General Purposes Board

Wednesday 12 December 2007 at 3 pm

Present:  Councillors Brooks, Dorrian, Grieve, MacLeod, McCallum, McIlwee, McKenzie and Rebecchi.

Chair:  Councillor McKenzie presided.

In attendance:  Mr H McNeilly (for Head of Legal and Administration).

Apologies:  Councillor Ahlfeld.

The following paragraphs are submitted for information only, having been dealt with under the powers delegated to the Board.

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Application for Taxi Licence: Sandy Miller and Ann Barr

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There was submitted a report by the Head of Legal and Administration advising that Mr Miller and Ms Barr had omitted to make timeous application for their licence to be renewed before it expired but it had been dealt with using the procedure for the exercise of powers delegated to the Chief Executive for use between Committees and it had been agreed to authorise the grant of a Taxi Licence to Mr Miller and Ms Barr.

Noted

812

Provision of Wheelchair Accessible Taxis within Inverclyde

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There was submitted a report by the Head of Legal and Administration on the provision of wheelchair accessible taxis within Inverclyde advising of the results of the consultation process which had been carried out at the Board’s request.  At the previous meeting on 14 November 2007 the Board had decided to continue the matter to allow for further representations to be received.

Decided:  that this item be continued to a special meeting of the General Purposes Board to be held in January 2008 and that it be remitted to Mr McNeilly to arrange this.

It was agreed in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended that the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

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Application for Licence for House in Multiple Occupation: Mark Taylor

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34 Robertson Street, Greenock

There was submitted a report by the Head of Legal and Administration on an application for the grant of a Licence to operate a house in multiple occupation (HMO) following receipt of an objection by Mr Mark Grieve and Ms Julie Gilmour of 34 Robertson Street, Greenock.  The Board heard Mr Taylor in support of the application and Mr Gilmour on behalf of Mr Grieve and Ms Gilmour in support of the objection.

Decided: that the application be granted subject to a satisfactory inspection of the premises by the Head of Safer Communities and the Fire Authority.