Agendas 2012

Agenda of December Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council to be held on Monday 3rd December 2012 at 11am


Sligo County Council
Corporate Services
Sligo County Council
County Hall
Riverside
Sligo

Phone: (071) 9111111

27th November, 2012

 

TO:     THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL

An Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council will be held:

ON:     Monday, 3rd December, 2012

AT:     11.00 am

IN:      The Council Chamber, County Hall, Riverside, Sligo

 

You are requested to attend.

 

F. Mac Nabb
Meetings Administrator

 

CLÁR

  1. To confirm the Minutes of the Ordinary November Meeting held on 5th November, 2012.(copy attached)
  2. To confirm the Minutes of the Sligo County Council Corporate Policy Group Meeting held on 1st October, 2012. (copy attached)
  3. To confirm the Minutes of the Dromore West Electoral Area Meeting held on 5th June, 2012.(copy attached)
  4. To confirm the Minutes of the Sligo/Drumcliffe Electoral Area Meeting held on 10th September, 2012. (copy attached)
  5. To confirm the Minutes of the Ballymote Electoral Area meeting held on 19th July, 2012.(copy attached)
  6. To approve the Draft Multi Annual Restoration Programme 2013-2016. (previously circulated)
  7. To approve, pursuant to Section 183 of the Local Government Act, 2001, the disposal of a dwelling at Ballygawley, Co. Sligo to Mr. Anthony McKeon. (previously circulated)
  8. To consider the Statutory Audit Report on the accounts of Sligo County Council for the year ended 31st December, 2011. (copy attached)

 

