Prior to the meeting commencing, there was a moments silence for Cllr John Naughten. 

There were no declarations of interest from the Members.

Sean Mullarkey introduced the draft budget and 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 draft budgetary plans for municipal districts refer only to discretionary funding available to eachmunicipal district, as discussions on strategic and non-discretionary expenditure of the Council formpart of the plenary draft budget process. The plenary budget meeting for 2025 is scheduled to beheld on 28November 2024.

The total General Municipal Allocation (GMA) for 2025 is €2,996,010 with Roscommon MD receiving €1,100,340

LocalProperty Tax(LPT) Variation

The decision takenat thelast plenarymeeting onthe 23’^dSeptember 2024to varythe LPT basicrate upwardsby 15%allowed forthe followingitems tobe includedin the GMAfor 2025

o   €300,000 of Community& Enterprise funding for distribution by members.

o   €191,200 forstreet cleaning.

o   €22,500 offunding hasbeen allocatedto theemergency graveyardbudget.

o   €75,000 of funding hasbeen allocated tograveyard grants.

o   €75,000 infunding has beengranted toassist TidyTown programmes.

o   Town Teamfunding of€12,500 foreach ofthe sixtown teamstotalling €75,000.

Rationalefor AllocatingFunds

Inconsideringthe draftbudgetaryplansforthemunicipaldistrictsasattached,thefollowingwas considered:

1.       The needs andthe resourcesavailable orlikely tobe madeavailable tothe Council.

2.       The resource needsof eachMunicipal District,including whereappropriate, condition, survey,population, location of facilities,etc.

The model used in 2024for apportioning roads expenditure(33.3% Population,33.3% Km Road,33.3% Condition) hasonce againbeen appliedin 2025.

Thereisabudgetallocationin 2025 of€80,000 relatingtotheRiverSucktoimprovedrainage and   amenities.This allocationis splitbetween Athloneand Roscommon MunicipalDistricts.

The purpose of the draft budgetary plan meeting is to provide each municipal district an opportunityto allocateits proportionof theGeneral MunicipalAllocation accordingto itspriorities.

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 ofproposed works of maintenance and repairs to be carried out during 2025, in each municipal district,shall be prepared under the direction of the Chief Executive, having regard to the availability ofresources.

The schedule of municipal district works shall  ...  view the full minutes text for item 62.24