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KILKENNY COUNTY COUNCIL
Agenda for the Ordinary Meeting of KilkennyCounty Council to be held on Monday 15thDecember, 2003 at 3 p.m. in the Council Chamber, County Hall, John Street, Kilkenny.
1. / Confirmation of Minutes:a) / Minutes of Ordinary Meeting of Kilkenny County Council held on Monday 17th November, 2003 (copy of minutes attached)
b) / Minutes of Strategic Policy Committee No. 5 – Arts, Culture, Heritage, Tourism & Education Policy Meeting held on 9th October, 2003 (copy of minutes attached)
c) / Minutes of Piltown Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on 24th October, 2003 (copy of minutes attached)
d) / Minutes of Strategic Policy Committee No 3 – Environmental Policy Meeting held on 5th November, 2003 (copy of minutes attached)
e) / Minutes of Kilkenny Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on 10th November, 2003 (copy of minutes attached)
f) / Minute of Thomastown Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on 28th November, 2003. (copy of minutes attached)
g) / Minutes of Callan Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on 1st December, 2003. (copy of minutes attached)
h) / Minutes of Kilkenny Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on 1st December, 2003 (copy of minutes attached).
i) / Minutes of Piltown Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on 10th December, 2003 (copy of minutes to follow)
2. / Business prescribed by Statute, Standing Orders or Resolutions of the Council.
(a) /
Appointment of Member to Committee:
Appointment of Member to KilkennyCountyEnterprise Board(b) /
Housing & Property Disposal:
(i) / Disposal of interest in house at 6a, Butts Green, Kilkenny to Joseph & Catherine Hickey who have an Annuity Loan arrangement with Kilkenny County Council. (Notification issued to Members on 5th December, 2003)(ii) / Disposal of interest in house at 59, Oakhill, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny to Karen O’Neill in accordance with the terms of the Shared Ownership Scheme. (Notification issued to members on 4th December, 2003)
(iii) / Disposal of interest in house at 11, Pococke Lower, Johnswell Road, Kilkenny to Conan and Caitriona Doyle in accordance with the terms of the Shared Ownership Scheme. (Notification issued to Members on 4th December, 2003)
(iv) / Disposal of interest in house at Ballykeeffe, Cuffesgrange, Co. Kilkenny to Joan Egan in accordance with the terms of the Shared Ownership Scheme (Notification issued to Members on 4th December, 2003)
(v) / Disposal of land consisting of approx. .06 hectares of land at Newpark, Kilkenny to Patrick Bergin Senior for the sum of €82.14 (Notification issued to Members on 5th December, 2003)
(vi) / Disposal of land consisting of .073 acres situated at Garringreen, Kilkenny to Mr. Martin Dowling of Cedarview Developments Ltd., for the sum of €240,000.
(c) /
Planning:
(i)
/Development Contribution Scheme
Consideration of Draft Development Contribution Scheme – Report already circulated.(ii)
/Capital Budget 2004 – Development Contributions – Report already circulated.
(iii)
/Draft Variation No. 2 of Kilkenny County Development Plan 2002 entitled “Wind Energy Strategy” for CountyKilkenny. (report already circulated)
(d) /Corporate Affairs
(i)
/Circular Letter EL 9/2003 – Craftworkers Parallel Benchmarking
(ii)
/Section 6 Grants – Supplementary Allocation 2003 (report attached)
(e) /Sanitary Services
(i)
/Sludge Management Plan (report attached)
(ii)
/Assessment of Needs (report attached)
(f) /Environment
Approval of the Litter Management Plan 2003 (report attached)
3. / Urgent Correspondence4. / Fix Dates and Times of Meetings:
(i) / Schedule of meetings for December 2003 toMarch 2004attached
5. / Consideration of Reports and Recommendations of Committees of the Council:
(a)
/ Report of Strategic Policy Committee No. 5 – Arts, Culture, Heritage, Tourism & Education Policy Meeting held on 9th October, 2003. (report attached)(b)
/ Report of Piltown Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on 24th October, 2003 (report attached)(c)
/ Report of Strategic Policy Committee No. 3 – Environmental Policy Meeting held on 5th November, 2003. (report attached)(d)
/ Report of Kilkenny Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on Monday 10th November, 2003. (report attached)(e)
/ Report of Thomastown Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on 28th November, 2003 (report attached)(f)
/ Report on Callan Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on 1st December, 2003 (report attached)(g)
/ Report of Kilkenny Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on 1st December, 2003. (report attached)(h)
/ Report of Piltown Electoral Area Committee Meeting held on 10th December, 2003 (report to follow).6. / Other Business set forth in the Notice convening the Meeting
7. /
Conferences
8. /Health Board Matters
9. /Any Other Business
10.Notices of Motion:
13 (02)Cllrs. D. Dowling, J. P. Phelan, P. Dunphy, B. Aylward, C. Long, A. Blackmore.
