Agendas 2012

Agenda of September Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council to be held on 3rd September 2012 at 11am


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

Phone: (071) 9111111

28th August, 2012

TO:    THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL

An Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council will be held:

ON:    Monday, 3rd September, 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 Special Meeting held on 9th August, 2012. (copy attached)
  2. To confirm the Minutes of the Ordinary July Meeting held on 2nd July, 2012. (copy attached)
  3. To confirm the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 22nd June, 2012. (copy attached)
  4. To confirm the Minutes of the Sligo County Council Corporate Policy Group Meeting held on 11th June, 2012. (copy attached)
  5. To confirm the Minutes of the Sligo/Drumcliffe Electoral Area Meeting held on 23rd April, 2012. (copy attached)
  6. To confirm the Minutes of the Sligo/Drumcliffe Electoral Area Meeting held on 20th February, 2012. (copy attached)
  7. To confirm the Minutes of the Ballymote Electoral Area meeting held on 10th May, 2012. (copy attached)
  8. To consider the Manager’s Report relating to submissions on the Proposed Amendments of the Draft Ballymote Local Area Plan 2012-2018. (previously circulated)
  9. To approve in accordance with Part 8 (Article 81) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations, 2001 (as amended), the proposed car park development at Lord Edward’s Street, Ballymote. (copy attached)
  10. To approve, pursuant to Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of a dwelling at Greyfield, Culfadda, Co. Sligo to Ms. Leah Farrell. (previously circulated)
  11. To approve, pursuant to Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of a dwelling at Lavally, Ballymote, Co. Sligo to Mr. Andrew Hegarty. (previously circulated)
  12. To approve, pursuant to Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of a dwelling at Tubbertelly, Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo to Ms Louise Rumgay. (previously circulated)
  13. To approve proposed allocations under the Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2012 (Second Call). (report attached)
  14. To seek approval to borrowing a sum not exceeding €11m by way of temporary overdraft for the 6 months from 1st October 2012 to 31st March 2013. (report attached)
  15. To consider the takeover of group water schemes in accordance with Section 95 of the Water Services Act, 2007. (copy attached)
  16. To consider Draft Annual Report 2011. (copy attached)
  17. To appoint four (4) members to the Sligo County Enterprise Board for a period of 3 years. (letter attached)
  18. Presentation by Comhairle na nÓg.
  19. 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 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 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.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan
    “To Call on the Minister for Transport to reinstate the LIS Scheme in the 2013 Road Works Programme.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan
    “To call on the Minister for Education;
    1. Not to include agriculture land as an asset when applying for 3rd Level Grants.
    2. To show flexibility and common sense regarding the ‘3 mile rule’ for students availing of free transport.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To call on Sligo County Council to erect a rock armor protection for the new pier and bridge at Pollaheanny, Easkey.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Healy McGowan
    “To ask for an update to the application made by Sligo County Council to the OPW for funding in excess of €300,000 to address severe coastal erosion at Strandhill.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Healy McGowan
    “To ask that the lines on the car park at the promenade in Strandhill be redone and also, that the disabled car spaces be highlighted in blue as in other areas.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    “That Sligo County Council calls on the Government to reduce the price of petrol and diesel as present record high prices are having a negative impact on all motorists, business and households across the country.”