DEFERRED MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. Mullaney and Councillor P. McGrath
    “To call on the Director of Services for Housing, Ms Dorothy Clarke to allow lands in Collooney, beside the GAA pitch, for use by the Collooney Allotment Group.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. McGrath
    “To call on Sligo County Council to extend the sewerage system at Knockbeg, Collooney and to provide an estimate costing.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    "Some time ago NAMA established a new company – Nama Asset Residential Property Services Ltd – to identify and acquire from debtors, properties suitable for social housing. This Council now asks the County Manager to provide a report of the engagement between Sligo County Council and Nama Asset Residential Property Services Ltd in relation to securing such housing units in County Sligo to provide homes for those on Sligo County Councils housing list.  Such report should indicate the number of housing units, if any, identified as suitable for social housing in County Sligo; when it is likely that such units would be allocated to those in need of housing and full details of correspondence relating to this matter."
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted byCouncillor M. Clarke
    “To call on Sligo County Council to invite members of the National Executive of St Vincent de Paul to address the council on the effect the government’s austerity programs and the recession, is having on the people of Sligo.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
     “That this Council notes the intention of the government to seize and turn over to its newly established centralised utility, Irish Water, ownership or control of Sligo's entire sanitary services operations, including all lakes and other sources from which the county's raw water is drawn, the county's water treatment plants, it’s public water distribution network, water towers, and metering stations, as well as all sewerage processing plants, associated sewerage pipe infrastructure and other works, the said operations, the property of the people, and a core provision of the council's functions, having a value in the order of hundreds of millions of euros, and crucial to the county's social and economic wellbeing and development, believes that the removal of the ownership or control of the services from the people and the council as planned or envisioned by the government, would have ruinous consequences for the county, result in relatively poor local service, strip the council of vital income and purpose, make for uncontrollable increases in charges, a situation as already evidenced in the kind and scale of increases which the Energy Regulator, who is to have ultimate responsibility for water and sewerage service charges, has allowed in respect of electricity and gas supplies, and the prospect of privatisation. We elected members of the Council, therefore, now make known our concerns at the government's proposed plan or aims in regard to the future of the sanitary services, will immediately seek the opinion of senior counsel as to our powers as representatives of the people in the matter, and, further, will solicit the views of sectors set to be affected by the government’s proposed action, these being farming, industry, service and commercial interests, health, schools, community centers and, not least households.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To call on Sligo County Council to call on the Minister for the Environment to give the same status to households who live on Class 3 roads as the households who live in unfinished estates and exclude them from the household charge and the property charge.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “To ask the Director of Services for the up-to-date position on the upgrading of the Water Treatment Plant at Lough Talt and to indicate when work will commence on this long awaited project.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “In light of the impact on the local economy of further financial costs to students and families, Sligo County Council calls on the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn not to increase the Student Contribution Charge at a time when many families are struggling to pay the current fee of €2,250 per year. This Council further calls on Minister Quinn to protect the student maintenance grant at a time when many families rely on this financial assistance to put their family members through college.”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan
    “To call on the Director of Services to ensure that housing staff are more accessible to elected members.” 
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. McGarry
    “In response to recent reports which have confirmed that Sligo General Hospital is operating with a budgetary deficit. I call on Sligo County Council to ask the Minister if the allocated budget is realistic given the operational costs of the hospital and to review this budget in light of these findings.”
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. McGarry
    “To call on Minister Reilly to provide ‘Breast Check’ with the resources necessary to enable them to provide a follow up mammography service until the necessary staff are recruited at Sligo General Hospital to provide same.”
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. McGarry
    “In light of the recent report by the Legal Rights Group FLAC regarding the lengthy delays in the processing of Social Welfare Appeals, this Council calls on the Minister to make arrangements for the provision of a more expedient service.”
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    “That Sligo County Council calls on the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D. to fast track the delay in processing Social Welfare appeals.”
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
     “As Parts 1 & 2 of the Regeneration Programme of Connolly Park is complete consisting of 20 houses, that this Council calls on the Department of the Environment to allocate funding to have the estate completed.”
  15. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Collery
    “I, Councillor Thomas Collery would like to ask Sligo County Council to provide funding for 50 meters of footpath at Church View, Collooney, Co. Sligo.”
  16. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Collery
     “I, Councillor Thomas Collery would like to ask Sligo County Council to contact Eircom to come up with a satisfactory price for the removal of poles outside of peoples’ houses.”
  17. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That this Council calls for the release of Marian Price on health and humanitarian grounds and requests an explanation for the incarceration of Marian Price from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Justice in Northern Ireland and First and Deputy First Ministers in Northern Ireland.”
  18. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “Noting that the elected members of the County Council at the Council meeting held on the 16th of January 2012 decided that the Council be provided with a comprehensive report on funding, grant aid and assets donated by the County Council to the Model Niland Gallery since January 2007, including details of when the funding was approved and the source of the funding; and concerned that the County Manager has not provided the information to date; this Council calls on the County Manager to provide the information without further delay.”
  19. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “That this Council calls on the Minister for Transport to increase funding for county roads in 2013 and that he make available a special allocation for Class 3 roads.”
  20. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey
    “To ask Sligo County Council to fit a water grate along Road 4 at Carrownacleigha Coolaney.”
  21. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey
    “To ask Sligo County Council to examine Road 6 at Cultibar, Coolaney with the possibility of removing the old stone wall and hedging and erecting a new fence to improve visibility for motorists using this road.”

