Shannon Town Council Meeting Minutes September
2005
COMHAIRLE BHAILE NA SIONNA
(Shannon Town Council)
Minutes of the September monthly meeting of the Shannon Town Council which
was held in the Shannon Town Hall at 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday September 6th
2005
Councillor Tony Mulcahy, Méara Bhaile, presided.
Present were Councillors McCarthy, Lambert, Flynn, McLoughlin, Duff, McKee,
Hillery and McMahon.
In attendance : Mr. Gerard Dollard - Town Manager and Tomás
Mac Cormaic - Town Clerk.
1/09/05 Minutes of the Annual Meeting.
Proposed by Cllr Flynn, seconded by Cllr.McMahon and resolved;
“that
the minutes of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Shannon Town Council held
in the Shannon Town Hall at 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday June 28th 2005, having
been circulated, be adopted and signed by the Méara Bhaile.
2/09/05 Minutes of July Monthly Meeting
Proposed by Cllr. McCarthy, seconded by Cllr. McMahon and resolved;
“that the minutes of the July monthly meeting of the Shannon Town
Council held in the Shannon Town Hall on Tuesday June 28th immediately
after the 2005 Annual Meeting, having been circulated, be adopted and
signed by the Meara Bhaile.”
3/09/06 Condolences
It was proposed by the Meara Bhaile, seconded by the Leas Meara Bhaile
and resolved;
“that a letter of condolence be sent to the American Ambassador
to Ireland expressing the sympathy of the Town Council and the people
of Shannon for the people who were bereaved, injured, left homeless or
suffered in any way by the awful disaster caused to many towns and states
by the hurricane Katriona.”
4/09/06 Correspondence
- A letter from the Department of Justice relating to a request for
the upgrading of Shannon Garda Station to District Status was read and
noted.
- A letter from Local Agenda 21 Committee relating to the possibility
of developing a Shannon Herritage Plan was read and noted. A copy of
this letter would be circulated to each member.
- A letter from the Department of the Environment relating to discarded
shopping trolleys was read and noted.
- A letter from a resident of Cluain Donn objecting to bonfires in
the Cluain Donn area was noted.
- Under correspondence the Town Manager informed the meeting that plans
are being considered for the erection of two sculptured pieces of art,
one in Corrib Drive and a second at the Shannon Roundabout . An input
from the people of Shannon including the Town Councillors would be welcomed.
Suggestions could be made at the October meeting.
5/09/05 Report from Méara Bhaile on Area Council Meeting.
The only report on this meeting was to confirm that problems with fencing
at St. Caimins have been resolved, Signs requested at Drumline will be
erected and faults with the Drumgeely Footbridge had been noted.
6/09/05 Reports from MPC Chairs.
Cllr. McMahon is continuing to follow up on a voluntary housing scheme.
Cllr. Lambert reported on the success of the Farmers Market. She suggested
the provision of some permanent structures for traders to attach canopies,
or the purchase of standardised canopies to lease or rent to the traders.
Cllr McLoughlin reported on the success of the Open Day where over eighty
community organisations participated. He had special praise for Paddy
Halton who had put together a huge collection of photographs of the early
days of the town, the developing years of the town together with some
current photographs of the town. These included photographs of the early
residents of the town, school photographs and sporting photographs. These
were shown on a wide screen and generated a lot of attention. The Development
Officer who worked diligently at the co-ordination of the whole day was
also complemented and it was proposed that a letter from the Town Council
be sent to the Development Officer complementing him on the success of
the day.
7/09/05 Community Grants 2005
Consideration will be given to the allocation of the grants from the 2005
Community Grant Scheme at a special meeting of the council to be convened
in the Shannon Town Hall at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday October 4th 2005.
8/09/05 Extra Litter Bin in Cronan Lawn
Proposed by Cllr. McCarthy, seconded by Cllr. McMahon and resolved;
“that one additional litter bin be placed in the laneway adjacent
to Cronan Lawn.”
9/09/05 Rumble Strips at Drumgeely Roundabout
Proposed by Cllr. McCarthy, seconded by Cllr. Flynn and resolved;
“that Rumble Strips be placed on the approach to the Roundabout
at Bothar Mor, Drumgeely on the Tullyglass side and that similar strips
be put on the approach to Ballycasey Roundabout from the Sixmilebridge
side, in the interest of safety.”
10/09/05 Additional Maintenance Workers
Proposed by Cllr. Flynn, seconded by Cllr. McCarthy and resolved;
“that Shannon Town Council request Clare County Council to put in
place additional workers in the Shannon Area to cope with their increased
area of maintenance since they took over Shannon.”
11/09/05 Schedule of Footpath Repairs
Proposed by Cllr. Flynn, seconded by Cllr.McCarthy and resolved;
“that Shannon Town Council request Clare County Council to draw
up a list of all footpaths in Shannon that require maintenance or replacement
and when compiled to make this report available to the elected members
of Shannon Town Council.”
12/09/05 Removal of Unsightly Advertising Frames amd Pillars
Proposed by Cllr. McMahon, seconded by Cllr. McCarthy and resolved;
“that Shannon Town Council seek the removal, from all areas of the
town, old advertising board frames, pillars etc. which are dangerous and
unsightly.”
13/09/05 Disabled Access at Rineanna Community Hall
Proposed by Cllr. McMahon, seconded by Cllr. Duff and resolved;
“that Shannon Town Council contact Respond Housing and seek the
immediate provision of disabled access to Rineanna Community Hall including
road to footpath access and extra parking spaces for disabled drivers.”
14/09/05 Ambulance Base in Shannon
Proposed by Cllr. McLoughlin, seconded by Cllr. McMahon and resolved;
“that Shannon Town Council write to the Minister for Health to ask
her to make money available immediately for the development fund for the
new Ambulance Base to be established in Shannon and that she instruct
the Health Service Executive, Mid Western Area to draw up a suitable time-frame
to ensure that this new service is put in place as soon as possible.”
15/09/05 Shannon Development Co
Proposed by Cllr. McLoughlin, seconded by Cllr. McCarthy and resolved.
“that Shannon Town Council write to the Enterprise Minister demanding
the reversal of his decision for Shannon Development’s future and
to accept their proposal to create an Atlantic Economic Zone and this
proposal to be circulated to all local authorities in the West, Midwest
and Southern Regions.”
16/09/05 Suspension of Standing Orders
Proposed by Cllr. Duff, seconded by Cllr. Hillery and resolved;
“that Standing Orders be suspended to allow the meeting continue
until 8.45 p.m. to complete the Clár Oibre.”
17/09/05 Halloween Bonfires
Proposed by Cllr. Duff, seconded by Cllr. McCarthy and resolved;
“that Shannon Town Council examine measures that will help to ensure
that “Halloween Bonfires “ take place only at agreed designated
sites and that these sites are not used as illegal dumping areas.”.
The Manager informed the meeting that the matter of bonfires will be discussed
at the September Area meeting. There are a lot of difficulties with bonfires
breaching legislation in relation to the environment and a local authority
cannot designate bonfire areas.
18/09/05 Lighting in Sli Cara Road and in the Town Park
Proposed by Cllr. Duff, seconded by Cllr. Hillery and resolved;
“that Beau Walk Developers take immediate action to restore street
lighting along the Sli Cara Road (which runs by the library at one side
and Peach House at the other) and in the Town Park area.”
Sínithe ag : _________________________ ar an _______________
Méara Bhaile
Sínithe ag Tomás Mac Cormaic __________ ar an7/9/05
Cléireach an Bhaile
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