Agenda and minutes

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1.

The Lord Mayor opened the meeting by referring to the motion on the Agenda to rescind a decision of the City Council. He informed the meeting that. Councillor Ryan had put forward two amendments to the motion on the Agenda. He said that the first of these was being ruled out of order. Councillor E Ryan requested a 20-minute adjournment of the meeting to discuss this. The Lord Mayor requested that a vote be taken on the issue of suspending Standing Orders to continue the meeting without adjournment. Vote No 1 was taken and the decision made by the City Council was to continue the meeting without interruption.

Councillor Ryan then put forward her 2nd amendment to the motion on the Agenda - this was submitted in her own name and that of Councillor Cieran Perry. This amendment was seconded by the Lord Mayor, put to a Roll Call vote (Vote No 2) and defeated. Full details of the wording of the amendment and the vote can be found in Appendix A to these minutes pdf icon PDF 71 KB

2.

The original motion was then put and carried as follows: Motion submitted by Lord Mayor Brendan Carr and Councillors Seamas McGrattan, Janice Boylan, Larry O'Toole, Míchéal MacDonncha, Ciarán O'Moore, Noeleen Reilly, Cathleen Carney Boud, Anthony Connaghan, Daithí Doolan, Greg Kelly, Ray McHugh Alison Gilliland, Dermot Lacey, Ray McAdam and Andrew Montague pursuant to Section 30 of Standing Orders -"The City Council hereby rescinds it's decision to adopt Motion No 36 on O'Devaney Gardens on 25th of July 2016. The motion as passed is not consistent with City Council plans or Government policy. This Council supports the provision of 30% social & 20% affordable and cost rental on the site and calls on the Chief Executive to expedite the comprehensive development of the site" Full details of the vote (Vote No 3) can be found in Appendix B to these minutes. pdf icon PDF 47 KB

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Report No. 258/2016 of the Head of Finance (K. Quinn) - Budget Strategy For Financial Year 2017. pdf icon PDF 425 KB

Minutes:

It was proposed by Councillor S. McGrattan and seconded by Councillor R. McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes Report No /2016. The motion was put and carried.

 

4.

Report No. 259/2016 of the Head of Finance (K. Quinn) - Budget 2017: Public Consultation Process. pdf icon PDF 91 KB

Minutes:

It was proposed by Councillor S. McGrattan and seconded by Councillor R. McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 259/2016. The motion was put and carried.

5.

Report No. 260/2016 of the Chief Executive (O. Keegan) - Consideration of LPT - Local Adjustment Factor Financial Year 2017. pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Minutes:

It was proposed by Councillor S. McGrattan and seconded by Councillor R. McGinley “That Dublin City Council considers Report No 260/2016. The motion was put and carried.

6.

The following motions were submitted by Members : pdf icon PDF 48 KB

Minutes:

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         I.        Submitted by Councillor s R. McGinley, S. Mc Grattan, C Perry, G Kelly, N Reilly, C Carney Boud, R McHugh, M Mac Donncha, C Ni Dhalaigh, J Boylan and C Burke

"That Dublin City Council determines in accordance with the provisions of Section 20 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended) that the basic rate of Local Property Tax should be varied downwards by 15% for 2017 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council".

 

       II.        Submitted by Councillor s  R. McAdam and A. Feeney -

     “That Dublin City Council determines, in accordance of the provisions of Section 20 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended), that the basic rate of local property tax should stand varied downwards by 15 per cent for 2017 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.”

 

      III.        Submitted by Councillors M. O’Brien and P. Dunne :-

“That Dublin City Council determines, in accordance of the provisions of Section 20 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended), that the basic rate of local property tax should stand varied downwards by 15 per cent for 2017 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.”

 

     IV.        Submitted by Councillor D. Lacey, Lord Mayor B. Carr, Councillors M. Freehill and R Moynihan

"That Dublin City Council determines, in accordance of the provisions of Section 20 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended), that the basic rate of local property tax should stand varied downwards by 7.5 per cent for 2016 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.*

Following discussion during which Ms Kathy Quinn and the Chief Executive answered queries from Members, Motion No 1 was put to a vote and agreed – Vote No 4.  Full details of the vote (Vote No 4) can be found in Appendix C to these minutes

 

7.

Ms Kathy Quinn thanked her staff and the members of the Budget Consultative Group for their input into the process. The Members thanked Ms Quinn and her team for all their help and co-operation.

The meeting concluded at 8.pm.