Agendas 2016

Agenda of December Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council to be held on Monday 12th December, 2016


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6th December, 2016

TO:  THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL

The Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council will be held:

ON:  Monday 12th December, 2016    

AT:  11.00 a.m.

IN:  Council Chamber, County Hall, Riverside, Sligo

You are requested to attend.

K. Colreavy
Administrative Officer

 

CLÁR

  1. To confirm Minutes of Special Meeting (re. L.P.T.) of Sligo County Council held on 26th September, 2016 (Copy attached and posted on Extranet).
  2. To confirm Minutes of Ballymote-Tobercurry Municipal District held on 26th September, 2016 (Copy attached and posted on Extranet).
  3. To confirm Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council held on 7th November, 2016 (Copy to follow).
  4. To confirm Minutes of Annual Budget Meeting held on 21st November, 2016 (Copy to follow).
  5. To approve, pursuant to Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of freehold interest of property at 15 Circular Road, Sligo to Margaret McCrann (Copy previously circulated).
  6. To hear a Presentation on Sligo European Capital of Volunteering 2017.
  7. To consider the statutory audit report on the accounts of Sligo County Council for the year ended 31st December 2015 (Copy attached and posted on extranet).
  8. To consider the Audited Annual Financial Statement of Sligo County Council for the year ended 31st December 2015 (Copy by post).
  9. To consider the Audited Annual Financial Statement of Sligo County Council for the year ended 31st December 2014 (Copy by post).
  10. To note the Monthly Management Report for October 2016 (Copy previously circulated).
  11. Appointment of members to Disability Consultative Committee (Report attached and posted on extranet).
  12. To note the appointment of Conor McCarthy (Chambers Ireland representative) as a member of SPC 3 following resignation of Mr. Paul Keyes.
  13. Appointment to I. T. Steering Group re. National REACT Programme Accreditation Scheme  (Correspondence attached and report posted on Extranet).
  14. To approve submission in respect of Draft Flood Risk Management Plans (Copy to follow).
  15. To consider the Draft CFRAM Flood Risk Plans.
  16. Representation on Board of Sligo Tourism Limited (Copy correspondence attached).

 

DEFERRED MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:
    “That Sligo County Council call on the Government to keep their promise, as stated in the Programme for Government document (P.48), to protect and enhance the services available in our local Post Offices.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:
    “That Sligo County Council calls on the GAA to help fund defibrillators for every club in the country.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to immediately develop the Council’s site at Knocknacullen, Dromore West, to provide houses for people on the Council’s housing waiting list”.
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “To call on the CEO of Sligo County Council to write to the Minister of Finance requesting that he finds a permanent mechanism to compensate Sligo County Council for this significant loss and all future losses outside the control of the Local Authorities, as this is a major annual loss of rates income resulting from the global revaluations. We stand to lose €267,375 and to a county like Sligo this is unsustainable”.
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “That Sligo County Council would consider naming the bridge in the village of Ballisodare in honour to volunteer Martin Savage who is a native of Streamstown in recognition of the role he played at the GPO in the 1916 rising; and to call on Sligo County Council to initiate the process under section 192 of the 2001 Local Government Act to have the bridge named the Martin Savage Bridge”.
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to assess and attain a quote for the costs of the works needed to erect street lighting on a pole which will address the safety concerns of the teachers and pupils regarding the lack of lighting outside the national school in Maugherow.  This building is also used by a large number of Community groups on an annual basis”.
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. MacSharry:
    "That Sligo County Council call on the Government (FG & The Independent Alliance) to appoint a Minister to deal exclusively with the ramifications of Brexit on Ireland".
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Maguire:
    “Regarding the upgrading of the sewage plant at Strandhill, can Sligo County Council clarify from Irish Water whether the increased loading, resulting from the classification of Strandhill as a point of interest along the Wild Atlantic Way has been included in the capacity design calculations for the new waste water treatment plant. Can the up to date monitoring figures for those using the WAW also be provided to the Council.”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:
    “That Sligo County Council call on the Department of Agriculture for an increased ANC Payment. It is my understanding that there could be a considerable underspend (possibly in excess of €100m) in the Rural Development Program (budget of €580m) which I am asking be now paid out to farmers in the form of a second Areas of Natural Constraint Payment (ANC). This money would go some way towards covering losses farmers are now experiencing through poor market prices and increased costs resulting from poor weather this summer/autumn and Brexit related issues.”
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to apply to the Rural Economic Development Section of the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional. Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs for funding to continue the Keash Hill walking Trail”.

