{meta} Agenda for Special Council Meeting on Tuesday 19th September, 2017, 6.15 pm

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The Lord Mayor opened the meeting by outlining the format which the meeting would take. Ms Kathy Quinn, Head of Finance, then gave a presentation setting out the background to the three reports on the agenda. Full details of the presentation can be seen in Appendix A to these minutes. pdf icon PDF 64 KB

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Report No. 307/2017 of the Head of Finance (K. Quinn) - Draft Budget Strategy For Financial Year 2018. pdf icon PDF 120 KB

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It was proposed by Councillor S McGrattan and seconded by Councillor R McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 307/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

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Report No. 308/2017 of the Head of Finance (K. Quinn) - Budget 2018: Public Consultation Process pdf icon PDF 104 KB

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It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor R McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 308/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

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Report No. 309/2017 of the Chief Executive (O. Keegan) - Consideration of Local Property Tax. Local Adjustment Factor in respect of the Financial Year 2018. pdf icon PDF 2 MB

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It was proposed by Councillor C Burke and seconded by Councillor R McGinley “That Dublin City Council considers Report No 309/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

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The Lord Mayor then opened the debate on the LPT Variation. He informed the Members that there were 7 motions proposing to vary the LPT by differing rates and that these motions would be voted on after the discussion. Full details of the motions can be found in Appendix B to these Minutes and are outlined here -: pdf icon PDF 265 KB

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         I.        Submitted by Councillor D Lacey on behalf of the Labour Party

"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 5% for 2018 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council".

Proposed by Cllr D Lacey and seconded by Cllr  B Carr

 

       II.        Submitted by Councillor  R. McAdam on behalf of the Fine Gael Party -

     “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% for 2018 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.”

Proposed by Cllr R McAdam and seconded by Cllr P McCartan

 

      III.        Submitted by Councillors S McGrattan on behalf of Sinn Fein Party and Councillor R McGinley :-

“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% for 2018 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.”

Proposed by Cllr R McGinley and seconded by Cllr S McGrattan

 

     IV.        Submitted by Councillor T Brabazon on behalf of the Fianna Fail Party

"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% for 2018 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.*

Proposed by Cllr T Brabazon and seconded by Cllr P McAuliffe

 

       V.        Submitted by Councillors M O’Brien, A Keegan, H De Nortuin 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% for 2018 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.”

Proposed by Cllr M O’Brien and seconded by Cllr P Dunne

     VI.        Submitted by People Before Profit Alliance :-

“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% for 2018 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.”

Proposed by Cllr J Lyons and seconded by Cllr T MacVeigh

 

   VII.        Submitted by the Green Party :-

“That Dublin City Council determines, in accordance of the provisions of Section 20 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended),  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

The meeting concluded at 7.30pm

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