Agenda

The Chair will read out the following statement:

“This meeting is being webcast live to our website (https://harlow.public-i.tv/core/portal/home) and will be available for repeated viewing after the meeting has ended.

By continuing to attend this meeting, you are consenting to being filmed and to appearing in the webcast.

I would like to remind all those participating in the meeting to use their microphones when they speak, and to turn them off once they have finished talking.”

Councillors’ declarations of interest (if any) in relation to any items on the agenda.

To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 27 February 2025.

Proposed by Councillor James Griggs and seconded by Councillor Jodi Dunne:

“This council recognises the value of accurately and appropriately recording its publicly accessible meetings.

Administrative support and minute taking provides an essential service. It is recognised that the approved minutes of a meeting are its legal record, but minutes cannot be expected to accurately record every detail of a meeting in the same way that modern recording technology can. 

This Council already makes audiovisual recordings of its main, publicly accessible meetings which it webcasts and makes available on its website for future reference. This Council now commits to making audiovisual recordings of all of its publicly accessible meetings, where reasonably practicable, although it acknowledges that it will not be possible to webcast all of the publicly accessible meetings that it records. 

Recognising that there are matters of operational logistics to resolve in order to move to a position of recording as many of its publicly accessible meetings as is reasonably practicable, this Council asks the Managing Director to take the necessary steps to implement a policy of recording as many of the Council’s publicly accessible meetings as is reasonably practicable, and that he does so in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Leader of the Opposition.”

Licensing Committee recommended to Full Council that:

 i)          The proposals in paragraphs 22-31 of the report for driver training standards and procedures be adopted, subject to the following amendments:

·           Licensed drivers would be required to attend refresher training every two years, instead of every three years;

·           The provision to allow drivers to submit proof of completing an equal or higher-level course provided by another licensing authority in lieu of a course offered by Harlow Council be removed.

ii)          The driver training for licensees and applicants is outsourced to qualified training providers as proposed in paragraphs 32-36 of the report, subject to The Chair of the Licensing Committee, and the relevant Assistant Director, approving the specification of any training prior to award of contract.

To note the following Cabinet and Committee minutes:

Such other business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be received as a matter of urgency by reason of special circumstances to be specified in the minutes.