ANNUAL REPORT REPORT ANNUAL ANNUAL DRAFT REPORT ANNUAL 2020 Waterford City City City City Waterford Waterford Waterford County County Council Council County Council & DRAFT CONTENTS Your Council 1 People & Communities 7 Creating a Growth Culture 19 A Strong Foundation 37 Our Finances 49 DRAFTDRAFT DRAFT YOUR COUNCIL DRAFT YOUR COUNCIL 1 WATERFORD CITY & COUNTY COUNCIL / 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Waterford City and County Council is committed to improving the welfare of Waterford. The organisation operates with the values of democracy, inclusion, integrity, quality, transparency, and accountability. Putting the people fi rst, we are committed to delivering a broad range of services e ciently and e ectively. Waterford City and County Council works under the framework of a wide range of legislation and regulations that governs how we do our business. Mayors & Cathaorligh: Mayor of Waterford City and County Council-Plenary Mayor Cllr. Damien Geoghegan Cathaoirleach of Dungarvan & Lismore District Cllr. James Tobin Leas Cathaoirleach of Dungarvan & Lismore District Deputy Mayor of Waterford City and County Council Cllr. Pat Nugent Cllr. Eddie Mulligan Cathaoirleach of Comeragh District Cllr. Seanie Power Mayor of the Metropolitan District of Waterford Cllr. David Daniels Leas Cathaoirleach of Comeragh District Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan District of Waterford Cllr. John O’Leary Cllr. Mary Roche DRAFT 2 CONTENTS DRAFT WATERFORD CITY & COUNTY COUNCIL / 2020 ANNUAL REPORT DRAFT Plenary Council 2020 Name Party Electoral District Liam Brazil Fine Gael Comeragh Declan Clune Independent Comeragh Ger Barron Labour Party Comeragh John O’Leary Fianna Fáil Comeragh Seánie Power Fine Gael Comeragh Tom Cronin Fianna Fáil Dungarvan / Lismore Declan Doocey Fine Gael Dungarvan / Lismore Damien Geoghegan Fine Gael Dungarvan / Lismore Pat Nugent Fine Gael Dungarvan / Lismore Séamus O’Donnell Independent Dungarvan / Lismore John Pratt Labour Party Dungarvan / Lismore Thomas Phelan Labour Party Dungarvan / Lismore James Tobin Fianna Fáil Dungarvan / Lismore Conor D. McGuinness Sinn Féin Dungarvan / Lismore Joe Conway Independent Tramore & Waterford City West J i m G r i n Sinn Féin Tramore & Waterford City West Susan Gallagher Green Party Tramore & Waterford City West Joe Kelly Independent Tramore & Waterford City West Lola O’Sullivan Fine Gael Tramore & Waterford City West Eamon Quinlan Fianna Fáil Tramore & Waterford City West Jody Power Green Party Waterford City East Davy Daniels Independent Waterford City East Pat Fitzgerald Sinn Féin Waterford City East Eddie Mulligan Fianna Fáil Waterford City East Mary Roche Independent Waterford City East Adam Wyse Fianna Fáil Waterford City East Breda Brennan Sinn Féin Waterford City South Frank Quinlan Fine Gael Waterford City South John Hearne Sinn Féin Waterford City South Donal Barry Independent Waterford City South Séamus Ryan Labour Party Waterford City South Jason Murphy Fianna Fáil Waterford City South Regulation of Lobbying On commencement of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015, 1. To allow members of the public identify those persons on 1st September 2015, each public body with Designated who are Designated Public O cials; and Public O cials is required under section 6(4) of the Act to 2. As a resource for lobbyists fi ling a return to the Register publish a list showing the name, grade and brief details of the who may need to source a Designated Public O cial’s role and responsibilities of each “Designated Public O cial” details. of the body. The purpose of the list is twofold: DRAFT CONTENTS 3 WATERFORD CITY & COUNTY COUNCIL / 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Principal O cers Economic Development & Enterprise SPC Chief Executive Michael Quinn – Director of Service Michael Walsh Chief Executive Membership: Elected Members Directors of Services Cllr. Lola O’Sullivan (Chairperson) Fergus Galvin Roads, Water & Environment Ivan Grimes Housing, Community & Emergency Services Cllr. Conor D McGuinness Kieran Kehoe Corporate, Culture HR & Information Systems Cllr. Declan Clune Bernard Pollard Head of Finance Cllr. Eddie Mulligan Michael Quinn Deputy Chief Executive & Economic Development and Planning Cllr. Gerard Barron Senior O cers Cllr. Mary Roche – appointed June 2020 Jane Cantwell City and County Librarian Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald John Croke Project Resident Engineer Cllr. Pat Nugent Niall Curtin Chief Fire O cer Billy Duggan SEO Economic Development Sectoral Representatives Ian Fitzpatrick SEO Procurement David Lane, Trade Unions Jack Doyle Head of Information Systems Carmel Hourigan SEO Human Resources David Walsh, Business Gabriel Hynes Senior Engineer Roads Garrett Wyse, PPN Social Inclusion Paul Johnston Senior Resident Engineer Housing Gerty Murphy, PPN