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree and Councillor S. MacManus
    “That Sligo County Council begins the process of Taking in Charge Ocean Links, Strandhill Estate.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Devins
    "To ask why the House-Front allocations for 2012 have been rescinded."
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. McGrath
    “To call on the County manager to extend the opening hours of Sligo Cemetery.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. McGrath
    “To call on Sligo County Council to extend the sewerage system at Knockbeg, Collooney and to provide an estimate costing.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. McGrath and Councillor G. Mullaney
    “To request a meeting, as a matter of urgency, between the NRA, the Oireachtas members and the Ballymote Electoral Area Councillors regarding the lack of progress on the N4 stretch between Castlebaldwin and Collooney.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “To ask that Sligo County Council receives, at its September meeting, a full and comprehensive report in relation to the status of our application to upgrade the N4 between Cloonamahon and Castlebaldwin. Such report must address issues such as:
    • What are the current requirements of the NRA in relation to the type of carriage way proposed.
    • Have studies on traffic flow, journey time analysis, accident data analysis etc. been done.
    • When is it expected that public consultation on the scheme will commence.
    • Have the Preliminary Design Report, Environmental Impact Study and Compulsory Purchase Documents for the scheme been completed and submitted to the NRA.
    • Has Sligo County Council submitted a request to the NRA for funding to commence the “Statutory Processes”?
    • All other matters concerning the advancement of this scheme to planning stage.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    “To call on Sligo County Council to call on the Minister for Health and the Minister for Children to provide annual financial support for the only Children’s Hospice in Ireland, The Laura Lynn House.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor V. Cawley
    “That this council supports the call for an amendment to the legislation pertaining to prostitution; by asking the Government to seek a change in the law to protect women from being trafficked into Ireland to work in the sex industry, and calls for the trade to be shut down by closing a loophole in the law thus making it an offence to pay for sex.”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “That in the interest of public safety Sligo County Council would consider providing 2 speed ramps or other traffic calming measures on the Airport Road, Strandhill, adjacent to the Community Park.”
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor V. Cawley
    “That Sligo County Council explore the feasibility of the provision of specific caravan parking spaces at Mullaghmore.”
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor H. Keaney
    “I am asking for the support of all members here to call on the Government to introduce legislation criminalising the purchase of sex in Ireland, in order to curb prostitution and trafficking of women for sexual exploitation. The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a modern form of slavery and a form of human rights abuse.”
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That the County Manager provide the Council with a report
    1. indicating the properties purchased;
    2. the cost of each property;
    3. the plans prepared; and
    4. the cost of said plans; by the County Council which was proposed to be funded by the Gateway Innovation Fund.”
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That the Council, acknowledging the revised eligibility criteria for coastal erosion applications, appeals to Minister of State Brian 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.”
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    “I will ask Sligo County Council what action can be taken to prevent the growth and spread of noxious weeds along the National Primary and Secondary roads in the county.”
  15. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “That this Council seeks a commitment from the HSE that Mulholland House, respite centre in Tubbercurry will not be closed or downgraded.”
  16. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. Barry
    “That Sligo County Council call on the Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn not to include assets in his review of the grants systems.”
  17. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan
    “To call on the Minister for Agriculture to take steps to avert a disaster in farming.”
  18. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan
    “To ask the County Manager to apply to the Department for funding to carry out coastal protection works at Finod, Easkey.”  
  19. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan
    “To call on Minister Pill Hogan to allocate funding through the leader companies to help set up Community Alert Committees around the county.”  
  20. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Barrett
    “That this Council take measures to improve sight distance at junctions of Roads 19 and 20 with the N59, in the interest of public safety.”
  21. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Barrett
    “That this Council improves the hard shoulder on the N59, between Beltra Post Office and Road 26.”
  22. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke
    Further to matters raised in the Grant Thornton Report and moves to now compel Sligo County Council to transfer ownership of its entire public water and sewerage treatment infrastructure to the government's centralised Bord Gais Irish Water monopoly, I call on the Manager to furnish members of the council with a detailed written report on the following:
    1. What is the total of the loan and interest charges at present owed by the authority in connection with the provision of its public water, sewerage treatment services and tapped into water sources, including Lough Gill, Lough Easkey, Lough Talt and all other such in the county.
