Áras an Chontae
Roscommon
County Roscommon
F42 VR98
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Agenda and minutes
Venue: THE HUB CASTLEREA
Contact: John Mockler Email: jmockler@roscommoncoco.ie
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Adoption of the Minutes · Municipal District Meetings 27/11/2017 Minutes: On the PROPOSAL of Councillor Leyden SECONDED by Councillor Fitzmaurice It was AGREED to adopt the Minutes of the Roscommon Municipal District Meeting held on 27th November, 2017
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Adoption of Minutes · Municipal District Meeting 18/12/2017 Minutes: On the PROPOSAL of Councillor Creaton SECONDED by Councillor Shanagher It was AGREED to adopt the Minutes of the Roscommon Municipal District Meeting held on 18th December, 2017
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Matters arising from the minutes Minutes: The members referred to the following items:
Eugene Dwyer and John Mockler responded to the issues raised:
A discussion took place surrounding the fast charging units for e-cars at the civic offices and On the PROPOSAL of Councillor Leyden SECONDED by Councillor Shanagher It was AGREED to write to Minister Naughten to ask him to accelerate the installation of fast charging units for e-cars in Roscommon.
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Review of Roscommon Municipal District Funding Scheme Minutes: After some discussion it was decided not to make any changes to the Municipal District Fund Scheme for 2018.
John Mockler informed the members that Community & Enterprise want to look at all applications submitted and may make some comments before the allocation process takes place. This will also decrease any possibility of double funding the same projects under different schemes.
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Feedback from the Town Team Meetings Minutes:
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Votes of Congratulations/Sympathy Minutes: VOTES OF SYMPATHY were extended to -the Moylan family, Ballinlough on the passing of Mary Moylan, R.I.P. -the O’Gara family, Aughurine, Ballaghaderreen on the passing of Stephen O’Gara, R.I.P. -Pat Woods, Moyne on the passing of his sister in the UK -the Finn family, Cortoonmore, Ballaghaderreen on the passing of Declan Finn, R.I.P. -the Beatty family, Corlis, Castlerea on the passing of Eddie Beatty, R.I.P.
VOTES OF CONGRATULATIONS were extended to - Roscommon town on gaining 3rd place in the IBAL awards - Aisling Hanley from Kilteevan who represented Ireland on the Ireland Deaf Women’s Futsal team in the European Championships in Holland
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A.O.B. Minutes:
On the PROPOSAL of Councillor Leyden SECONDED by Councillor Shanagher It was AGREED to write to the Chief Executive to request that he places a Tree Preservation Order on Mote Park and in particular the area of Derrydonnell. · The lack of name plaques for housing estates within the Roscommon Municipal District was raised and On the PROPOSAL of Councillor Shanagher SECONDED by Councillor Leyden It was AGREED that the Roscommon County Council check that all estates have name plaques. · The bad state of the footpaths in Roscommon town and the town park was discussed. Eugene Dwyer reported that an Engineer was appointed to survey all footpaths and prioritise areas for carrying out works. He agreed that wheelchair users will be taken into consideration when works are being planned. · The problem of sweeping small areas such as footpaths in the town was discussed and on the On the PROPOSAL of Councillor Fitzmaurice SECONDED by Councillor Leyden It was AGREED that Roscommon County Council should purchase 2 multi use petrol sweepers, one for each town. Eugene Dwyer confirmed that he would look into this and that he had already requested Ivor Kilcline to look into purchasing this type of equipment. · A further discussion took place about the dangerous condition of the footpaths in Roscommon town due to the snow before the Christmas. Councillor Leyden was disappointed that more was not done to clear the footpaths at such a busy time for businesses within the town. She requested a plan is put in place that will see footpaths cleared in the towns if we have snow in future. · Councillor Fitzmaurice requested that the IT Department provide a link on facebook that will show a map of the roads being salted · A discussion took place surrounding the whole area of who is liable if Roscommon County Council were to give out salt for spreading as some other Local Authorities currently do this. Eugene Dwyer explained that we are still awaiting clarity on this from the Attorney General. On the PROPOSAL of Councillor Leyden SECONDED by Councillor Shanagher It was agreed to write to Minister Naughten and request that he follows this up with the Attorney General · Eugene Dwyer reminded all the members to discuss their road work priorities with Eugene Sheerin and Anthony McDermott so that the Roads Programme for 2018 could be compiled. · Cllr. Dineen expressed thanks for the lights at Granlahan · Cllr. Leyden requested an update ... view the full minutes text for item 7.18 |