1.1Confirmation of Minutes of Monthly Meeting Held on 5Th December 2005

Clár/ Agenda

1.0Confirmation of Minutes

1.1Confirmation of Minutes of Monthly Meeting held on 5th December 2005.

1.2Confirmation of Minutes of Preliminary Budget Meeting held on 12th December 2005.

1.3Confirmation of Minutes of Statutory Budget Meeting held on 19th December 2005.

2.0Expressions of Sympathy and Congratulations

3.0Correspondence

3.1Correspondence received from Mr Dick Roche, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in relation to funding for the implementation of the Official Languages Act 2003.

3.2Circular L7/05 (Correspondence received from Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government) - in relation to Water Services Investment Programme 2005 – 2007.

3.3Circular HPS 7/05 (Correspondence received from Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government) - in relation to Housing Policy Framework – Building Sustainable Communities.

3.4Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999, as amended.

4.0Report from Protocol Committee

5.0Disposal of Lands in accordance with Statutory Notices circulated pursuant to the provisions of Section 183 of the Local Government Act, 2001.

6.0Other Statutory Business

6.1Planning & Economic Development

6.1.1To consider and if thought fit to grant Planning Permission in material contravention of the Meath County Development Plan 2001 in respect of Planning Application Reference DA/50406 for Donaghmore/Ashbourne GAA Club for:

demolition of existing clubhouse building and ancillary facilities; erection of 10 no. two storey detached dwellings with associated landscaping and site development works; car parking spaaces and boundary treatments. Also proposed is a new vehicular entrance to the public road and a proprietary waste water treatment plant all on a site of 2.495 hectares at Wotton & Newtown commons The Ward Co Meath.

The development would materially contravene objective 3.4.3. of the Meath County Development Plan which states, “it will be an objective of the Planning Authority to channel housing development in rural areas into Graigs and other designated development centres and to ensure that individual house developments in rural areas are functionally and socially linked to the rural area in which they are proposed.”(Managers Report to follow.)

6.2Infrastructure

6.2.1To receive progress reports on (a) R150 Duleek to Julianstown Road, (b) N52 Replacement of Glebe Bridge and (c) Dublin Outer Orital Route.(Reports to follow).

6.3Housing, Social, Community & Cultural

6.3.1Site visit to Meath Arts Centre at 2.30p.m.

6.3.2To receive presentation on Pride of Place Initiative.

6.4Corporate Services

6.4.1To receive a nomination for the County Meath Vocational Education Committee (as per attached notification letter of Mr Gerry Gibney’s resignation.)

6.4.2To receive 5 nominations for the Regional Health Forum, Dublin and North East.

7.0Notices of Questions

7.1Submitted by Councillor Dominic Hannigan

Please provide the following information in relation to the new Navan Arts Centre:-

a) The tender cost for construction

b) The level of current expenditure

c) The level of any predicted cost over-run.

8.0Notices of Motion

8.1Submission by the Slane Electoral Area

"The Slane Area Members call on their colleagues in Meath County Council to support a request to the Minister of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to provide a waste water treatment plant at Gormanston, CountyMeath as an alternative to that proposed at Portrane, Co. Fingal."

9.0Matters Arising from the Minutes.

10.0Schedule of Manager’s Orders.

10.1Schedule of Manager’s Orders – Infrastructure

10.2Schedule of Manager’s Orders – Environment

10.3Schedule of Manager’s Orders – Housing Construction

10.4Schedule of Manager’s Orders – Community & Enterprise

11.0Any Other Business

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