Agendas 2012

Agenda of March Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council to be held on 5th March 2012 at 11am


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

 

Phone: 071 9111111

28th February, 2012

TO:    THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL

An Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council will be held:

ON:    Monday, 5th March, 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 Adjourned Ordinary February Meeting held on 13th February, 2012. (copy attached)
  2. To confirm the Minutes of the Ordinary February Meeting held on 6th February, 2012. (copy attached)
  3. To confirm the Minutes of the Sligo/Drumcliffe Electoral Area Meeting held on 12th December, 2011.(copy attached)
  4. To confirm the Minutes of the Sligo/Drumcliffe Electoral Area Meeting held on 12th September, 2011.(copy attached)
  5. To confirm the Minutes of the Sligo/Drumcliffe Electoral Area Meeting held on 30th May, 2011.(copy attached)
  6. To confirm the minutes of Sligo/Strandhill Electoral Area Meeting held on 7th November, 2011. (copy attached)
  7. To confirm the minutes of Sligo/Strandhill Electoral Area Meeting held on 5th September, 2011. (copy attached)
  8. To confirm the minutes of Sligo/Strandhill Electoral Area Meeting held on 4th July, 2011.(copy attached)
  9. To approve the Road Works Scheme 2012. (copy attached)
  10. To approve, pursuant to Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of a dwelling at 13, Hillview Drive, Ballymote, Co. Sligo to John and Bridget Gaughan. (previously circulated)
  11. 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, 1993.

     Road NumberLocation and Terminal Points
    L-51044-0 Road situate in the housing estate of ‘Ashwoods’, Geevagh, Co. Sligo
    L-33084-0 Road situate in the housing estate of ‘Castleview’, Ballincar, Co. Sligo
    L-76165-0 Road situate in the housing estate of ‘Knockmuldowney Park’, Ballysadare, Co. Sligo
  12. To seek approval to borrowing a sum not exceeding €14m by way of temporary overdraft for the 6 months from 1st April 2012 to 30th September 2012. (report attached)
  13. To note the 2011 year end Revenue Account, Capital Account and Debtors as per EU/IMF reporting requirements. (report attached) 

DEFERRED MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Healy McGowan
    “To ask this Council to review the amount and the siting of signage on the beach front in Strandhill.” 
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That the County Manager provide the Council with a report indicating the monthly repayments on the €15 million term loan drawn down in 2010 and the interest paid each month on the loan.”

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “Recognising that the closure of the Government Offices in Tubbercurry will have serious consequences for Tubbercurry and the entire South Sligo Area and concerned about the affect it will have on staff and extended families of those currently employed in the offices and noting the firm commitment given by Minister John Perry T.D before the last general election that the Government offices in Tubbercurry would be retained and expanded, this Council rejects in the strongest possible terms the Government decision to close the offices and further this Council calls on Minister Perry and the local Fine Gael and Labour Oireachtas members to take the necessary steps to have the Government decision reversed.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. McGrath
    “To call on Sligo County Council to improve the junction on the N17 turn-off to Ballymote, i.e. an extra lane for traffic turning left to improve sight-lines.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus 
    “To ask the National Roads Authority to supply a full report to Sligo Co. Council on the recent works carried out by the NRA to the road at the bridges over the Owenmore River on the N4 dual carriageway.

