Agendas, reports and minutes

2.00 pm – Committee Room 2, Council HQ, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness

1. Welcome

2. Apologies for absence

3. Minutes of Meeting held on 4th March 2014 are circulated for approval

4. Annual Joint Meeting with Licensing Board – Forum members are asked to note that the meeting has been rescheduled to take place on 7 October 2014 at 2 pm or immediately following the Board meeting scheduled for that day

5. Licensing Standards Officer’s Report 

6. Age Verification Policy Integrity Testing

7. Occasional Licences and Voluntary Organisations – training for voluntary organisations, conditions to be imposed by Board.

8. Domestic Violence Unit - measures which may be taken to reduce levels of domestic violence

9. Update on Policing issues – at the last meeting it was agreed that where possible PS Campbell would continue to give updates at Forum meetings on policing issues insofar as they impact on licensing.

10. Report by Convener on board meetings (Webcasts of recent meetings available to view on http://www.highland.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcasts )

11. Forum Membership - Current list of delegates is circulated for information.  At the last meeting of the Forum it was noted that no new applications to join the Forum had been received in recent months and that while having a youth representative on the Forum was useful new ways to engage with youth could be explored. 

12. Any urgent business not on the agenda

13. Note date of next meeting – 2nd September at 2 pm in Council HQ

Notes – 

1. Any Forum member unable to attend the meeting should submit apologies to the Clerk by email as soon as possible.  

2. Video conference and telephone conference facilities are available.  Any member wishing to attend the meeting using the conference facilities should notify the Clerk in advance of the meeting by emailing Fiona.sinclair@highland.gov.uk.