Committee
General Purposes and Licensing Committee
Purpose of committee
Please note that meetings are currently being held as virtual meetings which can be viewed online. Details of how to observe the meeting will be published on each agenda front-sheet.
The General Purposes and Licensing Committee is responsible for the following non-executive functions of the Council:
· electoral issues;
· making byelaws;
· administration of the Local Government Pension Scheme;
· staffing matters;
· probity strategy;
· audit;
· open government;
· fraud prevention;
· complaint procedures;
· Member appointments;
· health and safety;
· licensing of births, deaths and marriages; and
· licensing matters.
Some decisions on these matters are delegated to appropriate officers.
In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, questions from the public that are not specific to reports on the agenda must have been received in writing by 5pm, 10 working days before the date of the meeting. The deadlines are expected to be:
Special Meeting on 25th February 2021: 19th February 2021
Meeting on 23rd March 2021: 9th March 2021
Questions specifically on reports on the agenda should be received within two working days of the normal publication date of the agenda. The deadline is given on each agenda.
At special meetings, only questions relating to reports on the agenda are taken.
Membership
- Councillor Gareth Allatt
- Councillor Vanessa Allen
- Councillor Mary Cooke
- Councillor Robert Evans
- Councillor Kira Gabbert
- Councillor Josh King
- Councillor Christopher Marlow
- Councillor Russell Mellor
- Councillor Tony Owen
- Councillor Neil Reddin FCCA
- Councillor Melanie Stevens
- Councillor Harry Stranger
- Councillor Pauline Tunnicliffe (Chairman)
- Councillor Michael Turner
- Councillor Stephen Wells (Vice-Chairman)
Contact information
Support officer: Graham Walton. 0208 461 7743
Postal address:
W88, West Wing
Bromley Civic Centre
Stockwell Close
Bromley, Kent
BR1 3UH
Phone: 0208 461 7743
Fax: 020 8290 0608
Email: graham.walton@bromley.gov.uk