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. McGarry
    “To ask the Department of the Marine for an update as to the status of the Marina, which was proposed for Rosses Point in 2004.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillors M. Barrett, J. Queenan and D. Mulvey
    “That this Council request the Department of Transport to reinstate funding for Class 2 and Class 3 roads due to the ongoing deterioration of these roads.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “To ask the Director of Services for Infrastructure for the up-to-date report on the N17 Collooney-Charlestown scheme.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted byCouncillor M. Gormley
    “To ask the Director of Services what is the position on the upgrade of the sewerage treatment plant at Tubbercurry and what action can this Council take to stop the raw sewer coming up on the back road.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted byCouncillor M. Clarke
    “To call on Sligo County Council to condemn this government’s treatment of the students of Sligo with regard to the processing of their grants.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To call on the Council to substantially reduce the commercial rate to help stop struggling businesses closing down.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To call on Sligo County Council to explore the potential of developing its own energy supply to power the 6000 street lights, by wind or wave power with or without a commercial partner.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That this Council extends its deepest sympathy to the husband and extended family of the late Savita Halappanavar; and further this Council supports the call for a public sworn inquiry into Ms Halappandavar's tragic death; and in addition this Council calls on the government and the Oireachtas to introduce, without further delay, the necessary legislation to give effect to the 1992 ‘X’ case judgment of the Supreme Court, in accordance with Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution.”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That the Council be advised of (a) the annual repayments on the €15million loan which was approved by the Council on the 5th of July 2010; (b) the term of the loan (c) the interest rate on the loan: (d) the name of the agency providing the loan; and further the Council be advised of (e) the annual repayments on the €7.5 million loan which was approved by the Council on the 5th November 2012; (f) the term of the loan; (g) the interest rate on the loan: and (h) the name of the agency providing the loan.”
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “Noting that at the Council meeting of the 3rd September 2012 the elected members of the Council directed that the  County Manager provide the Council with a report (a) indicating the properties purchased; (b) the cost of each property; (c) the plans prepared; and (d) the cost of said plans; by the County Council which was proposed to be funded by the Gateway Innovation Fund; and concerned that the County Manager has not provided the information to date; this Council calls on the County Manager to provide the information without further delay.”
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “That Sligo County Council notes that a grant to the sum of €4.2 million was allocated in February of this year (2012) by the Department of the Environment to Sligo County Council to carry out works including those in O’Connell St, Sligo as part of the Sligo City Water Mains Rehabilitation scheme; notes also that the County Manager wrote to the Department of the Environment in March outlining the Councils difficulties in funding its 10% contribution towards the scheme;

    And further, noting the response of the Minister for the Environment Deputy Phil Hogan in the Dáil in October that there is no scope for his Department to provide 100% funding for this scheme;

