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Minutes:
The Committee received a report from the Licensing &
Enforcement Manager.
The report referred to the City Councils responsibility for
processing and issuing licences for a wide range of activities, setting out the
fees and charges for licences and associated items, which it is proposed should
be made with effect from 1st April 2015. The approved charges would
be submitted to full Council to note on 26th February 2015.
Mr Wratten advised the Committee
that Cambridge
City Licensed Taxis were in agreement with the fees
In response to member’s questions the Licensing &
Enforcement Manager confirmed the following:
i.
The increase
in charges for Skin Piercing – Practitioners, reflected the
fact that Officers spent more time undertaking diligent checks.
ii.
The Disclosure and
Barring Service check was a set price.
iii.
The fees were linked on
how much time an inspection and administration process took.
iv.
Profits of the businesses
were not a consideration when setting fees.
The Committee:
Resolved (unanimously) to:
Approved
the level of fees and charges with effect from the 1st April 2015,
as set out in Appendix A of the Officer’s report, and to request officers to
communicate the charges to the trade and public.