Agendas 2012

Agenda of May Ordinary Meeting to be held on Monday 14th May 2012 at 11am in The Council Chamber, County Hall, Riverside, Sligo


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Sligo County Council

County Hall

Riverside

Sligo

 

Phone: (071) 9111111

8th May, 2012

 

TO:    THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL

An Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council will be held:

ON:    Monday, 14th May, 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 a Special Council Meeting held on 23rd April, 2012. (copy attached)
  2. To confirm the Minutes of the April Ordinary Meeting held on 2nd April, 2012. (copy attached)
  3. To confirm the Minutes of the Special (Roads) Tubbercurry Electoral Area Meeting held on 17th February, 2012. (copy attached)
  4. To confirm the Minutes of the Tubbercurry Electoral Area Meeting held on 18th November, 2011. (copy attached)
  5. To confirm the Minutes of the Ballymote Electoral Area Meeting held on 17th February, 2012. (copy attached)
  6. To confirm the Minutes of the Ballymote Electoral Area Meeting held on 12th December, 2011. (copy attached)
  7. To confirm the Minutes of SPC No 4 (Housing Policy, Social and Cultural Development) meeting held on 14th December, 2011. (copy attached)
  8. To confirm the Minutes of the Sligo County Council Corporate Policy Group Meeting held on 5th March, 2012. (copy attached)
  9. To confirm the Minutes of the Sligo County Council Corporate Policy Group Meeting held on 13th February, 2012. (copy attached)
  10. To confirm the Minutes of the Sligo County Council Corporate Policy Group Meeting held on 16th January, 2012. (copy attached)
  11. To note report on successful Sligo EC bid entitled ‘4CNW’ which will contribute to the development of creative industries and wider innovation in the North West, Northern Ireland and Scotland.(copy attached)
  12. To consider the Draft Ballymote Local Area Plan, associated documents (S.E.A. and A.A. Screening Reports and Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Report) and the First Managers Report. (previously circulated) 
  13. To set a date for the 2012 Annual General Meeting.
  14. To appoint one (1) Member to the Board of Sligo Leader Partnership due to the resignation of Councillor Joe Queenan.
  15. To consider the position in relation to the Water Conservation Project Stage III. (report to follow)
  16. Presentation by Alan Gallagher, Business Development Manager with ‘Connect Ireland’ as part of the ‘Succeed in Ireland’ initiative. (letter attached)


DEFERRED MOTIONS

  1.  To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To call on Sligo Council to provide a report on the Docklands area in Sligo, which is now in the ownership of the Council.
    1. A economic strategic report
    2. A report on the environmental study been carried out
    3. A report to see how IT Sligo could assist the council in bringing forward plans for this area.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To call on Sligo County Council to provide a report on Council ‘once off houses’ in rural areas in relation to their septic tanks and will the Council upgrade those tanks, if required, for its tenants?”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “Due to the increase in crime, the closing of Garda Stations and the reduction in Garda numbers; that this Council calls on the Government and the Minister for Justice to end the embargo on the recruitment of Gardai and open up the training centre in Templemore for the intake of trainees.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “Recognising the potential dangers to personal confidentially inherent in using personal details held by utility companies, Sligo County Council will not use the power it has been given by Section 14 of the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 to access information held by utility companies for the purpose of identifying potential liability to the household charge.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “Noting that arrears of €1.8 million in Development Contributions/Levies was owed to this Council on the 1st January 2012; and further noting that seven developers/development companies owe in excess of €100,000 each; this Council calls on the County Manger to provide a report
    1. indicating the exact amount of money owed to the Council by each of the seven developers/development companies
    2. the action taken to date by the Council to collect the money from each of the seven developer/development companies and
    3. given that Section 48 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides the planning authority with power to impose a planning condition for phased payments of contributions, to ask the Manager if such a condition was imposed in respect of any of the seven developers/development companies.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “To ask the County Manager when the reports sought by the Council on:
    1. the Sligo Museum project including details of all funding spent on the project and the source of the funding; and:
    2. on funding, grant aid and assets donated by the County Council to the Model Niland Gallery, including details of when the funding was approved and the source of the funding; will be made available to the Council for consideration.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “That Sligo County Council would take the necessary steps to address the traffic control problems which currently exist at the roundabout at the top of the Burmah Road in Strandhill. Such steps would include reviewing control of traffic travelling both from Sligo towards Strandhill and along the Burmah Road towards the roundabout, with an emphasis on provision of speed control entering the roundabout, curtailing traffic from Strandhill passing inside on left at roundabout and any alteration of road markings which might be needed.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To call on Sligo County Council to ask the Government to reverse its cuts and re-instate rural transport to its 2011 levels.”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M Gormley
    “That this Council calls on the HSE to indicate what proposals if any they have for the extension and improvements to the Health Centres and to services at (a) Gurteen (b) Tubbercurry.”
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor H. Keaney
    “To call on this Council to work closely with all the Tidy Towns committees and voluntary groups over the coming months, to ensure that we achieve the most effective cleanup of our roadsides this spring time and throughout the rest of the year; and in a effort to help promote this objective and increase the public awareness of the County's anti litter policy, that the Council use an anti litter slogan in all its advertising in the future.”
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey
    “To ask Sligo County Council to provide a sign for ‘The Hungry Rock’ at Coolaney as a tourism feature.”
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey
    “To ask Sligo County Council to contact Iarnród Éireann regarding a flooding issue at Collooney south along the old railway line.”
     

