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Ø Resolution on whether to vary the Vacancy Refund Rate Ø Resolution to adopt or amend the Chief Executive’s Draft Budget Additional documents:
Minutes: At the beginning of the meeting the Lord mayor stated that on Wednesday 17th November she had invoked Standing Order No. 7 and consulted with Group Leaders in changing from a hybrid meeting to a fully online meeting for the meeting this evening. She thanked members for their support and understanding given the recent deterioration in the COVID public health emergency in agreeing to a fully online meeting.
The Lord Mayor and Group Leaders thanked the Head of Finance, Kathy Quinn and her staff as well as the members of the budget consultative committee chaired by Councillor Seámas McGrattan for all their hard work in putting together the budget under such difficult circumstances.
The Head of Finance gave a presentation on the budget proposals that had been presented 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.
A composite amendment to the Budget, submitted on behalf of Fianna Fail, the Labour Party and the Green Party was then prosed by Councillor Dermot Lacey and seconded by Councillor Michael Pidgeon. Details of this amendment can be found in Appendix B to these minutes. The amendment was put to a vote and was carried. Details of the vote can be found in Appendix C to these minutes.
To determine the vacancy refund for the local financial year ending 31st December 2022 at 15%. It was moved by Councillor Vincent Jackson and seconded by Councillor Mannix Flynn as follows “It is hereby resolved under section 71 of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930 as amended by section 31 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 (“the Act) that owners of vacant premises which are located within all eleven Dublin City Local Electoral Areas shall be entitled to claim and receive 15% (fifteen percent) rates refund for the 2022 local financial year and that the proportion of rates refund shall operate within the meaning of section 14(1) of the Act”. The resolution was put and carried.
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By resolution to adopt such Draft Budget either with or without amendment and to determine in accordance with such Budget as so adopted the annual rate on valuation to be levied for several purposes in such Budget. Additional documents: Minutes: It was proposed by Councillor Dermot Lacey and seconded by Councillor Mannix Flynn “That the Budget for the local financial year ending 31st December, 2022 and set out in report No. 318/2021 be and is hereby amended by Dublin City Council by an:
Increase/decrease in expenditure of (€ value) as under:
Funded by a net increase/decrease in income of (€ value) as under:
The motion was put and carried.
It was proposed by Councillor Vincent Jackson and seconded by Councillor Mannix Flynn “That Dublin City Council hereby determines in accordance with the said Budget, appropriately amended, as adopted, the annual rate on valuation of 0.268 to be levied in the City of Dublin for the several purposes specified in the said adopted Budget as appropriately amended for the local financial year ending 31st December,2022”. The motion was put and carried.
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