Due to the significant amount of background material in support of this paper, it has not been published as part of the agenda, the following papers are available at this link –

·         Appendix B Online Survey Comments

·         Appendix C Table of Responses

·         CCTV Guidance

·         Code of Good Conduct 2022

·         Guidance on relevance of convictions and conduct 2022

·         Hackney Carriage Advertising Policy 2022

·         Hackney Carriage Vehicle Conditions

·         Hackney Carriage Vehicle Specifications

·         Private Hire Driver Conditions 2022

·         Private Hire Operator Conditions 2022

·         Private Hire Special Events Vehicle Conditions 2022

·         Private Hire Special Events Vehicle Specifications 2022

·         Spoken English Assessment Test Procedure

·         Vehicle Emissions Policy

·         Wheelchair and Assistance Dogs Exemption Guidelines 2022

Any recommendations resulting from consideration at scrutiny will be published as a “to follow”.

Councillor John Riley (Cabinet Member for Governance, HR, IT and Community Safety) introduced the Public Consultation regarding the Council’s Electoral Cycle. This was seconded by Councillor Richard Bingley.

Following a discussion with contributions from Councillors Eddie Rennie, Chris Penberthy and Mrs Mary Aspinall, the Council agreed to –

For (49)

Councillors Allen, Mrs Aspinall, Bingley, Bowyer, Mrs Bowyer, Mrs Bridgeman, Dr Buchan, Burden, Carlyle, Churchill, Coker, Collins, Corvid, Dr Cree, Dann, Derrick, Drean, Evans OBE, Goslin, Harrison, Haydon, Hendy, Hulme, Mrs Johnson, Kelly, Laing, Lowry, Dr Mahony, McDonald, Morris, Murphy, Neil, Nicholson, Partridge, Patel, Penberthy, Mrs Pengelly, Rennie, Riley, Salmon, Shayer, Singh, Smith, Stevens, Stoneman, Vincent, Wakeham, Ms Watkin and Wheeler.

Against (0)

Abstain/not present Councillors Mrs Beer, Deacon, Downie and Loveridge.