Agendas 2011

Agenda of June Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council to be held on Monday 13th June 2011 at 11am


SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL
Corporate Services
Sligo County Council
County Hall
Riverside
Sligo
 
Phone: (071) 9111111
 
7th June, 2011
 

TO: THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL

 
An Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council will be held:
 
ON: Monday 13th June, 2011
 
AT: 11.00 AM
 
IN: Council Chamber, County Hall, Riverside, Sligo
 
You are requested to attend.
 

F. Mac Nabb

Meetings Administrator

 

CLÁR

  1. To confirm the minutes of the May Adjourned Ordinary Meeting held on the 16th May, 2011. (copy attached)
  2. To confirm the minutes of the May Ordinary Meeting held on the 9th May, 2011. (copy attached)
  3. To confirm the minutes of the Sligo/Drumcliffe Electoral Area Meeting held on the 14th February, 2011. (copy attached)
  4. To confirm the minutes of the Sligo/Drumcliffe Electoral Area Meeting – 2011 Draft Roadworks Scheme, held on the 22nd February, 2011. (copy attached)
  5. To confirm the minutes of the Special Sligo/Drumcliffe Electoral Area Meeting held on the 16th March, 2011. (copy attached)
  6. To adopt the 2011 Revised Restoration Improvement Grant including the additional funding of €1,818,605 received from the Department of Transport.(copy attached)
  7. To approve in accordance with Part 8 (Article 81) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations, 2001 (as amended by the Planning and Development Regulations, 2006), the construction of a Waste Water Treatment Plant in the townland of Drumcliff Glebe, Drumcliff, Co. Sligo.
  8. To approve funding allocations under Sligo County Council Arts Grants and Bursary Scheme 2011. (copy attached)
  9. To approve the Draft Housing Allocation Scheme in accordance with Section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009.(report attached)
  10. The filling, in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act, 2001, of the casual vacancy arising from the election of Mrs Imelda Henry to Seanad Éireann.
  11. To appoint one (1) Member to the Association of County & City Councils (Accc) following the resignation of Senator Imelda Henry.
  12. To appoint one (1) Member to the Border Regional Authority (BRA) following the resignation of Senator Imelda Henry.
  13. To appoint one (1) Member to the Border, Midland and Western Regional Assembly following the resignation of Senator Imelda Henry.
  14. To appoint one (1) Member to the County Sligo Leader Partnership Company Ltd. following the resignation of Senator Imelda Henry.
  15. To appoint one (1) Member to the Strandhill Community Maritime Company Ltd. following the resignation of Senator Imelda Henry.
  16. To appoint one (1) Member to the Board of North West Airport Company Ltd. following the resignation of Senator Imelda Henry.
  17. To appoint one (1) Member to the Regional Health Forum West following the resignation of Senator Imelda Henry.
  18. To appoint one (1) Member to the Standing Orders Committee following the resignation of Senator Imelda Henry.
  19. To appoint one (1) Member to the Sligo County Joint Policing Committee following the resignation of Senator Imelda Henry.
  20. To appoint one (1) Member to the Sligo Volunteer Bureau Ltd. following the resignation of Senator Imelda Henry.
  21. To approve the County Manager’s nominee to the Sligo County Council’s Audit Committee. (report attached)
  22. To consider the nomination of a candidate for the Presidential Election later this year.
 

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor V. Cawley
    “That this Council receives an up to date report on the motion passed by this Council in September 2010: ‘That funding be sought from the Department of Environment to carry out surveys to find an additional reliable source of water for the North Sligo Area as a matter of urgency.’

