The Committee will appoint a Chair and Vice-Chair for this particular meeting.

Agreed that Councillor Rennie is appointed as Chair and Councillor Singh is appointed as Vice Chair for this meeting.

Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this agenda.

There were no declarations of interests made by Councillors in accordance with the code of conduct.

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

There were no items of Chair’s urgent business.

To consider passing a resolution under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it (they) involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Agreed to consider passing a resolution under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act, 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Director for Place will submit a report on Street Trading Ice Cream Concessions for 2013-14.

The Committee having –

(a)        Considered the report from the Director of Place;

(b)        Heard from a representative of the City Centre team;

(c)        Heard from the applicants.

Agreed that –

1.         RM to be offered site B and site G;

2.         KS to be offered site E;

3.         EW to be offered site F;

4.         KG to be offered site I;

5.         DE to be offered site H and site C;

6.         Should any sites remain vacant or not be accepted by the current applicants, new applications will be sought in order to maintain the amenity and income stream. In this eventuality the decision on granting any ice cream trading consents for these sites will be delegated to the Chair of the Licensing Committee in consultation with the lead licensing member for the opposition.