Issue - meetings

Ø  Resolution to adopt or amend the Chief Executive’s Draft Budget

Ø  Resolution to determine Abatement Rate for Vacant Property

Ø  Resolution to adopt or amend the Chief Executive’s Draft Budget

Ø  Resolution on whether to vary the Vacancy Refund Rate

Ø  Resolution to adopt or amend the Chief Executive’s Draft Budget

Ø  Resolution on whether to vary the Vacancy Refund Rate

The Lord Mayor and Group Leaders thanked the Head of Finance, Kathy Quinn and her team as well as the member of the budget consultative committee chaired by Councillor Seámas McGrattan for all their hard work in putting together the budget.

The Head of Finance gave a presentation on the budget proposals that had been circulated to the Members. A discussion of the proposed budget then followed with contributions from all the political groups on the council.  A copy of the presentation is attached as Appendix A to these minutes.

Motions to amend the budget were submitted to the Lord Mayor and taken in the order in which they were received – copies of the motions are attached as Appendix B to these minutes. The Lord Mayor ruled the Sinn Féin motion out of order.

It was proposed by Cllr. Michael Pidgeon and seconded by Cllr. Janet Horner “That the Budget for the local financial year ending 31^st December 2023 and set out in report No. 306/2022 be and is hereby amended by Dublin City Council by an:

Increase/decrease in expenditure of (€ value) as under:

• H0303 – Refunds & Irrecoverable Rates -€1,500,000 (reducing the vacancy refund from 15% to 0%)
• J0801 – Area Offices €1,500,000 (increasing the Area Office Discretionary Funds from €3.0m to €4.5m)

Funded by a net increase/decrease in income of (€ value) as under:

• Income Source - € value

Funded by a net increase/decrease in income of (€ value) as under:

• Income Source - € value

The motion was put and carried.

Full details of the vote can be found in Appendix C to these minutes.