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Consideration of the Draft Revenue Budget for the local financing year ending the 31st December 2023 (Report No. 306/2022) including: pdf icon PDF 6 MB

 

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

 

Ø  Resolution on whether to vary the Vacancy Refund Rate

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Minutes:

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 31st 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

 

 

 

 

SUB-SERVICE

REDUCTION

INCREASE

EXPENDITURE

 

Division A

 

 

 

Division B

 

 

 

Division C

 

 

 

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Division E

 

 

 

Division F

 

 

 

Division G

 

 

 

Division H

H0303

1,500,000

 

Division J

J0801

 

1,500,000

 

 

 

 

INCOME

 

 

 

Division A

 

 

 

Division B

 

 

 

Division C

 

 

 

Division D

 

 

 

Division E

 

 

 

Division F

 

 

 

Division G

 

 

 

Division H

 

 

 

Division J

 

 

 

 

 

The motion was put and carried.

 

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

2.

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 Vincent Jackson and seconded by Councillor Michael Pidgeon “That Dublin City Council hereby determines in accordance with the said Budget, appropriately amended, as adopted, the annual rate on valuation of 0.273 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 2023”. The motion was put and carried.

 

 

 

Correct.

 

 

 

 


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