Part A
1
Welcome and Announcements
The Chairman will welcome members of the public and Councillors and remind everyone to use microphones at all times when they are speaking. The Chairman will also explain action in the event of an emergency, mobile phones switched to silent, audio-recording of the meeting. Councillors who are members of the committee will introduce themselves.
2
Substitutions
Councillors will be asked to say if they are attending on behalf of a Committee member who is absent.
3
Urgent Items
The Chairman will announce if there is any item not on the published agenda which will be considered because it is urgent and will explain the reason for the urgency.
4
Declarations of Interest
Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the agenda about which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the item or participating in any vote upon the item, or any other registerable interest or non-registerable interest.
5
Minutes of Previous Meeting
The Councillors will be invited to confirm that the minutes of the meeting held on 8 November 2023, and the Driver Appeal Hearing held on 29 June 2023 contained in Part B of the agenda are a correct record.
6
Have Your Say! (Hybrid Council meetings)
Members of the public may make representations to the
meeting. This can be made either in
person at the meeting or by joining the meeting remotely and addressing the Committee
via Zoom. Each representation may be no longer than three minutes. Members of the public wishing to address the
Committee remotely must register their wish to address the meeting by e-mailing
democratic.services@colchester.gov.uk by 12.00 noon on the working day before
the meeting date. In addition, a written
copy of the representation will need to be supplied for use in the event of
unforeseen technical difficulties preventing participation at the meeting
itself.
There is no requirement to pre-register for those attending
the meeting in person.
The Committee will consider a report requesting that it consider
approving, for consultation purposes, the removal of the age restriction on
licensed vehicles and that the vehicle testing programme be used to determine
the continuing road worthiness of licensed vehicles.
The Committee will consider a report setting out its work programme for the current municipal year.
9
Exclusion of the Public (not Scrutiny or Executive)
In accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public, including the press, from the meeting so that any items containing exempt information (for example confidential personal, financial or legal advice), in Part B of this agenda (printed on yellow paper) can be decided. (Exempt information is defined in Section 100I and Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972).