Agendas 2007

Agenda of April Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council on 2nd April 2007

Corporate Services
Sligo County Council
County Hall
Riverside
Sligo

Phone: 071 9111111

27th March 2007

TO: 

THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL

 

An Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council will be held:

ON: 

2nd April 2007

 

AT: 

11.00 am

 

IN: 

Council Chamber, County Hall, Riverside, Sligo

 

You are requested to attend.

 

Signed
F. Mac Nabb
Meetings Administrator

 

CLÁR

1. To confirm the minutes of the SPC1 meeting held on the 13th December 2006.   (copy attached)
2. To confirm the minutes of the Ballymote Electoral Area meeting held on the 12th January 2007.   (copy attached)
3. To confirm the minutes of the Sligo/Strandhill Electoral meeting held on the 15th January 2007.  (copy attached)
4. To confirm the minutes of the Ballymote Electoral Area meeting held on the 28th February 2007.  (copy attached)
5. To confirm minutes of Ordinary Meeting of the Council held on the 5th March 2007. (copy attached)
6. To approve, pursuant to Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of land at Strandhill.  (previously circulated)
7. To approve, pursuant to Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of property at Union Cottage, Collooney, Co. Sligo to Eugene Magee & Josephine.  (previously circulated)
8. To approve in accordance with Part 8 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations 2001 the provision of a demountable dwelling, septic tank, and percolation area at Glennawoo Td., Aclare, Co. Sligo.  (copy attached)
9. To approve pursuant to Section 106 of the Local Government Act, 2001 and subject to the sanction of the Minister of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Sligo County Council the raising of a loan of €4,400,000 for the Sligo Main Drainage Project.  (copy attached)
10. To approve pursuant to Section 106 of the Local Government Act, 2001 and subject to the sanction of the Minister of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Sligo County Council the raising of a loan €1,150,000 for the Enniscrone Waste Water Treatment Plant.  (copy attached)
11. To nominate a member to the Board of Directors of Sligo Music Festival.
12. To note the Annual Financial Statement of Sligo County Council for year ended 31st December 2006  (previously circulated)
13. To authorise over expenditure of €6,751,327 for the year ended 31st December 2006 in accordance with section 104(7) of the Local Government act 2001  (copy attached)
14. To note the Rural Water Programme – Block Grant Allocation, 2007.  (copy attached)
15. To approve the Road Works Scheme 2007.  (copy attached).
16. To approve Sligo County Council Conservation Grants for Protected Structures 2007.     (copy attached)
17. To approve Sligo County Council Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2007.   (copy attached)
18. To approve the Litter Management Plan 2007-2010.  (copy attached)
19. To consider report in relation to the taking in charge of the following estate:
     - Mountain Crescent, Coolaney, Co. Sligo  (copy attached)
20. "That Sligo County Council being satisfied of their general public utility declare the Roads named below to be Public Roads in accordance with Section 11(1) of the Roads Act, 1193".  (copy attached)
    
    

    Road Number	Location and Terminal Points
    L-24039-0	Extension of County Road 176 by 294 metres north in Castletown.
    L-7229-0	Extend road L-7229-0 in a northerly direction along the coast for a Distance of 980m up to the T junction with road L-3208-27 in Raghly.

ADJOURNED MOTIONS

21. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    
    "To ask the County Manager what is the current position regarding the construction of the Sligo Main Drainage Wastewater Sewerage Treatment Plant and if a time scale can be provided for the construction of the Cummeen sewerage scheme and the Carraroe and Rosses Point and Teesan/Lisnalurg sewerage schemes".
22. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    
    "That there be full consultation with the residents of the Hillcrest Park estate, Strandhill, so as to allow the community to participate in the planning of the proposed €25,000 Environmental Enhancement Scheme for the estate".
23. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor I. Fox
    
    "That this Council request a deputation to meet with the NRA regarding the long overdue upgrading of the N.16".
24. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor I. Fox
    
    "That this Council requests Bus Éireann to provide bus shelters along the N.16 route from Sligo to Manorhamilton".
25. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. Mullaney
    
