Proposed Residential Development at Meadowbrook, Ballyclare Townland, Ballyleague, Co Roscommon.  The Proposed Development will comprise of a) 18 No. residential units as follows: (i) 10 No. 2 storey 3-Bed Semi-Detached Houses with storage sheds to rear, (ii) 8 No. single storey 2-Bed semi-detached residential units with storage sheds to rear (iii), (b) all associated site works including construction of footpath, roads, car parking area, street lighting, ducting for utilities, formation of new connections to existing foul and surface water drainage, and existing utilities

Conor Fallon outlined to the member’s details of the project including the Part V111 procedure as outlined in the Chief Executive’s report (included with the Agenda).  The project will hopefully go to tender before the end of this year with a view to commencing construction in early 2020 subject to Department approval.  It is expected that the contract is likely to run for 15 to 18 months.

The members welcomed the development.

On the PROPOSAL of Councillor Shanagher

            SECONDED by Councillor Leyden

It was AGREED by all the members that the proposed development should proceed as outlined in the Chief Executive’s report without any variation or modification.

Martin Lydon informed the members as follows:

The Local Government Act 2001 Section 102, as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014, provides the legislative basis for the revised budget process.  It states that “In the case of a county or city council, the Chief Executive shall consult the Municipal District Members for each Municipal District in the Local Authority’s functional area in the preparation of a Draft Local Authority Budget and, for that purpose, a Draft Budgetary Plan for the Municipal District shall be prepared under the direction of the Chief Executive and submitted for consideration by the Municipal District Members for each Municipal District in the manner and in the format that may be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister.”

The purpose of a Draft Budgetary Plan is to provide each Municipal District an opportunity to allocate its proportion of the General Municipal Allocation (GMA) according to its priorities.  The draft budget shows an overall increase of 29% in the GMA compared to 2019.  This would not have been possible without the increase for 2020 in the Local Property Tax of 15%. 

Martin clarified that this draft budget has to be either accepted or rejected today.

Schedule of Municipal District Works and Service Delivery Plans

Section 103(A) (1) provides that, following the adoption of the Local Authority Budget, a schedule of proposed works of maintenance and repairs to be carried out during 2020 in each Municipal District shall be prepared under the direction of the Chief Executive, having regard to the availability of resources.

The Schedule of Municipal District Works shall be considered by the Municipal District Members concerned and be adopted by resolution, with or without amendment. In making an amendment, the Municipal District Members shall have due regard to the Local Authority Budget adopted in accordance with section 103(9).

The Draft Budgetary Plan refers to discretionary funding only.

In producing the Draft Budgetary Plan, the following was considered:

1.       The needs and resources available or likely to be made available to the Local Authority

2.       The resource needs of each Municipal District, including where appropriate condition survey, population, location of facilities, etc.

The Corporate Policy Group considered the basis for apportionment of Roads expenditure and decided on 23^rd September, 2019 to change the criteria for apportionment in 2020.  It will be based on a model of 33.3% population, 33.3% km of road and 33.3% road condition.

The Roscommon GMA for 2020 is €961,307.  The following will be included in the budget for 2020 -

• €85,000 Municipal District Fund for each MD is reinstated for 2020.  A new governance model and scheme for allocating the funds will be produced.
• €150,000 has been included overall for street cleaning with Roscommon MD receiving €51,373
• An overall figure of €120,000 has been allocated to roads at the request of the members
• €22,000 additional funding has been allocated across the 3 areas to assist in the Tidy Towns Programme and combat illegal dumping
• €25,000 funding has been  ...  view the full minutes text for item 54.19

On the PROPOSAL of Councillor Waldron

                SECONDED by Councillor Leyden

It was AGREED to hold a Civic Reception to honour Chelsea Philips who won a Gold Medal at the World Special Olympics Swimming Championship in Dubai.