Sligo Agendas 2014

Agenda of Meeting of the Municipal District of Sligo to be held on Monday 20th October, 2014 at 11am in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Quay Street, Sligo


Sligo County Council
Corporate Services
County Hall
Riverside
Sligo

071 911 1005

 

14th October, 2014

 

TO:  THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF SLIGO

A meeting of the Municipal District of Sligo will be held:

AT:  11.00am

ON:  Monday 20th October, 2014

IN:  Council Chamber, City Hall, Quay Street, Sligo

 

You are requested to attend.

S. Branley
Staff Officer

 

CLÁR

  1. To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting of the Municipal District of Sligo held on 21st July, 2014.  (to follow)
  2. To confirm the Minutes of the Budget Meeting of the Municipal District of Sligo held on 8th October, 2014.  (to follow)
  3. Matters arising.
  4. To hear an update on Local, Economic and Community Plan.
  5. Quarterly Reports.
  6. To consider and adopt the Draft Standing Orders for the Municipal Districts of County Sligo.
  7. Report by Mr. Bartley Gavin on Cranmore Regeneration Masterplan.

 

DEFERRED MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Mac Sharry
    “To review the reporting of unauthorised people using disabled Parking bays in the Municipal District area from a text service to a phone service preferably to Sligo Garda Station.”

 

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “Noting that No 9 St Josephs Terrace is vacant since December 2012; No 38 Seaview Park is vacant since May 2010 and the council house located at Creevykeel, is vacant since January 2012; and further noting that these houses require minor repairs to be carried out on them before they can be made available for persons on the Council Housing Waiting List; this meeting requests Council Management to put a mechanism in place that will ensure that houses which require minor repairs will have the repairs carried out within 3 months of them being vacated.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “Recognising the need for additional public lighting on Cairns Road (No 295) this meeting resolves that plans be brought before the Council (1) indicating where additional lighting can be erected (2) indicating the cost of the provision of such lighting; so as the Council can seek the necessary funding from the Department.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree
    “That the Council be provided with a full breakdown of the expenditure to date of the €1,450,000 in grant aid received from the Department of Transport under the Active Travel Towns Programme; and that the Council also receive a report indicating what specific works are to be carried out on the programme in the current year and what level of consultation has taken place with special interest groups and members of the public.” 
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “To ask for a report on the possibility of Sligo County  Council altering the time limits on car parking in Abbey Street Car Park to allow customers to park there at the current charge of 80 cent per hour for a period of up to four hours rather than the present limit of two hours.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “To ask for a report on the delay in Sligo County Council providing charging points in Sligo city for electric cars.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus
    “That member’s be updated on time-frame/duration of works and any traffic restrictions which are anticipated due to the road widening works at Hughes Bridge”.
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy
    “To ask Sligo County Council what is the present update with Sea View Park estate in Cliffoney and is Sligo County Council in a position to take this estate over”.
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy
    “To ask Sligo County Council to address the concerns that have been raised ‎over the present condition of the derelict houses on Holborn / Barrack Street and especially the roof condition and the loose slates”.
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly
    “I propose that Sligo County Council construct a footpath with handrails adjacent to Grange Temperance Hall, on Chapel Road, Grange. There is a significant amount of traffic using this junction, as this is the only vehicular access to Newgrange and Rinroe including Scoil Naomh Molaise, the Doctor's surgery and housing estates. The hall is used for a large number of community activities, many involving small children, who require safe access to the hall.
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly
    “Given Sligo City's enviable location on the Wild Atlantic Way route, I am calling on Sligo County Council to:
    1. identify the most appropriate location for a dedicated Coach set down/parking area in close proximity to Sligo City Centre and
    2. to identify/ringfence funding for the provision of this facility in advance of the 2015 tourism season”.
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly
    “That Sligo County Council progress the matter of transforming the Stephen Street car park into a multi-use space for the purpose of outdoor markets, outdoor concerts and other events”.
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor H. Keaney
    “I call on this Council to engage with Drumcliffe Development and other local groups in relation to how we can improve the visitors experience to Drumcliffe especially with the significance of Yeats celebrations in 2015”
  13. Any Other Business

 

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Meeting Date 20/10/2014