Knockmoylan/Gorrhue Railway Level Crossing
“That Kilkenny County Council enters into meaningful negotiation with
C. I. E. to promote:
(a)Safety in its use by the Public.
(b)Promote the use of modern technology in its operation to ensure convenience for local users”.
06 (03)Cllrs. P. Dunphy, D. Dowling, P. Hogan, J. P. Phelan.
“That Kilkenny County Council reject any attempt by Waterford Corporation to promote or seek a boundary extension into South Kilkenny”.
07 (03)Cllrs. R. Dowling, J. McGuinness, C. Long, J. Murphy, J. Brennan, T. Maher, M.H. Cavanagh, C. Connery, P. Cuddihy, P. Dunphy, J. Coonan, M. Carroll, M. Doran, A. Blackmore, T. Mullen,
B. Aylward.
“That Kilkenny County Council calls on the General Council of County Councils to inform the Government that the cutbacks on C.E.S. and Social Economy have far-reaching implications all over the country.
The Committees reviewing the work of C.E.S. type schemes are not representative of the workers involved or the communities for which they work.
We call on all political parties to look at C.E.S. Schemes in their broadest and most important context and ask for wide-reaching consultation before any decisions are made.
We call on them to ask the Government to re-think and re-consider these cutbacks”.
08 (03)Cllr. M. H. Cavanagh.
“That the Members of Kilkenny County Council call on the Government to protect the fundamental human rights of people with disabilities in Ireland and to end the widespread discrimination they experience in the provision of basic services by the State by introducing a rights-based Disability Bill”.
09 (03)Cllr. C. Connery, Cllr. M. H. Cavanagh, Cllr. J. Brennan, Cllr. T. Maher, Cllr. B. Ireland, Cllr. P. Dunphy, Cllr. D. Dowling, Cllr. M. Brett, Cllr. P. Cuddihy, Cllr. A. Cotterell,
Cllr. T. Maher.
(i)“That Kilkenny County Council deplores the cutbacks in the Community Employment Programme and calls on the Government to provide the funding to maintain the number of places on this programme at 2002 levels.
Notices of Motion from other local authorities seeking support of KilkennyCounty Council:
22 (03)Killarney Town Council(29/10/03)
“ That Killarney Town Council ask the phone companies that are charging a handling charge to top-up mobile phone customers to refrain from doing so, and absorb the charge themselves. The phone companies have cut their commission to the shops and as a result the shops are now charging its customers this extra charge. As it is phone bills are costing enough already”.
23 (03)Limerick City Council(28/10/03)
“ That Limerick City Council fully supports the Association of Health Boards in Ireland in recognizing the important role that Local Authority Members have played in the delivery of our health services. To this end, we inform the Minister for the Environment of our concern at the lack of Local Authority Members input into the Government’s Health Service Reform Programme and request that he intervene with the Minister for Health and Children and his Cabinet Colleagues in ensuring that Local Democratic Representation be part and parcel of any Health Service Reform Package. Also that we as a Local Authority with a proven track record of our members contribution to the health services enlist the support of all other local authorities to support this objective”.
