Agenda and minutes

To note the appointment at the Extraordinary Meeting of the Council on 31 May 2006 (subject to confirmation of that decision) of a Chair of this Committee for the Municipal Year 2006/07 (or now to make an appointment).

RESOLVED:  To note the appointment under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 1.1 (xii) at the Extraordinary Council meeting, held on 31 May 2006, of Councillor Champagnie as Chairman of the Committee for the Municipal Year 2006/07.

To note that there are no Reserve Members appointed to this Committee.

[Note:  The Members of the Committee for 2006/07 are as appointed by the Extraordinary Council Meeting of 31 May 2005.]

RESOLVED:  (1) To note that no Reserve Members were included in the Committee’s membership; and

(2)  that this item be removed from future agendas.

To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

(a)               all Members of the Committee, Sub Committee, Panel or Forum;

(b)               all other Members present in any part of the room or chamber.

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no declarations of interests made by Members in relation to the business transacted at this meeting.

To consider whether any of the items listed on the agenda should be considered with the press and public excluded on the grounds that it is thought likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that there would be disclosure of confidential information in breach of an obligation of confidence or of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1972 (as amended).

RESOLVED:  That  (1) all items on the agenda be considered with the press and public present and;

(2) in accordance with the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, the following agenda item be admitted late to the agenda by virtue of the special circumstances and urgency detailed below:-

To appoint (subject to confirmation of the Committee’s membership) a Vice?Chair of the Committee for the Municipal Year 2006/07.

Councillor Vina Mithani  was nominated to the office of Vice-Chairman.  Upon being put to a vote, it was

RESOLVED:  To appoint Councillor Vina Mithani as Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the Municipal Year 2006/07.

[Note: Councillors Choudhury, Ismail and O’Dell wished to be recorded as having abstained from voting].

To defer the signing of the Minutes of the Committee’s meeting held on 6 March 2006 until the next ordinary meeting.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2005, be deferred until the next ordinary meeting of this Committee.

To note the terms of reference of the Sub-Committees and Panels of the Licensing and General Purposes Committee.

RESOLVED:  That the Terms of Reference be approved.

To consider the establishment of and appointment of Members to subsidiary bodies of this Committee for the Municipal Year 2006/07, including the appointment of Chairs under Committee Procedure Rule 7.2.

[Note:  The proposed memberships of the Sub Committees relevant to this Committee and the nominees proposed as Chairs will follow on a Supplemental Agenda].

[NOTE:  Members are asked to note that subsidiary body memberships must be determined in accordance with the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and regulations made thereunder.

Therefore, whilst the Committee has to confirm the membership of its Panels to comply with the Local Government Act 1972, the actual nominations of named Councillors are decided by each group, from within the membership of that group.

It is not open to the Committee to seek to change or to delay the nominations duly made by a group.  It is only if there is a failure to make a nomination or to act in due time that the Committee may seek to consider the matter further].

Further to the nominations now submitted in respect of this Committee’s subsidiary body memberships and to the office of Chairman as appropriate, it was

RESOLVED:  That the Licensing and General Purposes Sub-Committee and Panels be established for the Municipal Year 2006/07 with the memberships and Chairmen as detailed in the appendix to these minutes.