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DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN COUNTY COUNCIL Minutes of the County Council Meeting held in the Council Chamber, County Hall, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin on Monday, 13 January 2014 at 5.00 pm PRESENT: Bailey, John F Lewis, Hugh Bailey, Maria Marren, Donal Baker, Marie McCarthy, Lettie Bhreathnach, Niamh Murphy, Tom Brennan, Aoife O'Callaghan, Denis Devlin, Cormac O'Dea, Jim Dillon Byrne, Jane Pierce, Donna Fox, Tony Richmond, Neale Halpin, Melisa Saul, Barry Hand, Pat Smyth, Carrie Horkan, Gerry Stewart, Patricia Humphreys, Richard Tallon, Grace Joyce, Tom Ward, Barry Apologies for inability to attend were received for Councillor Victor Boyhan Absent: Councillor Gearóid O’Keeffe An Cathaoirleach, Councillor Carrie Smyth presided. OFFICIALS PRESENT: Kathleen Holohan (County Manager), Frank Austin (Director of Transportation and Water Services), Helena Cunningham (Director of Finance and I.T.), Andrée Dargan (County Architect & Director of Culture), Gerard Hayden (Director of Planning and Enterprise), Tom McHugh (Director of Housing and Community), Richard Shakespeare (Director Of Environment), Bernie Gilligan (A/ Director of Corporate Services & Human Resources), Ian Smalley (A/Senior Executive Officer, Corporate Services) and Pamela Graydon (Senior Staff Officer, Corporate Services) C/25/14 Vote of Condolence A vote of condolence was passed with the family of Mr. Tommy Walsh, R.I.P., Porter, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council A vote of condolence was passed with the family of Mr. Frank Brennan, R.I.P., Chairperson of Balally Resident’s Association. A vote of condolence was passed with the family of Dr. Conn McCluskey, R.I.P. An Cathaoirleach, the Members, the Manager and staff stood and observed one minutes silence as a mark of respect. C/26/14 Confirmation of Minutes 1 Minutes of Meeting of County Council held on 9 th December 2013 It was proposed by Councillor L. McCarthy, seconded by Councillor C. Devlin and RESOLVED : “That the minutes of County Council meeting held on 9 th December 2013 be ADOPTED and APPROVED .” C/27/14 Questions It was proposed by Councillor D. O’Callaghan, seconded by Councillor M. Baker and RESOLVED: “That pursuant to Standing Order No. 13 (c) question numbers A.1 to A.6 be ADOPTED and APPROVED .” C/28/14 Protected Structures Question: Councillor V. Boyhan “To ask the Manager to provide a schedule of 'Protected Structures' in the Council's ownership or charge?” Reply: “Marlay House Cabinteely House Seapoint Martello Tower Dalkey Island Martello Tower Williamstown Martello Tower Killiney Obelisk The Wishing Stone, Killiney Hill The Telegraph Tower, Killiney Hill The entrance gate to Killiney Hill Park The Tea Rooms Killiney HIll Park Gate Lodge, People's Park, Dun Laoghaire Tearooms, People's Park, Dun Laoghaire Bandstand, Blackrock Park Pavilion, Blackrock Park Entrance Gate, Blackrock Park Moran Park House The Stillorgan Obelisk County Hall, Dun Laoghaire The Oratory, Dun Laoghaire Coliemore Harbour Sandycove Harbour Two Mortuary Chapels in Deansgrange Cemetery Dalkey Town Hall 7 no. Carnegie Libraries: Dundrum Library Dun Laoghaire Library Cabinteely Library Shankill Library Sandyford Library Glencullen Library Blackrock Library George’s Place –Old Fire Station (Façade only)” 2 C/29/14 dlr lexIcon Question: Councillor V. Boyhan “To ask the Manager to confirm that as per the Councils approval, that the new central library will be know as the Lexicon. Please advise if this name has been registered for use?” Reply: “The Working Group agreed and the Council approved the selection of the name 'Lexicon' for the new Central Library and Cultural Centre. To date, the domain name dlrlexicon.ie has been registered and the process of trade marking the name dlrLexIcon is underway. Until the trademark process is finalised, it is believed that no announcement should be made regarding the use of this, or any other name for the building.” C/30/14 Recycle Bring Banks / Community Employment Opportunities Question: Councillor V. Boyhan “To ask the Manager to confirm revenue income direct to the Council from Recycle Bring Banks / Recycling Bins for the period 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 to date and to consider if these funds could be ring-fenced for community employment initiatives directly involved in the care and maintenance of these Recycle Bring Banks €96,510.55 (2010) €94,336.41 (2011) €81,869.76 (2012) (2013- To date)?” Reply: “The income generated from textile recycling at Bring Banks for the period from January 2009 to November 2013 is as follows: 2009 € 82,461.13 2010 € 96,510.75 2011 € 94,336.41 2012 € 81,869.76 Jan – Nov 2013 € 90,737.18 The Council also receives subsidies for glass and can recycling. The care and maintenance