24 (03)Kerry County Council(15/10/03)
“ That Kerry County Council by means of resolution, calls for the same status to be afforded to the Irish Rural Dwellers Association as is being afforded at present to An Taisce and other such organizations. The IRDA represents thousands of paid up members not only throughout the county, but throughout the country. It is a most strong, vibrant and active group and is deserving of national recognition for the important role that it is playing regarding planning matters”.
25 (03)Clonmel Borough Council(16/10/03)
“ That Clonmel Borough Council asks that initiatives be taken to ensure that “consent to sale” periods required from Local Authorities by Tenant Purchasers be not for a period exceeding 15 years in any circumstances from the date of initial purchase and that the Manager have total discretion in further reducing this 15 year period, as circumstances might dictate; and further that all existing freehold interests “ground rents” held by the Local Authority, be surrendered to the householders concerned”.
26 (03)Waterford County Council(20/10/03)
“ Waterford County Council urges rejection of the ‘Radiation Oncology Services Report’ and demands that the Minister for Health immediately sanction a Radiotherapy Treatment Centre for WaterfordRegionalHospital”.
27 (03)Balbriggan Town Council(27/10/03)
“ BalbrigganTown Council call on the Minister for Health to introduce screening for Aids, Tuberculosis and other diseases for all persons entering the country applying for Refugee Status”.
28 (03)Kilrush Town Council(23/10/03)
“ BalbrigganTown Council asks the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to introduce the necessary legislation to address serious concerns at local authority level regarding ever-growing deficits in local government funding requirements”.
29 (03)Cork County Council(06/11/03)
“ Cork County Council asks that all Benchmarking payments be paid in full by the National Exchequer and that all Benchmarking Payments made to date be fully reimbursed by the National Exchequer to all Local Authorities”.
30 (03)SouthTipperaryCounty Council(11/11/03)
“ South Tipperary County Council asks that the benchmarking payments to staff and calls on the Minister for Environment and Local Government Mr. Martin Cullen to make extra resources available from central funds to ensure that this Council can fulfill its commitments in this respect”
31 (03)Clonmel Borough Council(12/11/03)
“ Clonmel Borough Council asks that:-
(a)Existing retail outlets, particularly supermarkets, be encouraged to provide toilet facilities for all their customers and in particular, the handicapped.
(b)That all future planning permissions include an obligatory clause that such facilities be part of the application”.
32 (03)Cobh Town Council(13/11/03)
“ Cobh Town Council asks that refuse charges for those over the age of 65 be abolished and that the income foregone by the Council in relation to this be recouped from Central Government Funds”.
33 (03)Leitrim CountyCouncil(14/11/03)
“ Leitrim County Council requests the Department of the Taoiseach to instruct all Government Departments and Agencies to adopt a sensible, integrated approach toward road openings, road surfacing/repairs, provision of water/sewerage/telephone/electricity/broadband/gas etc. utilities. The instruction must be accompanied by a commitment to fund the provision of multipurpose service ducts with access manholes, particularly in cities, towns and villages when significant roadworks are carried out. This proposal, if adopted and implemented, would dramatically reduce the overall cost and disruption caused by unnecessary repeat road openings. That a copy of this motion be circulated to all Local Authorities and to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee”.
34 (03)Clare County Council(17/11/03)
“ Clare County Council requests the County manager in preparation of 2004 estimates, would take account of the present economic climate:-
(a)The Current inflation rate.
(b)Any capital project which would impinge unfairly on business community (rates)”.
35 (03)Longford Town Council(26/11/03)
“ Longford Town Council call on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to introduce a waiver system for the collecgtion of refuse charges similar to that operated for T.V. licences and E.S.B. allowance”.
36 (03)SouthTipperaryCountyCouncil(3/12/03)
“ South Tippeary County Council call on the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to reverse her decision to abolish the Diet Supplement and that this motion be forwarded to all local authorities”.
“ South Tippeary County Council calls on the Department of Education and Science to provide the funding which is awarded on a yearly basis to the adult education board of the VEC for the different schemes of adult education in the spring of each year rather that the autumn”.