    2. What were the annual subsidies or allocations which the government has advanced to the authority towards the cost of supplying water to the domestic sector in each of the last five years?
    3. What is the annual cost to the council of supplying water for domestic usage in the period 2007 to 2012 inclusive?
    4. Noting that virtually the whole of the rural water network of the county was set up by local communities through the establishment of group water schemes, aided by what then were substantial sums of money contributed by local farmers, business interests and households, what is the scale of the compensation which the government or the Department of the Environment is proposing to offer in the event the rural water, sewerage treatment and source water provision being removed by the An Bord Gais Irish Water monopoly?
    5. What are the projected or estimated fees or payments which, if acquired,  An Bord Gais Irish Water monopoly would stand to harvest from charges liable to domestic and commercial users for the provision of water and sewerage treatment services in Sligo in each of the coming five years to 2017?
    6. What is the capital value of the urban and rural public water and sewerage treatment infrastructure, including lake or other sources from which the raw water is sourced?
    7. Will the debtors list and all other unpaid user charges relating to the council's existing water and sewerage treatment services and the water and sewerage treatment infrastructure or source water supplies be included in any takeover of the county's public water and sewerage treatment service?
  23. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    “To request the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney T.D. to direct his Department and Teagasc to immediately help farmers who are in difficulty due to the very wet weather conditions this summer.” 
  24. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy
    “I will ask Sligo County Council to call on the H.S.E. to ensure that Mulholland House Respite Centre in Tubbercurry remains open for the benefit of the staff, patients and their families.”
  25. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey
    “To call on Sligo County Council to make safe the wall at Bruach na hAibhainn Estate, Coolaney.”
  26. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey
    “To ask Sligo County Council that an application be made for funding in 2013 for a pedestrian crossing in Ballisodare.”
  27. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley
    “That this Council take immediate steps to improve junction at Kilfree on Gurteen/Ballaghderreen Road where County Road 500 meets Regional Road 293.”
  28. Votes of Sympathy
  29. Votes of Congratulations
  30. Conferences
  31. Correspondence 
    1. Letter dated 21st June, 2012 from the HSE West regarding Cregg House funding.
    2. Letter dated 26th June, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine acknowledging receipt of letter re TB testing on deer.
    3. Letter dated 25th June, 2012 from Comhairle na nÓg regarding liaising with the County Council.
    4. Letter dated 29th June, 2012 from Leitrim County Council regarding a resolution passed by the Council re travel passes for children under 16 with disabilities.
    5. Letter dated 29th June, 2012 from Leitrim County Council regarding a resolution passed by the Council re the trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation.
    6. Letter dated 29th June, 2012 from Clare County Council regarding a resolution passed by the Council re special water rates for voluntary sector.
    7. Letter dated 30th June, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Justice and Equality re the moratorium on recruitment of Gardaí.
    8. Letter dated 4th July, 2012 from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport re funding for Class 2 and 3 Roads.
    9. Letter dated 5th July, 2012 from South Tipperary County Council regarding a resolution passed by the Council re Glanbia milk processing plant.
    10. Letter dated 5th July, 2012 from South Tipperary County Council regarding a resolution passed by the Council re a positive aging strategy.
    11. Letter dated 5th July, 2012 from Dublin City Council regarding a resolution passed by the Council re the incarceration of Marian Price.
    12. Letter dated 6th July, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills acknowledging receipt of letter re IT Sligo.
    13. Letter dated 6th July, 2012 from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport re funding for the Local Improvements Scheme.
    14. Email dated 6th July, 2012
    15. Letter dated 9th July, 2012 from Longford County Council regarding a resolution passed by the Council re new property tax.
    16. Letter dated 10th July, 2012 from Fingal County Council regarding a resolution passed by the Council re meeting between unions and Minister Hogan on changes in water service provision.
    17. Letter dated 10th July, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport acknowledging receipt of letter re Class 3 Roads.
    18. Letter dated 16th July, 2012 from Team Sligo Tourism re presentation to the members.
    19. Letter dated 16th July, 2012 from Ms Terri Scott, President IT Sligo re presentation given to members at the July meeting.
    20. Letter dated 18th July, 2012 from Monaghan Town Council regarding  resolutions passed by the Council repayments to part-time firemen and bye laws for circus use of animals.
    21. Letter dated 19th July, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine re TB testing on deer.
    22. Letter dated 25th July, 2012 from the Office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport acknowledging receipt of letter.
    23. Letter dated 31st July, 2012 from the Office of Senator Pascal Mooney re IT Sligo.
    24. Letter dated 7th August, 2012 from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding driver licensing functions.
    25. Letter dated 13th August, 2012 from the Area Manager of HSE West re Gurteen, Tubbercurry, Cloonamahon and Collooney Health Centres.
  32. Matters Arising from Minutes
  33. Any Other Business

 

 

 


Meeting Date 03/09/2012