Agenda and draft minutes

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Items
No. Item

619.

Emergency Evacuation Procedure

Visitors and members of the public who are unfamiliar with the building and procedures are advised that:

(a)      The fire alarm is a continuous loud ringing. In the event that a fire drill is planned during the meeting, the Chair will advise of this.

(b)      Exit routes from the chamber are located on each side of the room, one directly to a fire escape, the other to the stairs opposite the lifts.

(c)      In the event of the alarm sounding, leave the building via the nearest safe exit and gather at the assembly point on the far side of the car park. Do not leave the assembly point or re-enter the building until advised to do so. Do not use the lifts.

(d)      Anyone unable to use the stairs should make themselves known during this agenda item.

 

 

Minutes:

The Chair outlined the emergency evacuation procedure.

620.

Notification of Chairman and Outline of Procedure

Minutes:

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked those present to introduce themselves.

621.

Declarations of Interest

Councillors should not act or take decisions in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their families or friends.

 

The Chair will ask Members if they have any disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) or disclosable non-pecuniary interests (DNPIs) to declare in respect of items on the agenda. Members with a DPI in an item must leave the room for that item and may not participate in the debate or vote. 

 

Aside from disclosable interests, where a fair-minded and informed observer would think there was a real possibility that a Member might be biased or predetermined on an item, the Member should declare this and leave the room while that item is considered.

 

Members who are in any doubt about interests, bias or predetermination should contact the monitoring officer for advice prior to the meeting.

 

Minutes:

No interests were declared.

Part B Minutes for Information

622.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

To decide whether to pass the resolution set out below in respect of the following item:

That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2.

1. Information relating to any individual

2. Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.

Minutes:

Resolved:

 

That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Schedule 12A of the Act:

 

1.         Information relating to any individual.

2.         Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.

 

 

 

623.

Review of a Hackney Carriage Driver's Licence

Minutes:

The Licensing Officer introduced the report which sought to consider whether the Respondent, who had accumulated a total of 22 Swale penalty points on his Swale Borough Council Hackney & Private Hire Badge, was a fit and proper person to continue as an operator.

 

The Licensing Officer detailed the incidents at which the Respondent had accumulated 12 Swale Borough Council penalty points, as below:

 

  • 12 points – Unsatisfactory behaviour or conduct of a driver including failure to behave in a civil and orderly manner to both the public, authorised officers or to other drivers.

 

The Chair asked the Respondent to present their case, and they were asked questions.  The Respondent’s representative spoke of a number of mitigating reasons for the behaviour on the day in question.

 

Members of the Sub-Committee adjourned at 10.32 am to make their decision.

 

Members of the Sub-Committee, the Lawyer Contentious, and the Democratic Services Officer returned to the meeting at 11.25 am and the decision, attached as Appendix I to these minutes, was announced.

 

Resolved:  That the Respondent’s  Swale Borough Council Hackney & Private Hire Licence be revoked.

 

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