Agenda item

To agree the public minutes of the meeting held on 21 October 2013.

RESOLVED: That Members agreed the minutes as an accurate record.

Matters Arising

The training scheduled for November 2013 took place on Friday 31 January 2014. The training provided Committee Members and Officers of the Town Clerks department with a BIIAB Level 2 National Certificate for Licensing Practitioners. The training provided up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to the work of the Licensing Committee.

The details of the premises in amber and red stages of the traffic light scheme would be included as a non-public agenda item and would not be published online. The City of London Police advised the Markets & Consumer Protection Department that publishing the names could result in disengagement between the Licencing Authority and premises. Therefore the names of premises in amber and red stages would be circulated on yellow paper during Licencing Committee meetings. The Markets & Consumer Protection Department explained that the scheme worked on a 12 month rolling system so premises  accumulating points in month one would lose those points in month thirteen.

The Markets & Consumer Protection Department updated the Committee on the Late Night Levy arrangements and explained to Members that the initial consultation stage was complete. Officers continued to say that 76 representations were raised during the consultation stage; following a review of the representations a second consultation would take place. The second consultation would run for six weeks.

The Markets & Consumer Protection Department also updated the Committee on Street Trading and Tables and Chairs policies. Both policies were being finalised and the final drafts would be circulated to all relevant departments. The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Licensing Committee would be sent the final draft policies for review. It was anticipated that the policies would be submitted to relevant Committees in May 2014.