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General Purposes Committee - Thursday 17 July 2014 6.00 pm

Venue: Conference Hall - Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, HA9 0FJ. View directions

Contact: Anne Reid, Principal Democratic Services Officer 020 8937 1359, Email: anne.reid@brent.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	Declarations of personal and prejudicial interests Members are invited to declare at this stage of the meeting, any relevant financial or other interest in the items on this agenda. Minutes: None declared.
2.	Election of Vice Chair Nominations are sought for Vice Chair of the General Purposes Committee. Members are invited to nominate at this meeting. Minutes: RESOLVED: that Councillor Moher be elected Vice Chair for the municipal year.
3.	Deputations Minutes: None.
4.	Minutes of the previous meeting held on 3 April 2014 PDF 64 KB The minutes are attached. Minutes: RESOLVED:- that the minutes of the previous meeting held on 3 April 2014 be approved as an accurate record of the meeting subject to Clause 9 (ii) delete ‘Leader’ and substitute therefor ‘Chief Executive’.
5.	Matters arising Minutes: None.
6.	Political balance PDF 63 KB At its meeting on 4 June 2013 the Council reviewed the representation of political groups on its main committees. As soon as practicable after such a review, those committees are required to conduct a review of the representation of political groups on any sub-committees they may have. This report sets out the rules to be applied during the course of the review. Minutes: RESOLVED: (i) that the size of sub-committees be noted; (ii) that the allocation of seats on sub-committees be as set out in Para 3.5 of the report from the Director of Legal and Procurement; (iii) that chairs, vice chairs and members be appointed as follows: BRENT PENSION FUND SUB-COMMITTEE (6/1/0) CHOUDHARY CRANE (C) HYLTON W MITCHELL MURRAY SHAHZAD THOMAS Labour substitutes: CONNEELY, DALY, DIXON, DUFFY, ENIOLA, EZEAJUGHI, FARAH, FILSON, HARRISON, HECTOR, HODA-BENN, HOSSAIN Conservative vacancy NON-VOTING CO-OPTEES: Ashok Patel George Fraser SENIOR STAFF APPOINTMENTS SUB-COMMITTEE (4/1/0) BUTT (C) HIRANI MASHARI PAVEY Labour substitutes: DENSELOW, McLENNAN, MOHER, PERRIN Conservative vacancy STAFF APPEALS SUB-COMMITTEE (4/1/0) CONNEELY MARQUIS MILLER NERVA Labour substitutes: ALLIE, BRADLEY, CHOHAN, S CHOUDHARY, A CHOUDRY, COLACICCO, COLLIER, CRANE Brondesbury Park Conservative vacancy EMPLOYEES’ JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (7/1/0) EZEAJUGHI KABIR MILLER W MITCHELL MURRAY PAVEY (C) KRUPA SHETH STOPP Labour substitutes: ADEN, AGHA, AHMED, HYLTON, J MITCHELL MURRAY, NERVA, OLADAPO, M PATEL R PATEL, SHAHZAD, SOUTHWOOD, TATLER, THOMAS, VAN KALWALA TEACHERS’ JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (7/1/0) ADEN BRADLEY FILSON HODA-BENN KELCHER NERVA (C) TATLER Labour substitutes: ALLIE, FARAH, HARRISON, HECTOR, HOSSAIN. HYLTON, JONES, KABIR, KHAN, LONG, McLEISH, MAHMOOD, MARQUIS, MILLER Vacancy
7.	Appointments to Sub-Committees/Consultative Committees/Outside Bodies Minutes: It was noted that appointments were considered under the Political Balance report agreed earlier in the meeting.
8.	Any other urgent business Notice of items to be raised under this heading must be given in writing to the Democratic Services Manager or his representative before the meeting in accordance with Standing Order 64. Minutes: None.
9.	Application by Tiberiu Andrei Michalcea for a scrap metal collectors licence pursuant to the provisions of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 View the reasons why item 9. is restricted The application is for a scrap metal collectors licence to collect scrap metal house to house in Brent. Additional documents: Restricted enclosure 6 View the reasons why document 9./2 is restricted Minutes: The committee met to consider an application for a scrap metal collections licence to collect scrap metal house to house. Yogini Patel (Regulatory Service Manager) outlined the role of the committee and the powers under the legislation and the reasons the application had come before members. Horatio Chance (Legal) advised that as the applicant was not legally represented efforts should be made to ensure fair process and to afford the applicant every opportunity to respond. The police representative PC Sam Lewis-Evans summarised contact with the applicant and his associates. The applicant was in attendance together with his father and sister to act as interpreter. The reasons behind the applicant’s application were outlined in particular the preference for the borough, that was no longer in contact with his previous associate and how he intended to run the business. After hearing representations parties to the appeal left the meeting. Following deliberations the parties were invited into the meeting to hear the outcome. RESOLVED: that the application for a scrap metal collection licence for Tiberiu Andrei Michalcea be refused.