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APOLOGIES To receive
any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies was
received from Councillors John Brynmor Hughes and Peter Read Councillor W. Roy
Owen was welcomed as a new member of Central Licensing Committee. |
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DECLARATION OF PERSONAL INTEREST To receive
any declaration of personal interest. Minutes: No declarations of personal
interest were received from any
members present. |
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URGENT ITEMS To note any
items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chairman for
consideration. Minutes: None to note |
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The Chairman shall propose that the minutes of the meeting of this Committee, held on 3rd of June 2019 be signed as a true record. Minutes: The Chair
signed the minutes of a meeting of this Committee, that took place on
3 June 2019, as a true record. |
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GENERAL LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE MINUTES PDF 83 KB To submit, for information, minutes of the General Licensing Sub-committee meeting held on the following dates – a) 03.06.19 b) 20.06.19 Additional documents: Minutes: Submitted - for information, the
minutes of a meeting of the General Licensing Sub-committee that took place on
03.06.19 and 20.06.19 |
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MAXIMUM HACKNEY CARRIAGE TAXI FEES PDF 46 KB To consider the
report of the Head of Environment Additional documents:
Minutes: Submitted – a report
by the Head of the Environment
Department asking the Committee to approve the proposal from the taxi industry to review the maximum fee that may
be charged for journeys in a hackney
carriage in the County. It was highlighted that it was a requirement
that any application to change the maximum fee should be submitted by the
industry, and it was confirmed that a recent application to review fees had
been submitted by Mr J Pritchard, owner of a local taxi company. It was added that no
application to review the maximum fee had been received since 2011, and it was
stressed that the maximum fee was not applicable to journeys in private hire
vehicles. Reference was made
to a table in the report that compared
matching fares for a two mile
journey. It
was noted that the proposed increase had been calculated by adding inflation at an average of 2.6% per annum, to the journey fare per mile specified
in 2011. It
was suggested within the industry that it was journey fares that
drove competition and it was stated that it was unlikely that every company
would raise their fares. At
a meeting of the General Licensing Committee on the 11th of April 2019, it was
determined to accept the proposal to increase the maximum fare that could be charged for a journey in a hackney vehicle in
accordance with the recommendation; subject to statutory public consultation.
It was reported that a public consultation had taken
place and four responses had been received from individuals within the taxi
industry, and from one member of the public. It was added that the proposed
maximum fare did not come into force following the consultation due to the fact that responses had been received to the
consultation. Reference was made to the responses that
had been included in the report for the Committee to consider prior to coming
to a final decision on the maximum fare. Members expressed
their thanks for the report and the proposal to set the maximum fare was welcomed. One
member noted that he agreed with the proposal to setting the first mile at
£3.60 and then 30p for each part of the following 10 miles as otherwise it would be complex to set the taxi meter. In response to one of the responses
regarding that the fee for soiling a taxi was too low (£45) and consideration
should be given to increasing it to at least £70, it was argued that it was
possible to pay £40 for cleaning a car locally, therefore an increase to £70
was considered excessive. The Licensing
Manager stated that if the Committee approved the proposal to charge the
maximum, then the cleaning fee would remain at £45. In response to a comment that companies in rural areas as well as urban/city areas should be treated fairly, it was accepted that it was difficult to get access to services in ... view the full minutes text for item 6. |