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9th June, 1969 A Statutory Meeting of the Council was held this day in the Municipal Buildings at half past seven o ’clock p.m., the members present being:- Alderman James Jenkins, Mayor, in the chair, .aldermen: Kevin C. Morris, Thomas F. ^yrne and James Mahoney. Councillors: John Cullimore, James J. Morris, Peter Roche, Desmond Corish, Fintan O ’Leary, Thomas Roche and John Dunne. The County Manager, Town Clerk and Acting Borough Surveyor were in attendance. MINUTES On the motion of Alderman Byrne seconded by Councillor Cullimore, th$ minutes of meetings, 5th and 6th ultimo, copies of which had been circulated with the agenda for the present meeting, were taken as having been read, approved and signed by the Mayor. The Mayor drew attention to the words ’’rated premises” which appeared in the minutes of 5th ultimo in relation to domestic scavenging service and pointed out that this should read "postal address". The Town Clerk agreed to insert a correction in these minutes. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS An acknowledgement was read from the relatives of the late Seamus Gallagher of the vote of sympathy passed with them in their recent bereavement. A letter was also read from the Minister for Industry and Commerce, acknowledging receipt of the resolution adopted at last meeting on the subject of redundancy in the malting industry. A letter was submitted from the Superintendent, Garda Siochana, on the appointment of Traffic Wardens, setting out details of the number of pupils attending each school in the town, and it was decided that a copy of this letter be circulated to the members for their information. SOCIAL STUDY CONGRESS On the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Alderman Byrne, it was unanimously agreed to extend a Civic Welcome to those attending the Social Study Congress to be held in St. Peter’ College, Wexford, from 2nd to 9th August. ©: Wexford Borough Council - 2 - 9th June, 1969« SWIMMING POOL AT FERRYBANK A recommendation was submitted from the Ferrybank Committee, that a swimming pool on the lines of the "Ascon" pool be provided there. It was explained that this pool would cost approximately £68,000. Arising out of this matter, the County Manager intimated that he thought it only right at this juncture to inform the Corporation of their existing and prospective debt which was as follows Capital Debt at 31st March, 1969: (a) Housing £1,259,433 (b) Sanitary Services 42,293 (c) Loans and Grants 79,466 (d) Ferrybank 8,000 (e) Vocational Education 1,500 (f) Miscellaneous (i) Offices £3,655 (ii) Bridge 4,794 (iii) Stores 997 (iv) Lorry 4,101 (v) Deficits 14,000 (vi) Traffic Signs 900 28,447 1,419,139 2. Prospective Capital Debtr- (a) Waterworks Improvement £153,000 (b) King Street/Parnell Street 65,000 (c) Housing (say 300 houses) approximately 1,000,000 1,218,000 £2,647,139 3. In addition to the foregoing, land has been acquired for an extension of St. Ibar's Cemetery. As the laying out of this land as a modern Cemetery will take some time, work will require to commence as soon as possible, if it is to be available when all graves in the existing Cemetery are taken. The cost of this work has not yet been estimated but it will run into some thousands of pounds. ©: Wexford Borough Council 9th June, 19^9* The provision o£ car parks on a large scale is also becoming an urgent necessity and various other minor but necessary improvement projects have been suggested from time to time and only postponed due to lack of capital. As well, it would appear from the local press that the Town of Wexford Vocational Education Committee propose to erect a new Vocational School and if the financing of this follows the existing practice, the Corporation will be responsible for After some discussion, it v/as proposed by Alderman Byrne, seconded by Councillor Cullimore, that the Council agree in principle to the provision of a pool on the lines of the "Ascon" one. This proposal v/as unanimously adopted. Arising out of this matter, it was further agreed that a meeting with representatives of the Corporation and Bord Failte be held as soon as possible after the General Election, to discuss this project, and it was further suggested that when this meeting took place, the Bord Failte representatives should be urged to nominate one officer to deal with the Ferrybank project, and that it be a permanent feature on the agenda of the Corporation, so that the matter will not be lost sight of. Regarding the Caravan Park, the Town Clerk intimated that he had been trying to contact the Architect for the last week, and eventually had been successful in having Mr. O'Dowd come to Wexford on the following day for a meeting with the Contractor and