    When the response was given as follows by Mr D. Harrison, Acting Senior Engineer stated the following: ‘Sligo County Council has engaged the services of a Consultant Hydro geologist to identify alternative sources of raw water for the North Sligo Water Supply Scheme. This work will be advanced by the Council in the coming weeks. We have also been in consultation with the Department on this matter and we will be requesting funding under the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012 in order to progress the upgrading of this scheme.’
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. Murray
    “To thank the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and officials of Sligo County Council for the allocation of funding for the replacement of pipes at Gurteen/Monasteraden on the South Sligo Scheme.” 
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    "That Sligo County Council begins the process of taking in charge Ocean Links, Strandhill, Co. Sligo."
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillors M. Clarke, M. Barrett, D. Mulvey and J. Queenan.
    “That this Council call on the Minister for Environment, Minister Hogan, to allocate funding towards Class 3 Roads in County Sligo as a matter of urgency.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To ask the County Manager to provide a report on Public Toilets for Sligo Town and County.” 
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. McGrath
    “In light of the difficult times for the haulage industry I am calling on the Minister for Transport to introduce a Tax Compliance cert for hauliers who have their tax in order. The benefit of this should be a fuel rebate off their tax.” 
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “That improvement works be carried out at junction on N17 at the turn off at North Connaught College, Tubbercurry to improve visibility for motorists using this junction to enter and exit it.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To  call on sligo County Council, to defer implementation of the Western River Basin Plan until such time as there is parallel grant aid funds put in place.”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming
    “To propose that this Council support submissions made to the Minister for Education by parents of children attending the Holy Family Primary School, Tubbercurry and the board of management requesting him to initiate consultations with the HSE West with a view to acquiring lands necessary to provide parking and set down area for cars adjacent to the school on R294 in the interest of health and safety.”
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming
    “To welcome the additional funding allocated for regional and county roads recently and propose that a request for additional funding to maintain Class III roads be submitted to the department in due course.”
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. Mullaney
    To call on the Director of Services for Planning to raise a Dereliction Order on the former Dunmaeve Hotel in Ballisodare.
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. Mullaney
    To call on the Director of Services for the Environment to ensure that adequate signage will be allowed for businesses that provide employment.
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. Mullaney
    To call on the Director of Services for Infrastructure to improve the sight lines at the main entrance to Ballinafad off the N4.
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “That Sligo County Council, conscious of the record of the IDA in failing to create new employment in County Sligo over the past number of years, would ask that senior members of the IDA, up to and including CEO Barry O'Leary, would address this Council on this serious situation at the earliest opportunity.” 
  15. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “That this Council requests the Minister for Housing, Deputy Willie Penrose to make the necessary funding available to complete the final stage of the regeneration of Connolly Park Estate, Tubbercurry.”
  16. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “Recognising that there are in excess of 100 Housing Grant applications (Housing Adaptation Grant for Persons with a Disability Scheme; Mobility Grant Scheme and Housing Aid for Older People Grant Scheme) which the Council cannot process due to lack of funding, and further recognising that the Council was obliged to stop taking applications from eligible applicants for Housing Grants from the 1st of May, this Council now calls on the Minister and the Department of the Environment to provide adequate finances to fund the Housing Grants Schemes for the current year.”
  17. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That this Council calls on the Government and in particular the Fine Gael and Labour Party Oireachtas members from this region, to honour the commitments made regarding the reopening of the Breast Cancer service in Sligo General Hospital.”
  18. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That Sligo County Council deplores the proposals of Minister Richard Bruton to:
    • Reduce or abolish extra pay for working unsocial hours on Sunday;
    • Allow employers to claim ‘inability to pay’;
    • Reduce overtime rates for workers;
    • Remove protection for young workers under 18;
    • Reduce the number of Employment Regulation Orders and end coverage of working conditions such as sick pay;
    • Allow employers not to keep proper records about which workers were employed at certain hours which would make it easier to evade the law;

    And further this Council calls on the Government to abandon these measures and calls on the Labour Party to vote against any such measures in accordance with the principle of solidarity with the lower paid and the best traditions of Larkin and Connolly.”
  19. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey
    “I call on Sligo County Council to improve the junction on Road 308 at Corcorans Largan on the Coolaney/Collooney road and if this dangerous bend can be included in the estimates for 2012.”
  20. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey
    “I call on Sligo County Council to provide road markings "SLOW DOWN -SCHOOL AHEAD" on the approach roads to Rockfield National School, Coolaney and to provide a safe Crossing strip at the entrance to the school.”
  21. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “To request Sligo County Council to provide traffic calming measures and extra lighting in the village of Culfadda.”
  22. Votes of Sympathy
  23. Votes of Congratulations
  24. Conferences
  25. Correspondence
    1. Letter dated 4th May, 2011 from the NRA regarding the reduction of speed limit on the Collooney to Castlebaldwin Road.
    2. Letter dated 9th May, 2011 from Monaghan Town Council re adoption of motion regarding rates on commercial properties.
    3. Letter dated 9th May, 2011 from the Minister for Transport regarding transfer of roads functions.
    4. Email dated 12th May, 2011 from Carlow Town Council re adoption of motion regarding the Universal Social Charge.
    5. Letter dated 16th May, 2011 from South Tipperary County Council re adoption of motion regarding spending cuts to Community and Voluntary forums.
    6. Letter dated 17th May, 2011 from Ards Borough Council re a resolution adopted by Thurles Town Council regarding the murder of Constable Ronan Kerr.
    7. Email dated 24th May, 2011 from Noel Martin O’Rourke requesting a Presidential nomination.
    8. Letter dated 26th May, 2011 from the Department of Social and Family Affairs regarding the National Carers Strategy.
    9. Circular LG 05/11 dated 26th May, 2011 in relation to ‘Position of Councillors who are elected to Seanad Éireann.’
    10. Letter dated 27th May, 2011 from the Office of the Taoiseach acknowledging receipt of recent correspondence.
    11. Letter dated 27th May, 2011 from the Office of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform acknowledging receipt of recent correspondence.
    12. Letter dated 27th May, 2011 from the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the possible closure of small schools.
    13. Letter dated 31st May, 2011 from the office of the Minister for Housing & Planning acknowledging receipt of correspondence.
    14. Letter dated 30th May, 2011 from the Office of the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding financial position of Sligo County Council.
    15. Letter dated 30th May, 2011 from the Office of the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government acknowledging receipt of recent correspondence re Strandhill Sewage Scheme.
    16. Letter dated 31st May, 2011 from Mary Davis, seeking support as an Independent Candidate in the upcoming Presidential Election.
    17. Letter dated June 1st from Harry Keaney re sympathies expressed by the Council. 
  26. Matters Arising from Minutes
  27. Any Other Business
 

Meeting Date 08/06/2011