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Renfrewshire Council · 6 February 2025
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28/01/2025 Notice of Meeting and Agenda Regulatory Functions Board Date Time Venue Thursday, 06 February 2025 10:00 Council Chambers (Renfrewshire), Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN Membership Councillor John McNaughtan (Convener): Councillor Cathy McEwan (Depute Convener): Councillor Audrey Doig: Councillor Neill Graham: Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes: Councillor Janis McDonald: Councillor Kevin Montgomery: Councillor Sam Mullin: Councillor Emma Rodden: Councillor Andy Steel: Hybrid Meeting Please note that this meeting is scheduled to be held in the Council Chambers. However, it is a hybrid meeting and arrangements have been made for members to join the meeting remotely should they wish. Further Information This is a meeting which is open to members of the public. A copy of the agenda and reports for this meeting will be available for inspection prior to the meeting at the Customer Service Centre, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley and online at http://renfrewshire.cmis.uk.com/renfrewshire/CouncilandBoards.aspx For further information, please email democratic-services@renfrewshire.gov.uk Members of the Press and Public Members of the press and public wishing to attend the meeting should report to the customer service centre where they will be met and directed to the meeting. MARK CONAGHAN Head of Corporate Governance
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28/01/2025 Items of business Apologies Apologies from members. Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements Members are asked to declare an interest or make a transparency statement in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest or the transparency statement. 1 Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982: Review of Taxi Fares within Renfrewshire Report by Director of Finance & Resources. 7 - 18 2 Grant of Skin Piercing and Tattooing Licence - Personal Appearance Submit the undernoted application for grant of a Skin Piercing & Tattooing Licence. The applicant has been asked to appear personally for the first time together with the objector to the application:- Applicant: Stephanie Mullen Premises: Unit A, 68 Hight Street, Johnstone 3 Grant of Private Hire Car Operators' Licences - Personal Appearances Submit the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Operators’ Licences. The applicants have been asked to appear personally:- (a) Iain Macrae (b) Daniel Robert Buttar 4 Surrender and Re-issue of Taxi Operators' Licences Submit the undernoted applications for surrender and re-issue of Taxi Operators’ Licences. Applicants (a) have been asked to appear personally:- (a) Present Operator: Kenneth Cook Proposed Operator: Andrew Buchanan Licence No.: TX051 (b) Present Operator: David Clark Proposed Operator: Archie McLellan Licence No.: TX090
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28/01/2025 (c) Present Operator: Carol Purse Proposed Operator: George Doris Licence No.: TX113 Exclusion of Press and Public The Board may by resolution exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of part I of schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. (d) Present Operator: Malcolm Mearns Proposed Operator: Gary McFarlane Licence No.: TX094 5 Grant of Taxi Driver's Licence - Personal Appearance Submit the undernoted application for grant of a Taxi Driver’s Licence. The applicant has been asked to appear personally:- Ali Asanousi Musbah 6 Grant of Private Hire Car Operators' Licences Submit the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Operators’ Licences. Applicants (a), (b) and (d) have been asked to appear personally:- (a) Mohammed Gobara (b) Hussein Suliman (c) Nayef Alnayef (d) Yassin Mohamad 7 Grant of Private Hire Car Drivers' Licences Submit the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences. Applicant (b) has been asked to appear personally together with Police Scotland who has submitted an objection to application (b):- (a) Yassin Mohamad (b) Thomas Edward Smart (c) Oladipo Odutayo (d) Muhammad Sohaib (e) Pishwa Ahmadpour (f) Zabihullah Doost Mohammad 8 Hearing into Possible Suspension or Revocation of Private Hire Car Driver's Licence - Personal Appearance Consider the possible suspension or revocation of the undernoted Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence. The licence holder has been asked to appear personally together with Police Scotland:-
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28/01/2025 Licence holder: Kevin Kerr Licence No.: P0495 Adjournment The meeting will adjourn following consideration of item 8 and reconvene at 1.30 pm. 9 Renewal of Private Hire Car Drivers' Licences - Personal Appearances Submit the undernoted applications for renewal of Private Hire Car Drivers’ Licences. The applicants have been asked to appear personally together with Police Scotland who has submitted a representation to application (a) and an objection to application (b):- (a) Applicant: Aminul Islam Licence No.: P0234 (b) Applicant: Daniel Gillies Licence No.: P0722 10 Variation of Taxi Operator's Licence - Personal Appearance Submit the undernoted application for variation of a Taxi Operator’s Licence. The applicant has been asked to appear personally:- Applicant: Andrew McCallum Variation: to operate a non wheelchair accessible vehicle Licence No.: TX212c