    This Council now asks the County Manager to provide a report to this Council on the status of this grant offer, if Sligo County Council will have to decline this grant, if this funding will now have to be returned to the Department and what are the Manager’s proposals for having these important and necessary improvements to Sligo's water mains carried out.”
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “To ask the County Manager what steps are been taken to ensure that Sligo County Council is able to provide matching funding to enable this Council to draw down the grant of €290,000 recently announced by Junior Minister Brian Hayes to carry out costal protection works at Strandhill.”
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming
    “To welcome the significant investment this year on the Atlantic Corridor by the NRA;  I propose that this council requests the Minister for Transport to provide the funds necessary to continue major improvement works on National Primary Route  N17 in 2013.”
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming
    “Over many years LIS schemes have been a major benefit to rural dwellers. I wish to propose that this Council request the Minister for Transport to allocate funding in 2013 to improve Non County Roads servicing 2 or more dwellings.”
  15. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming
    “In anticipation of severe weather conditions as forecast, can I request confirmation of emergency phone numbers to be publicised for benefit of the general public.”
  16. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor V. Cawley
    “As, many festivals and events are funded either partially or fully by Sligo County Council and in light of the fact that some of these events collide on the same dates, that a calendar of events be compiled at the beginning of the year and those organisers that don’t co-ordinate and contribute to the events calendar will not receive funding in the future.”  
  17. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan
    “To ask the Director of Services what data base did officials use when sending out letters to people in the county regarding the Household Charge.”   
  18. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan
    “To call on the Minister for Justice to put more resources in place to protect people and their properties from the ongoing robberies that are taking place in our county.”
  19. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    “I will ask Sligo County Council to take on board the concerns of the residents of Cloonacool village in relation to road safety in the village and the danger caused by excessive traffic speed through Cloonacool.”
  20. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    “That this Council calls on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to re-open the CLAR Programme in 2013, to assist rural communities throughout Co. Sligo.”
  21. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    “Because of the huge increase in burglaries and criminal behaviour over recent months in Co. Sligo, I will ask that this Council invite the security company ‘Safetown.ie’ to make a presentation at our January meeting on the latest CCTV technology.”
  22. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey
    “To ask Sligo County Council what consultation has taken place with the NRA for emergency funding to improve safety at Thornhill Bridge outside Ballinacarrow on the N17. In light of the recent tragedy and other serious accidents at this location, have Sligo County Council engineering staff a plan agreed with the NRA to make safe this dangerous location .”
  23. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey
    “To ask Sligo County Council to address the concerns of Ballisodare residents on the road safety issues at Corhownagh Church, Ballisodare on the N59.” 
  24. Votes of Sympathy
  25. Votes of Congratulations
  26. Conferences
  27. Correspondence
    1. Letter dated 17th September, 2012 from Senator Imelda Henry re N4 from Castlebaldwin to Collooney. (previously circulated)
    2. Letter dated 17th September, 2012 from Senator Imelda Henry re funding for coastal erosion in Strandhill. (previously circulated)
    3. Letter dated 1st October, 2012 from Monaghan Town Council regarding resolutions passed at their September meeting. (previously circulated)
    4. Letter dated 9th October, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Justice and Equality re prostitution and trafficking in Ireland. (previously circulated)
    5. Letter dated 11th October, 2012 from the Office of the Taoiseach acknowledging receipt of correspondence. (previously circulated)
    6. Letter dated 12th October, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Justice and Equality acknowledging receipt of correspondence. (previously circulated)
    7. Letter dated 12th October, 2012 from Iarnród Éireann re the train service timetable on the Dublin Sligo line. (previously circulated)
    8. Letter dated 15th October, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources acknowledging receipt of correspondence. (previously circulated)
    9. Letter dated 15th October, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Health acknowledging receipt of correspondence. (previously circulated)
    10. Email dated 15th October, 2012 from the Area Manager of HSE, Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan re services at Mulholland House, Tubbercurry. (previously circulated)
    11. Letter dated 15th October, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government acknowledging receipt of correspondence re Community Alert Committees. (previously circulated)
    12. Letter dated 15th October, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills acknowledging receipt of correspondence re St. Angela’s. (previously circulated)
    13. Letter dated 16th October, 2012 from Connacht Gold re review of their stores operation. (previously circulated)
    14. Email dated 17th October, 2012 from Leitrim County Council regarding resolution passed at their October meeting. (previously circulated)
    15. Letter dated 17th October, 2012 from Offaly County Council re resolution passed at a recent meeting. (previously circulated)
    16. Letter dated 18th October, 2012 from the NRA re the N4 between Castlebaldwin and Collooney. (previously circulated)
    17. Letter dated 22nd October, 2012 from Senator Mac MacSharry re the N4 between Castlebaldwin and Collooney. (previously circulated)
    18. Letter dated 23rd October, 2012 from the Minister for Communications, Energy and atural Resources regarding the National Broadband Plan. (previously circulated)
    19. Letter dated 25th October, 2012 from the Department of Health concerning legislation to help deal with suicide. (previously circulated)
    20. Letter dated 26th October, 2012 from the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources regarding the price of oil and diesel.
    21. Email from Peter Duffy from the OPW requesting to address the council members on the Western Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management study.
    22. Letter dated 5th November, 2012 from Jonathan Goodwin requesting the use of Sligo County Council crest.
    23. Letter dated 9th November, 2012 from the HSE West re Cloonamahon Services.
    24. Circular Fin 12/2012 dated 9th November re 2013 Budget meeting and related matters.
    25. Letter dated 14th November, 2012 from An Post acknowledging receipt of letter.
    26. Email dated 15th November, 2012 from Balbriggan Town Council regarding resolution passed by the Council.
    27. Letter dated 15th November, 2012 from the office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine re assistance to farmers due to poor weather.
    28. Letter dated 21st November, 2012 from the OPW confirming funding of €290,000 for coastal works at Strandhill.
    29. Letter dated 21st November, 2012 from the office of the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government acknowledging receipt of letter.
  28. Matters Arising from Minutes
  29. Any Other Business

 


Meeting Date 03/12/2012