    "To call on the Minister for Health, Mary Harney, to provide indemnification for community groups and private individuals who wish to provide a defibrillator for their communities".
26. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. Mullaney
    
    "To call on Sligo County Council to put In place a double yellow line at the entrance to Woodbrook Heights, extending from Teeling Gardens on the left hand side of the road for 150m in the interest of public safety".
27. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. Conmy
    
    "That this Council condemns the Minister for Tourism Mr John O’Donoghue for allowing Fáilte Ireland to withdraw €700,000 funding from Waterpoint, Enniscrone and further call on the Minister to refund the money as a matter of urgency".
28. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Kilgannon
    
    "To ask the Director of Services what extra funding will Sligo County Council draw down in 2007 as a result of the significant changes to the CLAR Programme announced by Eamon O'Cuiv Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht affairs.
29. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Kilgannon
    
    "That Sligo County Council calls on the Minister for Finance Mr. Brian Cowan to bring forward new legislation to control the interest rates that licensed money lenders can charge its customers".
30. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. McLoughlin
    
    "That Sligo County Council take-in-charge Chestnut Court, Strandhill, Co. Sligo".
31. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. McLoughlin
    
    "That funding be made available from the 2007 roads programme to upgrade the roadway in The Dunes housing estate Strandhill, Co. Sligo".
32. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    
    "That Sligo County Council, while welcoming the grant aid of €8.5 million for Strandhill Airport, requests the Government to provide the necessary additional funding to allow for the extension of the runway in a westerly direction".
33. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming
    
    "Competition in the Health Insurance market is vital for subscribers.  Sligo County Council requests the Minister for Health to maintain that competition, by encouraging new companies like Bupa & others to market their products on a fair equitable basis".
34. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming
    
    "The upgrade of Ballinacarrow sewerage treatment plant has been promised for some time, I am requesting the present position of plans, to commence work, and proposed date of completion".
35. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. McGrath
    
    "I am calling on Sligo County Council to put a system in place to support tenants in the maintenance and upkeep of all housing stock within the County".
36. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. McGarry
    
    "That Sligo County Council call on the Financial Institutions in the Sligo area to provide Coolaney Village with an ATM Machine for the residents living in the area".
37. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. McGarry
    
    "That Sligo County Council investigate the unauthorised dumping by lorries and skips on Finisklin Road to 1st Sea Road and a full report be given to the Council about this matter".

DEFERRED MOTIONS

38. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. Conmy
    
    "That this Council calls on this Government to stop the closure of Rural Post Offices".
39. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Barrett
    
    "To call on the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to review the situation with regard to the closure of the rural Post Offices, and to call on this Council to oppose such a move".

MOTIONS

40. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. McLoughlin
    
    "That Sligo County Council introduce Bye-laws at the promenade Strandhill to regulate parking traffic management".
41. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Healy McGowan
    
    "To ask the County Manager to provide an up to date report on the Respond Housing Scheme in Strandhill".
42. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Kilgannon & A. Higgins.
    
    "To ask the Director of Services for roads what is the up to date position re: the N16 and what plans have Sligo County Council to progress this road to the next stage in 2007, and this council calls on Sligo County Council to go to public consultation if this is not already carried out".
43. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming
    
    "Residents in the Townland of Rathscanlon request that footpaths and traffic calming measures including a reduction of present speed limit to 80km be provided on the N.17 to promote road Safety for pedestrians, motorists and residents".
44.  To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming
    
    "To request the Minister responsible to re-introduce the summer works scheme for students".
45. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    
    "That Sligo County Council Supports the nurses and midwives, members of INO and PNA, in their efforts to obtain equity in pay and working hours with other health professionals.  This Council calls on the Minister of Health and Children to immediately take all necessary actions to see that the nurses genuine grievances are addressed to their satisfaction".
46. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    
    "To ask the Director of Services for the up-date position on the upgrade of the sewerage treatment plant in Tubbercurry.  When is expected work will commence?".
47. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Barrett
    