 

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. MacSharry:
    "That Sligo County Council Engineering staff immediately assess the junction at Dunally cross on the main Sligo to Manorhamilton road in the interests of Health and Safety and traffic calming measures".
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “That Sligo County Council calls on the Government and the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to (a) Protect tenants from unfair rent increases and guarantee they cannot be unfairly evicted; (b) Regulate increases by linking rents to the Consumer Price Index; (c) Revoke the right of landlords to evict tenants for the purpose of sale; (d) Move from current 4 year leases to indefinite lease terms.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Kilgannon:
    “Sligo County Council calls on Government to support the setting up of an all Island Industrial promotion Agency to ensure that key investment opportunities in Ireland are secured and developed.  This approach will build on the foundation of the Good Friday Agreement and has the potential to reap huge rewards for the entire Island.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor K. Henry:
    "That Sligo County Council provides street names on all streets in Ballymote".
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. MacSharry:
    "That Sligo County Council engineering staff in the interests of Health and Safety immediately address the dangerous state of the footpath at the start of the Promenade in Rosses Point used by large numbers of people out walking".
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Kilgannon:
    “Sligo County Council calls on the Minister for Finance Mr. Michael Noonan and this partnership Government to deal once and for all with money Lending Rates as high As 187.2 per cent APR.Companies charging these high rates are Licensed by the Central Bank.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. MacSharry:
    "That Sligo County Council calls on the Minister for Health to immediately engage with A&E Consultants to address bed shortages and tackle the rising number of patients on trolleys at Sligo General Hospital".
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “To call on Sligo County Council for an update report on work carried out on the R290 from Ballygawley to the Leitrim Border”.
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to address the safety concerns raised by the residents of Ballisodare regarding the pedestrian crossing beside the Handball alley”.
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley:
    “That this Council calls on the Minister for Transport Shane Ross to ensure the Sligo-Dublin rail service is maintained as it’s a vital part of infrastructure for the county.”
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. O’Boyle:
    “That this Council supports the use of medicinal Cannabis.”
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “That Sligo County Council requests the Government to progress the Coroner’s Bill as a matter of urgency, and that the Coroner's Bill will provide for an automatic Inquest into EVERY Maternal Death in this State.”
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to extend the pier at Pullaheany to provide for craft to dock at low tide, also to replace rings for to secure boats, for 4 commercial fishing boats, 2 Seaweed Companies.  6 boats anchor and fish out of the pier and endless Jet ski users, surfers and swimmers.”
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. MacManus:
    “To ask for a report on the resources, either human, financial or otherwise, given to date by Sligo Co Council in support of Sligo Business Improvement District (BIDS) and the projected annual support for this scheme.”
  15. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. O’Boyle:
    “Sligo County Council calls on this Government to put an end to the direct provision system and the introduction of a humane reception system in line with international practice.”
  16. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. O’Boyle:
    “Sligo County Council calls on the Health Minister Simon Harris to ensure that Orkambi is made available to all Cystic Fibrosis patients in Ireland.”
  17. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Kilgannon:
    “To request Sligo County Council to call on the Department of Environment to introduce Legislation as is in force in other European Countries for the control of over grown trees in Housing Estates and Built up areas”.
  18. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to write to the Oireachtas Committee on water charges and the Minister, to return all water charges collected to the people who paid, and to put proper compensation in place for all group water schemes.”
  19. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley:
    “Calling on this Council to make an application to the OPW under the Minor Works Scheme for funding to carry out works on the Owenmore River and its tributaries in 2017.”