Mr. Lennon to try and deal with outstanding matters there, which would include the lighting of the park etc. The meeting was also informed that a Selection Board would meet the following day to interview applicants for the post of Supervisor. CAR PARKS The next business was correspondence from M/s J. J. Stafford & Sons, Mr. Breen, Waterford and Wexford Chamber of Commerce regarding the provision of car parks. M/s Stafford suggested that the Corporation should make an offer which would receive their immediate attention. Mr. Breen's letter was on similar lines, and the Chamber of Commerce urged the Corporation to try and expedite the provision of car parks along the main traffic route of the Quay. This matter gave rise to a lengthy discussion, at the end of which it was decided to appoint a Valuer to obtain the valuation of the property of M/s Breen and Staffords for consideration at the next meeting of the Corporation. Arising cut of this, the meeting was informed that application had been received from M/s J. J. Stafford & Sons (Wexford) Ltd., for a planning permission to erect grain storage bins on a site at Oyster Lane/Paul Quay. The meeting was also informed that this particular site had been reserved in the Development Plan as an off-street car park, and in the circumstances, it was not possible to grant the permission asked for by M/s Stafford. ©: Wexford Borough Council - 4 - 9th June, 1969. A letter was read from the .architects on behalf of M/s Staffords intimating that the bins were readily demounted; that they were urgently required to accommodate this year's harvest; and that they would give an undertaking that should at any tine their property be required by the Corporation for car parking, they would take down the bins at their own expense, and would be prepared to forego compensation either for the cost of such work or for costs resulting from same. In other words the ground on which the bins would be sited would be treated for valuation purposes as open general storage space for which purpose it is now used. In view of the urgency of the case, the Architects asked that this matter receive early attention. After some discussion, it was unanimously agreed on the motion of Alderman Byrne, seconded by Alderman Morris, that the permission of the Minister for Local Government be sought under Section 26(3 ) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963* granting of permission for the erection of the bins on the terms set out on behalf of M/s Stafford . A complaint was also made that no action had been taken on the decision of the Corporation to have machinery removed from car parks, and the Town Clerk admitted that due to the pressure of work, he had been unable to refer this matter to the Corporation Solicitor, but that he would do so shortly. SPEED LIMITS In accordance with notice given, Councillor Peter Roche moved "That this Council recommend to the Garda Authorities, the fixing of a speed limit of 15 to 20 ni.p.h, on the road from Ard Carman side of Kennedy Park, through Kennedy Park, Corish Park, Wolfe Tone Villas and St. Aidan’s Crescent, down to the junction of Thomas Street and Joseph Street". After some discussion, this motion was amended to include a speed limit of 20 m.p.h. throughout the town, which was seconded by Alderman Mahoney, and agreed to refer it to the Gardai for consideration. DIFFERENTIAL RENTS Councillor Peter Roche also moved "That in arriving at income for the prupose of differential rents in housing schemes where these rents apply, that the allowance of 10/® per child be increased". The Town Clerk asked Councillor &oche to defer this motion as a Committee of officials was at present drafting a new scheme of differential rents for the County Manager, which would come before the various councils in the County in the near future. Councillor Roche agreed to defer his motion. Arising out of this, Alderman Mahoney raised the question of the rent charged to a man named Murphy of Bishopswater, and the County Manager promised to review this at an early date. ra te s In accordance with notice given, Councillor Dunne moved "That owing to the continued1yearly spiralling increases in the rates, that this Council press the Government to give immediate first priority to considering some other just and acceptable alternative to raising revenue for local authorities". Councillor Peter Roche seconded the motion, which was supported by all the members ©:with Wexfordthe exception of Borough Alderman Morris, Council and adopted. - 5 - 9th June, 1969. POSTa L v o t e s fo r s a il or s In accordance with notice given, Councillor Dunne moved "That we the members of Wexford Corporation call on the Government to give postal votes for the general elections and local elections, to all Irish seamen”.