Agenda Document Pack - General Purposes Committee - 10/06/2024
Midlothian Council · 10 June 2024
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Notice of Meeting and Agenda General Purposes Committee Venue: Council Chambers/Hybrid, Midlothian House, Dalkeith, EH22 1DN Date: Monday, 10 June 2024 Time: 10:00 Executive Director : Place Contact: Clerk Name: Democratic Services Clerk Telephone: Clerk Email: democratic.services@midlothian.gov.uk Further Information: This is a meeting which is open to members of the public. Privacy notice: Please note that this meeting may be recorded. The recording may be publicly available following the meeting. If you would like to know how Midlothian Council collects, uses and shares your personal information, please visit our website: www.midlothian.gov.uk Page 1 of 6
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1 Welcome, Introductions and Apologies 2 Order of Business Including notice of new business submitted as urgent for consideration at the end of the meeting. 3 Declaration of Interest Members should declare any financial and non-financial interests they have in the items of business for consideration, identifying the relevant agenda item and the nature of their interest. 4 Minute of Previous Meeting Minute of the General Purposes Committee Meeting of 30 April 2024 3 - 6 5 Public Reports No items for discussion 6 Private Reports Exclusion of Members of the Public (A) TO CONSIDER RESOLVING TO DEAL WITH THE UNDERNOTED BUSINESS IN PRIVATE IN TERMS OF PARAGRAPHS 6, 9 AND 11 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 7A TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1973 - THE RELEVANT REPORTS ARE THEREFORE NOT FOR PUBLICATION; AND (B) TO NOTE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY SUCH RESOLUTION, INFORMATION MAY STILL REQUIRE TO BE RELEASED UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004. 6.1 Short-Terms Let Licensing – Determination of a Licence Application Reference No. ML00110N 1 Kirkettle Cottages, Rosewell, Roslin EH25 9Q 7 Date of Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, 20 August at 10am. Page 2 of 6
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1-993 Minute of Meeting General Purposes Committee Date Time Venue Tuesday 30 April 2024 10.00 am Council Chambers/Hybrid Present: Councillor Virgo (Chair) Councillor Bowen Councillor Cassidy Councillor Curran (virtual) Councillor Drummond (virtual) Councillor Imrie Councillor McCall (virtual) Councillor McEwan Councillor McManus Councillor Milligan Councillor Parry Councillor Pottinger (virtual) Councillor Russell Councillor Scott Councillor Smaill Councillor Winchester Councillor McKenzie Councillor Alexander In attendance: Alan Turpie, Legal and Governance Manager / Monitoring Officer Derek Oliver, Chief Officer Place Alun Williams, Public Safety and Resilience Officer Gary Leadbetter, Democratic Services Officer Hannah Forbes, Democratic Services Assistant General Purposes Committee Tuesday, 30 April 2024 Item 4.1 Page 3 of 6
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1. Welcome and Apologies The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting of the General Purposes (GP) Committee. 2. Order of Business The Legal and Governance Manager advised that the applicant for the Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence had withdrawn their application prior to the meeting. They further advised that the Temporary Public Entertainment Licence would be considered first, due to the organiser and supporter for the Intimation to Hold Public Procession being unavailable until later in the meeting. 3. Declarations of interest Councillor Russell declared an interest in relation to the application for a Temporary Public Entertainment Licence, stating that as a member of the Dalkeith Festival Committee they have worked with the applicant’s brother for a few years. Councillor Curran stated that they had worked with the family of the applicant for the Temporary Public Entertainment Licence in respect of the Safety Advisory Group and queried whether they should declare an interest. The Legal and Governance Manager advised that the test is whether the connection is so strong that it would affect the councillor’s decision. Where it is not, then the councillor need only make a declaration of transparency, advising that this is at the discretion of the councillor. Given this advice Councillor Curran made a declaration of transparency in respect of the application. 4. Minute of Previous Meeting The Minute and the Private Addendum to the Minute of the Meeting of 19 March 2024 were submitted and approved as a correct record. The Legal and Governance Manager advised that the applicant for the Short- Terms Let Licencing, which was considered at the meeting of the GP on 19 March 2024 but was deferred to the next meeting of the GP, had withdrawn their application. As such, this application no longer required to be considered. 5. Public Reports No items for discussion. 6. Private Reports Exclusion of Members of the Public In view of the nature of the business to be transacted, the Committee agreed that the public be excluded from the meeting during discussion of the undernoted item, as contained in the Addendum hereto, as there might be disclosed exempt information as defined in paragraphs 3, 6 and 14 of Part I of Schedule 7A to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973:- Page 4 of 6
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6.1 Applications for Consideration Summary Report – 30 April 2024 • Grant of Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence • Intimation to Hold Public Procession • Temporary Public Entertainment Licence – Euro Football Tournament Fan Zone – King’s Park Dalkeith 7. Date of Next Meeting The date of the next meeting is Monday, 10 June 2024 at 10:00 am. The meeting terminated at 11:21am. Page 5 of 6
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