April 2026.

3.

TERMS OF REFERENCE pdf icon PDF 91 KB

To note the Terms of Reference agreed at Annual Council on 21 May 2026.

4.

HACKNEY CARRIAGE TARIFF REVIEW pdf icon PDF 265 KB

To consider and review the current hackney carriage fare tariffs.

Additional documents:

5.

URGENT PART I BUSINESS

To consider any Part I business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

6.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

To consider the following motions:

 

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 paragraphs1 – 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended by Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

 

2.     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.

 

7.

URGENT PART II BUSINESS

To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent.