Agendas 2019

Agenda of September Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council


Corporate Services,
County Hall,
Riverside,
Sligo

071 9111111

27th August, 2019   

TO:  THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL

The Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council will be held

ON:  Monday, 2nd September, 2019    

AT:  10.00 a.m.

IN:  Council Chamber, County Hall, Riverside, Sligo

You are requested to attend.

K. Colreavy
Meetings Administrator

 

CLÁR

  1. To confirm Minutes of Meeting of Municipal District of Ballymote-Tobercurry held on 25th March, 2019 (Copy posted on Extranet).  
  2. To confirm Minutes of Meeting of Municipal District of Sligo held on 15th April, 2019 (Copy posted on Extranet).  
  3. To confirm Minutes of A.G.M. of Municipal District of Sligo-Drumcliff held on 17th June, 2019 (Copy posted on Extranet). 
  4. To confirm Minutes of A.G.M. of Borough District of Sligo held on 17th June, 2019 (Copy posted on Extranet). 
  5. To confirm Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Municipal District of Ballymote-Tubbercurry held on 17th June, 2019 (Copy posted on Extranet).
  6. To confirm Minutes of Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council held on 1st July, 2019 (Copy posted on Extranet).
  7. To confirm Minutes of Adjourned Meeting of Sligo County Council held on 8th July, 2019 (Copy posted on Extranet).
  8. “That Sligo County Council being satisfied of their general public utility declare the following roads as public roads in accordance with Section 11(1) of the Roads Act, 1993.”
    Road NumbersLocation
    L-92157-0, L-92157-1, L-92157-3, L-92157-4 The roads serving development known as “Innisfree Court”, Tonaphubble, Sligo.
    L-90059-0, L-90059-1, L-90059-2 The roads serving development known as “Glendallon Estate”, Sligo.
    L-72094-0, L-72095-0 The roads serving development known as “Glenview Park”, Newgrange, Grange, Co. Sligo.
    (Report previously circulated).
  9. To consider report in relation to commencing the process of taking in charge the estate known as “Waterside Lane Phase II”, Strandhill, Co. Sligo (Report previously circulated).
  10. To approve in accordance with Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of 7 demountable dwellings to John McGann, McGann Construction (Report previously circulated).
  11. To approve in accordance with Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of dwellinghouse and lands at 3 Main Street, Gurteen, Co. Sligo to Sally & John Grace (Report previously circulated).
  12. To approve in accordance with Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of dwellinghouse and lands at Garrownadargny, Geevagh, Co. Sligo to Mr. Liam O’Rourke (Report previously circulated).
  13. To approve in accordance with Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of dwellinghouse and lands at Cloghoge Upper, Castlebaldwin, Co. Sligo to Mr. John McGann (Report previously circulated).
  14. To approve in accordance with Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of dwellinghouse and lands at 106 Garavogue Villas, Sligo to Mr. Conor O’Brien (Report previously circulated).
  15. To adopt Traveller Accommodation Programme for the period 1st July, 2019 - 30th June, 2024 (Copy previously circulated).
  16. To appoint Council Staff members to the Local Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee, in accordance with Section 21(5) of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998 (Report to follow).
  17. To appoint two Members to the Local Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee.
  18. To appoint one Member to the North West Airport Company Limited.
  19. To appoint three Members to “The Model”.
  20. To note the appointment of six Members to the Sligo Placenames Committee (Report posted on Extranet).
  21. To note report on Draft Strategic Policy Committees Scheme 2019-2024 (Report to follow).
  22. To consider setting a local adjustment factor to the Local Property Tax for the period 1st November, 2019 to 31st October, 2020 (Report to follow).
  23. To consider the making of Sligo County Council Road Traffic (Special Speed Limit) Bye-Laws 2019, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 of the Road Traffic Act, 2004 (Report to follow).
  24. To consider the adoption of the Climate Adaptation Strategy (Report to follow).
  25. To note the Monthly Management Report for June/July 2019 (Report previously circulated).
  26. Update on establishment of new County Sligo Joint Policing Committee (Report posted on Extranet).
  27. To note the establishment of, or participation in, Designated Activity Companies or Companies Limited by Guarantee for the purpose of applying for and managing funding and associated projects relating to the development of Sligo and the region (Report to follow). 

DEFERRED MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to bring before this Council, without further delay, a review of the speeding limits on our primary routes as has been promised.” 

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor C. MacManus:
    “To ask the Council Executive to detail our policy regarding Hedge Cutting during the annual six-month period of March-August when such cutting is banned and the rationale for any exemptions regarding the ban.

    Further, that Sligo County Council engages with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to initiate a programme of introducing wildflower verges along primary routes in the County that would have a positive impact for environmental, budgetary and aesthetic reasons.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “To call on Sligo County Council for an update report regarding a pedestrian crossing in Ballisodare and when will this be installed to address health and safety issues in Ballisodare”.
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly: 
    “That a report be prepared on future plans for the conservation of Keelogues Church, Ballintrillick.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:
    “What is Sligo County Council’s approach to verge/hedge cutting between March and August and are guidelines being adhered to in this regard?”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “That Sligo County Council would facilitate a meeting with the ‘Safe crossing for Collooney’ Committee and that the Roads Department would work with them on putting the necessary paper work together to get funding for a footbridge over the main N4 road to address the concerns of crossing at the roundabout in Collooney.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Maguire:
    “That Sligo County Council will provide bottle refill stations in our town centres.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:
    “That Sligo County Council: 
    • Supports the establishment of an annual national 'Make Way Day' taking place on the 26 September 2019, 
    • Will write to An Taoiseach, leo Varadkar, TD, and to each individual Minister and Minister of State, calling on them to support, establish, fund and resource an annual national 'Make Way Day' which would be localised in each region, 
    • Will annually support and promote a local #MakeWaySligo campaignas part of the wider 'Make Way Day'.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to write to the  Minister for Transport asking that he would meet with a deputation from Sligo County Council regarding the ongoing concerns with the overcrowding on the Dublin to Sligo train in the interest of safety”.
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor C. MacManus:
    “Recognising that the privatisation of domestic waste collection has not served our communities well and that;
    • The high cost of bills is contributing to financial worry for many families;
    • The level of recycling has stagnated;
    • There has been an upsurge in illegal dumping across the County;
    • We are the only State in Europe that has a completely privatised domestic waste collection services and we are the only EU State persisting with ‘side-by-side’ competition meaning numerous operators serving the same communities, contributing to increased pollution and traffic problems.
    • All of that demands an adequate response and the time has come to look seriously at the possibility and practicality of bringing domestic waste collection back into the control of our local authorities, who managed waste services for decades.
    This Council agrees:
    • To the principle of ensuring that waste collection is under the control of this Council and this is maintained as an objective of the Council;
    • To establish a working group to consider how the re-municipalisation of waste management might be advanced;
    • To contact the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment outlining this Council’s position and encouraging the Government to support Councils who wish to move towards a publicly maintained waste collection service;
    • To contact the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communication, Climate Action and Change to undertake a series of hearings that will look at a policy of re-municipalisation across the state.
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillors M. Baker, M. Clarke, M. Connolly, G. Mullaney, D. Mulvey, J. Queenan and P. Taylor:
    “That Sligo County Council opposes: (1) testing of 5G and the roll-out of 5G in County Sligo (2) calls on ComReg to deny licensing for its roll-out and (3) calls on the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment to establish the facts about the radiation impact of 5G”. 
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “I call on Sligo County Council, Bus Eireann and the National Transport Authority to work together to provide a safe bus stop along the N4 main road between Castlebaldwin and Ballinafad. At present there is only an old rusty sign at this location but first time users are not sure where it is even located. This is a busy service to Dublin city centre and Airport. It is disgraceful and not acceptable that Bus Eireann customers have to stand in the rain along a national primary road while in Dublin and other large towns there are stops-shelters located at regular intervals.”
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey: 
    “I call on Sligo County Council to provide traffic calming measures along the R295 Keash road at Ballymote. There are 4 housing developments and a HSE health care unit in this area and speeding is a major problem for local residents.”
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor C. MacManus:
    “To ask for a report relating to the Housing Adaptation Grant for Council Housing to improve the home of those with a disability or other medical need. For that report to detail:
    1. The amount sought by Sligo County Council from the Department of Housing in 2019;
    2. The allocation received by Sligo County Council from the Department of Housing for 2019;
    3. The allocations for 2017 and 2018;
    4. To ask are only applications for Priority 1 (Terminally ill or fully/mainly dependent on carer or allow release from hospital) being accepted by Sligo County Council;
    5. If the funding received from the Department of Housing for 2019 will allow all outstanding Priority 1 applications to be funded this year”.
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor R. O’Grady:
    “That Sligo County Council review the Parking Signage on Finisklin Road and re-evaluate the position of the Parking Ticket Machine on Pirn Mill Road.”
  15. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor R. O’Grady:
    “That Sligo County Council requests a meeting with the Minister of Health, Simon Harris, to once again inform him of the many issues affecting the delivery of services to the people of this region. And to clearly outline to him the urgent need for Capital Funding for the ongoing development of Sligo University Hospital.”
  16. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to outline what improvements can or will be carried out at the following graveyards:
    1. Corkabeg, Skreen,
    2. Killoran and
    3. Kilmacshalgan old graveyard in Dromore West.
    In the case of Corkabeg graveyard can the council provide safe access?”
  17. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “That the meeting be provided with a report, including the identity of each property rented by the Council, the purpose for which each property is used by the Council, the annual rent paid for each property, and the rent paid per square meter, the date on which the rental agreement was entered into in respect of each property and that the report also include information on the use of the Council premises in the Market Yard, Sligo.”
  18. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “That the meeting be provided with a breakdown of income and expenditure on the Cranmore Regeneration project for the years 2017 and 2018.”
  19. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan:
    “To ask the Director of Services to look at the possibility to create a turn table at end of road to beach in Enniscrone.”
  20. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan:
    “To ask the Director of Services when will application forms be available re. Housing aid for the elderly.”
  21. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to prepare a report on the County Development Plan, when will the mid term review take place? When will the Sligo city review take place? and when will the review of the Enniscrone mini plan happen?”
  22. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. MacSharry:
    “That Sligo County Council provide members with an update on Connaughton Road.”
  23. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Maguire:
    “That Sligo County Council will part-take in the ‘Light it Up Gold” campaign organised by The Childhood Cancer Foundation to raise awareness of childhood cancers.”
  24. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. O’Boyle:
    “Sligo County Council calls on the Department of Agriculture to divert the €16 million funding for the greyhound industry and divert it to animal welfare shelters and a neutering program for feral cats.”
  25. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. O’Boyle:
    “Sligo County Council calls for an external financial audit from Easkey Community Council on all public monies received.”
  26. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Gilroy:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to carry out an Environmental Assessment on the Special Area of Conservation from Bunduff Lough to Mullaghmore.