Community & Voluntary Rupert Maddock Senior Architect Pat McCarthy Senior Engineer Water Jennifer Harris, PPN Environment Eamonn McEneaney Manager/Curator Waterford Treasures Kevin Kiersey, Farming Liam McGree Senior Planner Number of meetings in 2020: 5 Raymond Moloney SEO Environment th Donal Murphy Financial Accountant 29 January Bryan O’Kane Management Accountant 26th May Catherine Horan SEO Housing 22nd July Don Tuohy SEO Community th Richard Walsh Head of Enterprise, Local Enterprise O ce 28 October 2nd December Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs) The following topics were discussed: SPCs are local authority committees in city and county North Quays and other capital projects councils whose membership includes elected councillors, Economic Incentive Schemes representatives from business, trade unions, environmental/ conservation groups and community and voluntary COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan members. It is the task of the Strategic Policy Committees, as Waterford City & County Draft Development Plan committees of the council, to advise and assist the council in 2022-2028 the formulation, development and review of policy. Casual Trading Byelaws SPCs have no remit in relation to routine operational Waterford City & County Retail Strategy 2020 matters regarding the delivery of services. The SPC system is intended to give councillors and relevant sectoral interests an Pilot Shop Front Improvement Scheme opportunity for full involvement in the policy making process INTERREG Project- Local Flavours from the early stages. Waterford Digital Strategy Waterford City & County Council operates 5 Strategic Policy Committees (SPC)s, each served by the relevant Director of Service. The Chairs of the SPCs are selected by the Council at the AGM. The SPCs are sub-committees of Waterford City and Council and must abide by the Standing Orders and rules of procedure of the council. DRAFT 4 CONTENTS DRAFT WATERFORD CITY & COUNTY COUNCIL / 2020 ANNUAL REPORT DRAFT Environment, Biodiversity SPC Meetings 2020: 3 & Climate Change SPC 14th January, 2020 Fergus Galvin – Director of Service 23rd September, 2020 Membership: Elected Members: 15th December, 2020 Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald (Chair) Metropolitan District Planning SPC Cllr. Jim Gri n Metropolitan District Michael Quinn – Director of Service Cllr. John Hearne Metropolitan District Cllr. Susan Gallagher Metropolitan District Membership: Elected Members: Cllr. Ger Barron Comeragh District Cllr. Thomas Phelan (Chairperson) Cllr. Damien Geoghegan Dungarvan Lismore District Cllr. Breda Brennan Metropolitan District Cllr. Liam Brazil Cllr. Joe Kelly Metropolitan District Cllr. Tom Cronin Sectoral Representatives: Cllr. Davy Daniels Tom Hogan Trade Union Rep Cllr. Seanie Power Alan Walshe* PPN - Environment Rep – Resigned Cllr. Eamon Quinlan in September 2020 Obianuju Ekedozie PPN - Social Inclusion Rep Cllr. Frank Quinlan Brid O’Heir PPN - Community & Voluntary Rep Cllr. James Tobin Laura O’Brien-Forbes IFA Rep Sectoral Representatives: *New Representative to take up in February 2021 – Ms. Ethel McKenna, Irish Wildlife Trust Sean Carey Construction Federation Ireland Niall Harrington Business Rep The following topics were discussed: John Galloway PPN Environment Rep Donal Lehane PPN Social Inclusion Rep Climate Adaptation Strategy and Climate Action Charter Mary O’Halloran PPN Community and Voluntary Rep (Presentations) John He ernan IFA Rep Single Use Plastics Policy (Agreed to refer to Plenary Council) 4 SPC meetings were held in 2020 Report on Re-municipalisation of Refuse Collection Service 25th February 2020 Notice of Motion referred to Plenary Council – Cllr. O th Cathasaigh - WCCC declares a climate and biodiversity 15 July 2020 emergency and shall establish a Climate Action Committee 29th October 2020 comprised of elected members and representatives 27th November 2020 Norovirus The following were among a number of topics discussed: Wind Turbines o the Waterford Coast Waterford City & County Development Plan Light Pollution and Insects National Marine Planning Framework RMCEI Plan 2019 – 2020 City & County Retail Strategy EPA Water Quality 2013 – 2018 Draft Litter Management Plan 2021 – 2024 – Agreed to proceed to public consultation Air Quality Report Climate Action Progress Report Report on Control of Dogs 2019 Waste Action Plan for the Circular Economy Report on Environment Education Activities Electric Vehicle Charging Point Strategy Discussion on Upland Burning Notice of Motion – T. Hogan, Trade Union Rep – Wexford – Waterford-Limerick Corridor DRAFT CONTENTS 5 WATERFORD CITY & COUNTY COUNCIL / 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Transportation & Infrastructure SPC: Housing, Community, Fergus Galvin, Director of Services Culture, Sport & Recreation SPC Ivan Grimes, Director