of the Bring Banks is provided by the Environment Department. The cost incurred in providing and maintaining the Bring Banks is greater than the income received.” C/31/14 Revenue Return by Council for Local Property Tax -2103 Question: Councillor V. Boyhan “To ask the Manager to confirm details of the overall return made to the Revenue Commissioners in relation to the Local Property Tax for 2013 and the Income source for this payment within the councils approved financial budgetary structure for 2013?” Reply: “In accordance with the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 as amended, the Council made a return to the Revenue Commissioners in 2013 to register Council-owned residential properties liable for the Local Property Tax for 2013. The total number of Council-owned residential properties liable for the LPT for 2013 was 4,527, at a charge of €45.00 each, giving a total charge of €203,715.00. 3 €195,480 of this payment was in respect of the Council’s social housing stock of 4,344 units and €7,425 was for 165 Rent to Buy/Affordable dwellings, the remainder of €810 was for Council-owned residential units under the control of Corporate Services and Parks Departments. Provision for the payment of the Council’s liability for the Local Property Tax for 2013 was included in the outturn for the 2013 Budget which was approved by the Council at its meeting on 9 th January 2014. This provision was made from savings in expenditure and improved income and did not result in a reduction in services.” C/32/14 DLR - Parking Services - Data for 2013 Question: Councillor V. Boyhan “To ask the Manager to please provide a summary of all Key Indicators for each category of DLR Parking Services operated across the County in 2013?” Reply: The contract with DLR Parking Services requires them to provide: “All services required to enforce the relevant Statutes and Bye-Laws in accordance with the Client’s direction and any guidelines which may be notified by the Client to the Contractor from time to time including: a) patrolling and identifying illegally parked vehicles which meet the criteria in the Council’s Guidelines for Pay and Display and other Parking Offences; (b) issuing a ticket or warning notice as appropriate; (c) applying the appropriate ticket or warning notice to the vehicle; (d) taking digital photographs in accordance with the Client’s requirements; (e) dealing with customers (to include establishing details of registered owners of vehicles); (f) taking payments in respect of the ticket; (g) monitoring and reporting on signing, lining and the operation of Pay and Display machines, with faults to be reported to the Client within an hour of observation; (h) carrying out surveys from time to time as requested by the Client to determine capacity of areas for pay and display usage, car park usage surveys, and surveys to determine the extent of illegal parking in particular areas; and (i) issuing monthly or weekly reports as required by the Client. and all services required to support the carrying out of these services.” The key indicator is the issue by Traffic Wardens of 32,400 valid parking tickets per annum. The following is the ticket issuing history since the commencement of the contract in February: Month Year – 2013 January 0 February 2,032 March 2,753 April 2,762 May 2,940 June 2,788 July 2,981 August 2,877 4 Month Year – 2013 September 2,790 October 2,739 November 2,871 December C/33/14 Hits on the Live Webcast Question: Councillor C. Smyth “To ask the Manager how many hits have been recorded on the live webcast of all Council Meetings since it began in February 2008 and the number of hits on the archived Council Meetings?” Reply: Title Live Date Hits Live Archive Category County Council Meeting 11 Feb 2008 806 147 659 Full Council County Council Meeting 10 Mar 2008 569 43 526 Full Council County Council Meeting 14 Apr 2008 409 49 360 Full Council Special Full County Council Meeting 26 May Full Council 26 May 2008 352 2 350 2008 June 2008 County Council Meeting 09 Jun 2008 353 22 331 Full Council 2008 Annual General Meeting County Council 11 Jun 2008 338 4 334 Full Council July County Council Meeting 14 Jul 2008 527 17 510 Full Council September County Council Meeting 08 Sep 2008 448 43 405 Full Council October County Council Meeting 13 Oct 2008 469 57 412 Full Council November County Council Meeting 10 Nov 2008 572 34 538 Full Council December County Council Meeting 08 Dec 2008 511 18 493 Full Council January County Council Meeting 12 Jan 2009 557 16 541 Full Council February County Council Meeting 09 Feb 2009 478 33 445 Full Council March County Council Meeting 09 Mar 2009 379 16 363 Full Council April County Council Meeting 14 Apr 2009 459 9 450 Full Council May County Council Meeting 11 May 2009 560 7 553 Full Council Annual County Council Meeting 19 Jun 2009 694 40 654 Full Council