Urgent Business (The Mayor considered the following matters to be urgent business since a decision needed to be made before the next Full Council meeting)

Chair of Licensing Committee:   Members were requested to nominate a Chair for Licensing Committee since Cllr Mrs Cohen had stood down from this role.

Cllr Barrett was nominated as Chair and since he had previously been Vice-chair, Cllr Newberry was nominated as the new Vice-Chair.

A vote was taken on a show of hands and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that Cllr Barrett be appointed Chair of Licensing Committee and Cllr Newberry be appointed Vice-chair of Licensing Committee with immediate effect.

Assets of Community Value:   Members were reminded that the Localism Act 2011 introduced powers available to the community allowing them to nominate assets of community value to be listed by the Local Authority.  The Local Authority had eight weeks in which to determine such applications.  Listing such an asset potentially imposed a six month moratorium at the time of its disposal allowing the community the opportunity to raise funds to purchase the asset. Currently Council delegation to determine such nominations was given to the Head of Borough Health, Safety & Localism in consultation with the Chair of Strategy and Policy Board and ward Members.  As this Board no longer existed it was appropriate to reassign the consultees.

Cllr Chilvers MOVED and Cllr Mrs Squirrell SECONDED  and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that:

1.  The Community Committee be granted delegated authority to determine applications/nominations for designation of assets of community value.

2. Should the timing of Committee meetings not permit that,  the Head of Borough, Health Safety and Localism be granted delegated authority to determine applications/nominations for designation of assets of community value provided that such delegated authority be only exercisable after consultation with the Leader of the Council and any ward Members.

Royal Anglian Regiment Freedom March:  A report had been circulated relating to the Mayor’s wish to invite the Royal Anglian Regiment to undertake a Freedom March in 2015 when they returned from their tour of duty in Afghanistan. 

Cllr Mrs Davies MOVED and Cllr Keeble SECONDED the recommendations in the report and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that Members support the Mayor’s invitation to the 1^st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment to exercise their Freedom of the Borough in 2015 (date tbc.)

            Termination of Meeting

During the preceding item, in accordance with Rule 28 of Part 4.1 – Council Procedure Rules, the business of the meeting not having concluded by two hours after its start, Members voted and agreed to continue with the meeting for a further 30 minutes.

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