    This report will include details of the works carried out, the reasons for undertaking such works and the full costs of all works including any consultants/engineers costs which may have occurred. Further, that the report will also comment on the fact that this is the second time that works have had to be carried out on the road at these bridges since this road opened in 1999.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “That Sligo County Council calls on the Minister for Health and the HSE West to reverse their decisions to implement a range of cuts to the health services across this region. In particular we ask them to reverse their decision to cut the number of beds in St. Johns Hospital, Sligo and the cuts in acute bed's at Mental Health Services, Sligo.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To call on Sligo County Council to confirm that it will be;
    1. Fitting the entire housing stock with carbon-monoxide alarms
    2. All premises leased on long term lease and re-allocated to council tenants be included for fitting of carbon monoxide alarms.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To Call on Sligo County Council to provide an up to date report on the provision of pedestrian crossings at Main Street Ballysadare and Dromore West.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “Noting that it its meeting in May 2010 Sligo County Council adopted the following motion ‘That the Council be provided with a comprehensive report relating to the purchase of 83 acres of land at Lisnalurg, including the reason for purchasing the lands, the amount of monies borrowed to purchase the lands, the subsequent reason for recommending the sale of 49 acres of the lands and the reason for failing to use the proceeds of the sale to reduce the loans and interest payable, and the details of the accrued interest paid on the outstanding loans to date.’; and concerned that the comprehensive report has to date not been provided; this Council instructs the County Manger to provide the comprehensive report for consideration at the April 2012 monthly meeting of the Council and further the Council resolves that in the event of the comprehensive report not being provided that the entire matter be forwarded to the Committee on Public Accounts for investigation.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “Recognising:
    1. that local authorities have an exemplary track record in the management, operation and production of driver licences since the inception of the system almost fifty years ago;
    2. that the centralisation of the system run the risk of a substantially inferior service being delivered to the public;
    3. that no coherent rationale has been presented for the centralisation of the system;
    4. that no public consultation has taken place on the matter; Sligo County Council calls on the government to engage in constructive discussion and consultation with stakeholders and with the IMPACT trade union representing local authority staff, with a view to delivering efficiencies in the operation of the driver licence function.”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree and Councillor J. Lundy
    “Recognising the dangers that hydraulic fracturing/fracking poses to water quality, to human safety and the general environment, this council resolves to work together with other local authorities in the region, to oppose the practice of hydraulic fracturing/fracking and we call on the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Irish Government to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing/fracking North and South of the border.”
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To call on Sligo County Council to meet with members of Dromore West Community Council to discuss the possibility  of a long-time lease of some land at Knocknacullen, Dromore West for recreational use i.e. astro turf pitch and running track.”
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    “That this Council calls on the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny and the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore to highlight the problems faced  by the undocumented Irish in America when they visit the White House for the St. Patrick Day festival .”
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “Due to the deplorable condition of Class 3 county roads in the county which has received no funding for the past number of years this Council calls on the Minister for Transport to make a special allocation to carry out improvement works on these roads.”
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming
    “To ask the Department of Agriculture to release complete payments immediately to small farmers who are still awaiting their Single Farm and Disadvantaged Area payments.”
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “I am calling on the Engineering Staff to have works carried out at the junction of County Road 500/R293 on the Gurteen/Ballaghderreen road at Kilfree in the interest of road safety.”
  15. Votes of Sympathy
  16. Votes of Congratulations
  17. Conferences
  18. Correspondence
    1. Letter dated 23rd January, 2012 from An Taoiseach re vote of sympathy on the recent death of his mother.
    2. Letter dated 3rd February, 2012 from Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources re Hydraulic Fracturing.
    3. Letter dated 8th February, 2012 from Wicklow County Council regarding a resolution adopted by the Council re funding for Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes.
    4. Letter dated 10th February, 2012 from Limerick County Council regarding a resolution adopted by the Council re sewerage treatment plants.
    5. Letter dated 15th February, 2012 from Tony McLoughlin, TD re coastal erosion at Strandhill.
    6. Letter dated 16th February, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Social Protection acknowledging receipt of letter re CE funding.
    7. Letter dated 16th February, 2012 from the Office of An Taoiseach acknowledging receipt of letter re CE funding.
    8. Letter dated 16th February, 2012 from the Office of An Taoiseach acknowledging receipt of letter re the Household Charge.
    9. Letter dated 17th February, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills re funding for small schools.
    10. Letter dated the 20th February, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Housing and Planning acknowledging receipt of letter re the shared ownership scheme.
    11. Letter dated 22nd February, 2012 from South Tipperary County Council regarding a resolution adopted by the Council re downgrading small schools.
    12. Letter dated 23rd February, 2012 from Roscommon County Council regarding a resolution adopted by the Council re PricewaterhouseCoopers report.
  19. Matters Arising from Minutes
  20. Any Other Business

Meeting Date 05/03/2012