  20. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “That the Chief Executive provide the Council with a list of properties in the ownership of the Council (other than local authority dwellings houses) which are being rented/leased; and that the Council be provided with details of the annual rental income on each of the said properties; and that the Council be provided with details of the arrears owing, if any, in respect of the said properties.”
  21. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy:
    “I will ask that 2 no. public lights be erected at the junction of Roads No. R294 and 448 at location known as “Joe Dan’s” Drummartin, Aclare, in the interest of Road Safety”.
  22. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy:
    “To ask that road resurfacing be included in the 2017 Roads Programme at Banada Bridge, Banada, Tourlestrane where three roads meet and several accidents have occurred in the recent past”.
  23. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:
    “That Sligo County Council call on the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to develop a strategic vision for volunteering which will set out the Government’s long-term plan for volunteering, particularly in relation to the positive social, educational and economic benefits of volunteering. There is no strategy at present and given the fact that Sligo has been awarded the title of European Capital of Volunteering 2017, it is now time that due attention be given to developing this vital strategy.”
  24. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to make safe the section of road at Allens Crossroad near the old handball alley at Cauraun travelling from Tubbercurry towards Cloonacool on road L4703 due to its very slippery surface.”
  25. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “To ask Sligo County Council for an update on when work can resume on St Columba {Colmcille} Emlafad old Church and graveyard site Emlafad Ballymote which dates back to early 1700s and contains a military fort surrounding the graveyard. Works started in 2015 and stopped shortly afterwards.”
  26. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor K. Henry:
    “That Sligo County Council call on the Minister for Social Protection to reverse his decision to limit new contracts under the Rural Social Scheme to three years.”
  27. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “That the Council be provided with an up to date report on the proposed Rosses Point Pier and Pontoon scheme, particularly with regard to submitting an application for grant aid for the project for 2017.”
  28. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “That Sligo County Council would oppose the national policy proposing staffless libraries and would not seek to go down this route as in some other counties. That this council believes the MY Open Library scheme, from the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, will inevitably lead to an erosion of services and will ultimately be very damaging towards library services.”
  29. Votes of Sympathy.
  30. Votes of Congratulations.
  31. Conferences/Training (Copy attached and posted on Extranet).
  32. To note the summary of proceedings of conferences attended in accordance with Section 142(5) (f) of the Local Government Act, 2001.
  33. Correspondence:
    1. E-mail from Office of Minister John Halligan dated 2nd November re. resolution concerning back to work and education training
    2. Acknowledgement received on 3rd November, 2016 from the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills re. resolution concerning back to work and education training,
    3. E-mail dated 7th November, 2016 from Minister John Halligan, T.D. re. back to work/education and training,
    4. Letter dated 8th November, 2016 from Dr. Brendan McCormack, President of I.T. Sligo concerning resolution re. the Insurance Apprenticeship Programme,
    5. Acknowledgement dated 16th November, from the Office of Minister for Social Protection re. resolution regarding reinstating full rate of Jobseeker’s Allowance for claimants aged 18 to 26,
    6. Acknowledgement dated 16th November, 2016 from the Office of the Taoiseach re. resolution concerning Post Offices,
    7. Acknowledgement dated 16th November, 2016 from the Office of the Taoiseach re. resolution concerning Jobseekers Allowance,
    8. Acknowledgement dated 16th November, 2016 from the Office of the Tánaiste re. resolution concerning issues affecting members of An Garda Síochána,
    9. Letter dated 17th November, 2016 from the Office of Minister of State, Michael Ring, T.D. re. Post Office network,
    10. Letter dated 18th November, 2016 from the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to Minor Works Grant for primary Schools,
    11. Letter dated 24th November, 2016 from Mr. David Franks, Chief Executive of Iarnród Éireann concerning Dublin-Sligo rail services,
    12. Acknowledgement from the family of the late Anne Power, Strandhill Road regarding Members’ Vote of sympathy,
    13. Letter dated 30th November, 2016 from the Jobseeker’s Policy Unit of the Department of Social Protection, (Copies posted on Extranet).
  34. Matters Arising from Minutes.
  35. Any Other Business.

 

 

 

 


Meeting Date 12/12/2016