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. McGarry
    “That Sligo County Council is provided with a full and detailed report on all planning applications since 2005 that were subject to Part 5 and have not yet complied with the planning regulations. And furthermore, what are the eight developments that were included in the 2000 NAMA properties.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “That this Council calls on the Government to support Family Resource centres and reverse their decision to the cutbacks imposed, and in particular to the Family Resource Centres in Tubbercurry, Ballymote, Easkey and Sligo who are providing such a excellent service to local communities.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “That Sligo County Council calls on the Fine Gael/Labour Coalition Government and the HSE to ensure that adequate funding is provided to Cregg House so that the 2011 level of services provided by this facility can be maintained into the future.” 
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Healy McGowan
    “To condemn the outrageous cuts been proposed to Cregg House.”
  5. 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.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “To ask that members be provided with details of any applications which Sligo County Council made for Sports Capital Programme funding in the years 2005/2011 inclusive and that we also receive details of any application which this Council is making to the 2012 Sports Capital Programme.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    “That this Council calls on the Government to support the Family Resource Programme and  in particular, the four Family Resource Centres based in Sligo and two in Leitrim - Tubbercurry, Ballymote, Easkey, Sligo, Carrick-on-Shannon and Mohill, and to reverse the cuts imposed on the Family Resource Programme.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan
    “Ask the County Manager what are the implications for the staff of this Council in light of Minister Hogan’s decision to handover the contract for water and wastewater services to Bord Gais.”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan
    “Ask the County Manager has he signed the contract for the purchase of the Teagace building and has he paid the €480,000 to the Minister for Agriculture?” 
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Fleming and Councillor M. Lyons
    “To request the Minister for Social Protection & the Minister for Children to maintain financial supports to the Family Resource Centre Programme by reviewing cut backs already imposed and those proposed, in recognition of their pivotal role in the development of the new family and children communities at County and National level.
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Healy McGowan
    “To ask that sligo County Council look at putting traffic calming at Ransboro Church.”
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Healy McGowan
    “To welcome the bicycle track from Sligo to Strandhill, and to enquire that some of the lining seems to have narrowed the main road in places.”
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “To call on Sligo County Council to improve junction on the N17 at Carrowreille to enable road users exit from the local road in safety.”
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That Sligo County Council, recognising that water is a limited natural resource and a public commodity fundamental to life and health;
    1. declares it’s opposition to the private control of water services;
    2. expresses its concern regarding the government’s proposal to centralise water services; and
    3. welcomes the Irish Congress of Trade Unions pledge to resist any proposal to privatise the water sector.”
  15. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “That this Council requests from the HSE a detailed report on the future plans for the Cloonamahon Centre, Collooney.”  
  16. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That the Council be provided with a report at the next monthly meeting with the recommendations and proposals for funding for arts organisations, community groups, tourism organisations, cultural groups and residents and sports organisations.”
  17. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That Sligo County Council acknowledges with thanks the visit and the inspection by Minister of State Brian Hayes, of the effects of coastal erosion at Strandhill, and further the Council now appeals to Minister Hayes and the government to provide as a matter of urgency the necessary grant aid to finance the recommendations as contained in the consultants report on coastal erosion in Strandhill.”
  18. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    “As the driving licence administration is being moved from local authorities to the RSA (Road Safety Authority), I will ask if this will result in job losses for Council staff, and that this Council request the Department to re-locate the new centralised driving licence administration  to the Department Offices in Tubbercurry, and not to the R.S.A. in Ballina, Co. Mayo.”
  19. Votes of Sympathy
  20. Votes of Congratulations
  21. Conferences
  22. Correspondence
    1. Letter dated 22nd February, 2012 from Shannon Town Council regarding a resolution adopted by the Council re Household Tax and fuel tax.(previously circulated)
    2. Letter dated 27th February, 2012 the Department of Social Protection regarding the Community Employment Scheme.(previously circulated)