    "That this Council provide a pedestrian crossing on the N59 in the village of Dromore West from the Housing Estates/Retail Complex to the Community Centre in the interests of road safety".
48. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    
    "That this Council calls on whoever forms the next Government that they commit to the re-opening of the entire Western Rail Corridor to Sligo in the lifetime of the next Government and that we write to each of the party leaders seeking this commitment".
49. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    
    "To ask the County Manager to provide this Council with a full report on the condition of all public and private group water supplies in County Sligo in relation to how these schemes conforms to EU law and standards on e. coli.  In particular such report must address the concerns expressed by the EU Commission which states that a large amount of private water schemes in Co. Sligo breached the EU’s e.coli standards in 2005".
50. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    
    "That Sligo County Council provides a pedestrian crossing with all requisite safety features, on the Barrack road in Collooney to facilitate those people using the adjacent school and Health Centre".
51. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Kilgannon
    
    "That Sligo County Council congratulate all of the political parties who have signed up to the Good Friday Agreement which has resulted in devolved government being restored in Northern Ireland".
52. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    
    "That the Council Management ensure that the necessary resources and personnel are provided to allow for the speedy drafting of contract documents so as tenders can be sought and approved for the upgrading of the Strandhill Wastewater Treatment Plant".
53. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    
    "To ask the County Manger what proposals the Council have to provide for the separate collection of kitchen waste from householders".
54. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    
    "That the Council be provided with details, including the identity of each property rented by the County Council, the purpose for which each property is used by the Council, the annual rent paid for each property, and the date on which the rental agreement was entered into in respect of each property, and to ask the County Manager if he will make a statement on the matter".
55. To consider the following motion as submitted Councillor G. Mullaney
    "To call on the Director of Services for Community and Enterprise to provide €1500 to match funds raised by Ballindoon Cemetery Committee to improve the access road".
56. To consider the following motion as submitted Councillor G. Mullaney
    
    "To call on Sligo County Council to provide ramps on the road approaching Markree Heights Collooney in the interest of public safety"
57. To consider the following motion as submitted Councillor G. Mullaney
    
    "To call on Sligo County Council to provide a yellow box at the boys school in Collooney to prevent parking in the interest of public safety".
58. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. McLoughlin
    
    "To request an update on the provision of speed ramps and road markings at Strandhill National School, and to ask that, in the interests of road safety, Sligo County Council consider the provision of a roundabout at this location".
59. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. McLoughlin
    
    "To ask Sligo County Council to review the issue of directional and warning signage in the Strandhill peninsula, to provide information to visitors and to warn motorists of hazards such as horses using roadway in vicinity of riding stables".
60. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    
    "That this Council calls on the Minister for Social Welfare to extend the 32 County free travel pass scheme to include people with disabilities".
61. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. McGarry
    
    "That Sligo County Council provide a full report on all outstanding works to be completed at Kingsfort Estate, Ballintogher and the timeframe for completion of such works".
62. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. McGarry
    
    "That Sligo County Council provide funding for the following improvement works at Coolaney:
    
    To provide a footpath from the playing field to the playground at Coolaney.
    Upgrading of the Collooney to Coolaney Road.
    Funding fro the provision of a footpath from Coolaney to Rockfield
    Funding for Pedestrian Crossing to the playing field/playground at Coolaney.
63. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. McGarry
    
    "That Sligo County Council asks the Director of Services, Mr Tom Kilfeather to inform the Council with up-to-date position in relation to negotiations between the Council and representations of Grange Parish Council on the provision of new school and cemetery at Grange".
64. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming
    
    "To request that damaged Green and White Bollards be replaced at Junctions off Primary Route N. 17".
65. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    
    "To ask the Council to extend the sewerage scheme in Aclare across the river to facilitate future development along Road 401, 405 & 406".
66. Votes of Sympathy
67. Votes of Congratulations
68. Conferences
69. Correspondence
     
