Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 23^rd October 2024.

To disclose any pecuniary, other registrable or non-registrable interests

as set out in the adopted Code of Conduct. In making their disclosure

councillors are asked to state the agenda item, the nature of the

interest and any action they propose to take as part of their declaration.

If required, further advice should be sought from the Monitoring Officer

in advance of the meeting.

Representatives of town or parish councils and members of the public

who live, work, or represent an organisation within the Dorset Council

area are welcome to submit either 1 question or 1 statement for each

meeting.  You are welcome to attend the meeting in person or via MS

Teams to read out your question and to receive the response.   If you

submit a statement for the committee this will be circulated to all

members of the committee in advance of the meeting as a supplement

to the agenda and appended to the minutes for the formal record but

will not be read out at the meeting.

The first 8 questions and the first 8 statements received from members

of the public or organisations for each meeting will be accepted on a

first come first served basis in accordance with the deadline set out

below.

 Further information read Public Participation - Dorset Council

All submissions must be emailed in full

to John.Miles@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk by 8.30am on 11th December 2024.

When submitting your question or statement please note that: 

• You can submit 1 question or 1 statement.

• a question may include a short pre-amble to set the context.

• It must be a single question and any sub-divided questions will

not be permitted.

• Each question will consist of no more than 450 words, and you

will be given up to 3 minutes to present your question.

• when submitting a question please indicate who the question is

for (e.g., the name of the committee or Portfolio Holder) 

• Include your name, address, and contact details.  Only your name

will be published but we may need your other details to contact

you about your question or statement in advance of the meeting. 

• questions and statements received in line with the council’s rules

for public participation will be published as a supplement to the

agenda. 

• all questions, statements and responses will be published in full

within the minutes of the meeting.

To finalise the process to consider increasing the maximum level of fares that can be charged by Hackney Carriage Proprietors in the Dorset area, excluding the Weymouth and Portland, zone.

To consider any items of business which the Chair has had prior

notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b)

of the Local Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be

recorded in the minutes

To move the exclusion of the press and the public for the following item in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of paragraph 3 of schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended). The public and the press will be asked to leave the meeting whilst the item of business is considered.

No exempt business scheduled for this meeting.