    3. Letter dated 1st March, 2012 from Cavan County Council regarding the issue of the undocumented Irish in America. (previously circulated)
    4. Letter dated 1st March, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government regarding the Household Charge. (previously circulated)
    5. Letter dated 1st March, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Disability, Equality. Mental health and Older People re withdrawal of funding for PWDI. (previously circulated)
    6. Letter dated 5th March, 2012 from South Tipperary County Council regarding a resolution adopted by the Council re the sale of alcohol. (previously circulated)
    7. Letter dated 7th march, 2012 from the Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government regarding the Household Charge. (previously circulated)
    8. Email dated 13th March, 2012 Lay Missionary, Seamus Doyle regarding Ireland’s closure of its embassy in Rome. (previously circulated)
    9. Letter from The Alzheimer Society of Ireland requesting to address the members at a Council meeting. (previously circulated)
    10. Letter dated 14th March, 2012 from Monaghan County Council regarding a resolution adopted by the Council re provision of healthcare on a north-south basis. (previously circulated)
    11. Letter dated 14th March, 2012 Office of the Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government re unfinished housing estates and the household charge. (previously circulated)
    12. Letter dated 2nd March, 2012 from the Minister of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources re fracking. (previously circulated)
    13. Letter dated 16th March, 2012 from Tony McLoughlin, TD., re closure of government offices in Tubbercurry. (previously circulated)
    14. Letter dated 20th March, 2012 from the Minister for Health regarding reduction of beds in Sligo health services. (previously circulated)
    15. Letter dated 20th March, 2012 from the Office of the Tánaiste acknowledging receipt of letter. (previously circulated)
    16. Letter dated 22nd March, 2012 from North Tipperary County Council regarding a resolution adopted by the Council re a national Programme of Restorative Justice. (previously circulated)
    17. Letter dated 26th March, 2012 from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. (previously circulated)
    18. Email from ‘Connect Ireland’ requesting to address the members regarding new jobs initiative. (previously circulated)
    19. Letter dated 26th March, 2012 from Senator Michael Comiskey re the closure of Government Offices in Tubbercurry.
    20. Letter dated 27th March, 2012 from the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister acknowledging receipt of letter re fracking.
    21. Letter dated 27th March, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine acknowledging receipt of letter.
    22. Letter dated 28th March, 2012 from the Office of An Taoiseach regarding fracking.
    23. Letter dated 28th March, 2012 from the Office of An Taoiseach acknowledging receipt of letter regarding undocumented Irish in America.
    24. Letter dated 28th March, 2012 from the Office of An Taoiseach acknowledging receipt of letter regarding the operation and production of driver licences.
    25. Letter dated 30th March, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport acknowledging receipt of letter re driver licences.
    26. Letter dated 2nd April, 2012 from the NRA re works carried out at the Owenmore & Ballisodare rivers’ bridges between Collooney and Sligo.
    27. Letter dated 2nd April, 2012 from Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton, TD, re taskforce on job creation.
    28. Letter dated 4th April, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government acknowledging receipt of letter re fracking.
    29. Letter dated 12th April, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources re fracking.
    30. Letter dated 17th April, 2012 from Cavan County Council regarding a resolution adopted by the Council re Hydraulic Fracturing.
    31. Letter dated 17th April, 2012 from the department of Trade 7 Investment, Belfast regarding Hydraulic Fracturing.
    32. Letter dated 17th April, 2012 from Offaly County Council regarding a resolution adopted by the Council re salaries in banks and semi-state companies.
    33. Letter dated 17th April, 2012 from Offaly County Council regarding a resolution adopted by the Council re reforms to Ministers and TDs pension schemes.
    34. Letter dated 19th April, 2012 from Galway County Council regarding a  resolution adopted by the Council re the introduction of Irish Water.
    35. Letter dated the 19th April, 2012 from the HSE regarding cuts to bed numbers in St John’s hospital.
    36. Letter dated 20th April, 2012 from ‘EirGrid’ requested to address the Council on the development of the Irish electricity transmission system.
    37. Letter dated 30th April, 2012from the Office of the Tánaiste regarding the undocumented Irish in America.
    38. Letter dated 1st May, 2012 from Senator Imelda Henry re government offices in Tubbercurry.
    39. Letter dated 2nd May, 2012 from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the transfer of driver licensing functions.
    40. Letter dated 3rd May, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Housing and Planning acknowledging receipt of correspondence.
    41. Letter dated 3rd May, 2012 from Senator Imelda Henry re government offices in Tubbercurry.
  23. Matters Arising from Minutes
  24. Any Other Business

 


Meeting Date 14/05/2012