    For Generations local landowners cleared the sand deposited by tidal activity. This work was continued by Sligo County Council every November for many years to protect the adjoining SAC before it was ever called an SAC. This stopped about the time that the SAC Status was assigned to this area. By stopping the annual maintenance, the SAC may in fact be damaged as the rising water level has led to the departure of many of the Swans who can no longer feed from the bottom of the lake.

    Roads such as L-7109-0 and the Creevykeel to Mullaghmoe Road L3104 are subject to Annual Flooding resulting in additional road repair costs. Dwellings and Lands are also flooded on an annual basis.

    Drainage Culverts on the N15 have been cleared and this now speeds up the flow of water from East of the N15 to Bunduff Lake and the Level of the lake is now rising earlier than in previous years. Areas that previously flooded from November to February are this year flooding in August.

    For these reasons it is imperative that the Environmental Assessment is carried out in September and that Flood avoidance measures are carried out before the end of October. Failure to do so will result in increased costs on Sligo County Council, Flooding of private Property and loss of Habitat to the Swan Population.”
  27. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Gilroy:
    “To ask Sligo County Council
    1. How many Local Authority Estates are in each of the three electoral areas?
    2. How many Houses are in Local Authority Estates in Each of the Three Electoral areas?
    3. How many of the Estates in Each area have the Communal Areas Grass cut by the Parks Department of Sligo County Council?
    and to assign the cutting of Grass in all Local Authority Estates to the Parks Department of Sligo County Council”
  28. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Connolly:
    “To ask the Director of Service for an update on the time frame for development of the Connolly Park Estate, Tubbercurry.”
  29. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Connolly:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to provide one or two disabled car parking spaces on Main Street, Tubbercurry.”
  30. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Walsh:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to engage with local community in Carraroe and expedite the installation of a Bring Bank Facility for the area.”
  31. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Walsh:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to provide water eco filling stations at locations in Sligo town area and engage with other stakeholders about the provision of same in our recreational areas in a bid to cut down on single plastic use.”
  32. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. Mullaney:
    “To call on the Director of Services for Infrastructure to give a progress report on the reopening of Road No L1101-70 at Glen.”
  33. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    "Concerned with the crisis in the Home Help service in Sligo and noting that applicants who are approved for the service must now wait a minimum of 10 months for the service to be provided; this meeting resolves that a letter be sent from the Council to the Taoiseach and to each member of the Cabinet, highlighting the crisis and calling on the Government to provide the resources to fund this necessary and essential service."
  34. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Baker:
    “To ask Bus Éireann to extend the bus route into Ballinafad village.”
  35. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Baker & Councillor P. Taylor:
    “To ask the Director of Services for Housing for a report following concerns having been raised that the Rebuilding Ireland loans process leaves it more difficult for self employed persons and people on contracts.”
  36. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Fox:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to provide an update in relation the (NI6) Sligo to County Boundary and to outline plans for same.”
  37. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Walsh:
    To ask Sligo County Council for an update in relation to proposed works at Carricknagat Bridge between Collooney and Ballisodare and outline timeline for same.
  38. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Gilroy:
    “To ask Sligo County Council for an update on what action has been taken or will be taken to control Japanese Knotweed and how long the process will take to remove it permanently and what plans are in place to log the presence of this invasive species on each road type in order to plan to reduce the damage done to these roads and private property along these roads.
    • National Primary Routes?
    • Secondary Roads?
    • Category Three Roads?”
  39. Votes of Sympathy.
  40. Votes of Congratulations.
  41. Conferences/Training (Copy posted on Extranet).
  42. To note the summary of proceedings of conferences attended in accordance with Section 142(5) (f) of the Local Government Act, 2001. 
  43. Correspondence:
    1. Copy of resolution from Kerry County Council, received on 16th July, 2019, re. Good Friday Agreement and Equal Status Act,
    2. Copy of resolution from Kerry County Council, received on 16th July, 2019, re. medals for gallantry and distinguished service for Irish Soldiers who served at Jadotville in 1961,
    3. Acknowledgement dated 16th July, 2019 from the Office of the Taoiseach re. resolution concerning funding for bus services, in particular S1 and S2 in Sligo,
    4. Acknowledgement dated 18th July, 2019 from Mr. Jim Daly, T.D., Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People re. allocation of home help hours,
    5. Copy of resolution from Waterford City and County Council, received on 25th July 2019 re. employment rights,
    6. Acknowledgement dated 18th July, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the S1 and S2 Sligo bus routes,
    7. Acknowledgement card from the family of the late Peter McCarrick, Carrowreagh-Knox, Tubbercurry
    8. Acknowledgement dated 19th July, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Health re. homecare hours,
    9. Letter dated 24th July, 2019 from Mr. Damien English, T.D., Minister for Housing and Urban Development re. review of the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme,
    10. Letter dated 30th July, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government re. the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability Scheme,
    11. Letter dated 6th August, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government re. updating of the Voters’ Register,
    12. Letter dated 6th August, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government re. referendum on water ownership,
    13. Acknowledgement dated 7th August, 2019 from the Office of the Minister with Responsibility for Defence re. Soldiers in Finner Camp Barracks,
    14. Letter dated 14th August, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to the provision of affordable housing,
    15. Letter dated 15th August, 2019 from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the S1 and S2 Sligo bus routes,
    16. Letter dated 19th August, 2019 from Mr. Paul Kehoe, T.D., Minister with responsibility for Defence re. Defence Forces stationed in Finner Camp,
    17. E-mail dated 22nd August, 2019 from the National Transport Authority regarding the S1 and S2 Sligo bus routes and
    18. Letter dated 26th August, 2019 from Mr. Jim Daly, T.D., Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People concerning Home Help hours.
  44. Matters arising from Minutes.
  45. Any other business.

 


Meeting Date 02/09/2019