    1. Letter dated 9th February 2007 from the Department of Health and Children,  acknowledging receipt of letter regarding satellite radiotherapy facilities in the North West.  (copy attached)
    2. Letter dated 12th February 2007 from Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Mr Noel Dempsey acknowledging receipt of letter regarding the extension of Corrib Gas pipeline.  (copy attached)
    3. Letter dated 12th February 2007 from IDA Ireland regarding future meeting with the Council.  (copy attached)
    4. Letter dated 13th February 2007 from the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr Dick Roche regarding metering of farm water supplies.  (copy attached)
    5. Letter dated 14th February 2007 from the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr Dick Roche regarding the Local Government fund.  (copy attached)
    6. Letter dated 14th February 2007 from the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr Dick Roche regarding Poll na Duibhe Pier.  (copy attached)
    7. Letter dated 14th February 2007 from the Taoiseach, Mr Bertie Ahern regarding additional funding to allow the Council to maintain and improve its services
    8. Letter dated 15th February 2007 from the Department of Health and Children, Ms Mary Harney regarding radiotherapy services in Sligo General Hospital.  (copy attached)
    9. Letter dated 13th February 2007 from Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Minister O’ Cuiv regarding to examine the permanent location of officials from his department in Tubbercurry.  (copy attached)
    10. Letter dated 16th February 2007, from Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership, Ms Deirdre Lavin regarding future meeting with the Council.  (copy attached)
    11. Letter dated 23rd February 2007 from Department of Transport, Mr Martin Cullen regarding funding of the N17 Tubbercurry By-pass.  (copy attached)
    12. Letter from the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, regarding Poll na Duibhe pier.  (copy attached)
    13. Letter from the Department of Health and Children, Mary Harney regarding cervical cancer screening.  (copy attached)
    14. Letter received 26th February 2007 from Association of County and City Councils regarding resolution passed by the plenary body of the ACCC.  (copy attached)
    15. Report regarding Zebra Mussels Item 14 of February meeting.  (copy attached)
     
70. Correspondence
    1. Letter dated 1st March 2007 from Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, regarding garda attached to Tubbercurry Garda Station.  (copy attached)
    2. Letter dated 2nd March 2007 from Bord Gáis Éireann, regarding provision of gas to Sligo.  (copy attached)
    3. Letter dated 7th March 2007 from Bus Éireann, regarding bus shelter in Tubbercurry.  (copy attached)
    4. Letter dated 9th March 2007 from Limerick County Council, regarding grant/voucher system in place for pensioners.  (copy attached)
    5. Letter dated 9th March 2007 from Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, regarding the Local Government Fund.  (copy attached)
    6. Letter dated 13th March 2007 from the Department of Transport, Mr Martin Cullen, regarding the funding of the N16, N17, N4 and N59.  (copy attached)
    7. Letter received 12th March 2007 from Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, regarding permanent location of officials of my Department in Tubbercurry.  (copy attached)
    8. Letter dated 20th March 2007 from Naas Town Council, regarding resolution passed in relation to World Peace Day.  (copy attached)
    9. Letter dated 21st March 2007 from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr Dick Roche regarding funding for R294 in 2007(copy attached)
    10. Letter dated 21st March 2007 from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr Dick Roche regarding Cloonacoool sewerage scheme.
    11. Letter dated 21st March 2007 from Fermoy Town Council, regarding resolution passed in relation to Carbon Credits.  (copy attached)
    12. Letter dated 21st March 2007 from the Department of Health and Children, Ms Mary Roche regarding Sexual Assault Units in Letterkenny.  (copy attached)
    13. Letter dated 22nd March 2007 from Shannon Town Council, regarding resolution passed in relation to Western Corridor from Letterkenny to Cork.  (copy attached)
    14. Letter dated 22nd March 2007 from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding water charges.  (copy attached)
    15. Letter dated 22nd March 2007 from the Department of Communication, Marine and Natural Sources regarding funding for a crane facility at Poll na Duibhe Pier.  (copy attached)
71. Matters Arising from Minutes
72. Any Other Business

Meeting Date 02/04/2007