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To ask the Manager if there are any plans to replace/improve the ‘welcome’ signage at the entrances to the county, in particular as part of efforts to market our county as an investment location?
To ask the Manager to outline the resources committed and steps undertaken in support of the ‘Think Local’ Christmas campaign?
To ask the Manager for a report on the likely date for receipt of the consultants review of the section 48 Development Contribution Scheme and the timeframe for a proposal for a new draft scheme to come before the elected members for consideration?
To ask the Manager to provide a detailed update on the current review of the County Play Policy and the Playground Construction Programme?
To ask the Manager to report on the total number of residential units for which commencement notices were lodged with the Building Control Authority during 2011?
To ask the Manager to report on the delays encountered in response to requests for the repainting or cleaning of nameplates in estates in the council’s charge?
To ask the Manager for an outline of the proposed extended street cleaning programme for 2012 and to show how this will effect the existing "handcart" service and to name the areas that will be cleaned and how often?
To ask the Manager for an up to date progress report on the servicing of the water mains in 2011 and in particular if all the work of "re-setting stop cocks below the minimum level" has been completed and what improvements, if any, have taken place in preventing leakage from the system?
To ask the Manager if he will make a report on the number of villages and other locations, if any, including traditional villages, in which the Council in December 2011/January 2012 supported/partially supported by way of financial grant or otherwise the installation and operation of Christmas Lights, and the expenditure, by the Council on such supports?
To ask the Manager if he can provide a report on the criteria used by the Council, up to April 2012, to determine the eligibility of a household in the County for a Household Bin Waiver?
To ask the Manager if he can indicate the number of households in the County, which he anticipates will be required to pay the new Household Charge in 2012?
To ask the Manager if he will make a report identifying the locations in the County where official/designated Taxi Ranks (ie approved by the Council) are provided?
That the Manager outline best practice in terms of grass cutting responsibilities, in particular with reference to grass verges along minor and national roads.
That this council requests the Manager to initiate a programme of removal of all superfluous signage highlighting capital construction and upgrade projects which are fully completed for more than a year; and furthermore in line with section 4.2.9.ii of the County Development Plan to “progressively reduce the amount of free-standing signposts, mini-pillars boxes, overhead cables and other urban clutter which detract from the visual attractiveness of our traditional urban centres commencing with those areas designated as Architectural Conservation Areas.
That this Council, noting that around April 2011 almost 19,000 households in the County met the household income criteria for the granting of a waiver entitling them to a minimum number of black and brown bin collections in a year, and noting that as from April 2012 the waiver system operated and funded for many years by the Council, and currently implemented by Greyhound Waste Management, will be completely ended, requests the Manager to write immediately to to Minister Phil Hogan, conveying to him the strong view of the Council that the National Waiver System proposed in the Programme for Government be drawn up and implemented as soon as possible preferably by April 2012 and certainly in 2012.
That the members of this Council are opposed to the imposition of a call-out charge for the Fire Services within this County and request the County Manager to so inform the City Council and to further inform the City Manager that it is not in keeping with good governance, where there are shared facilities or services, to unilaterally impose such an operational change on such a vital public service on the citizens of this County.
That the Manager provide information on community events, planned throughout the County and supported by the Council, to mark St. Patricks Day.
That, having regard to this Council's policy of inclusivity and equality, the disproportionate (100%) increase in the cost of Islamic grave spaces should be cancelled with immediate effect and brought into line with revised increases (50%) that have been introduced for non-Islamic graves.
That this council recommends that the SDCC Procurement Policy be further amended to ensure that SME’s based in South Dublin County are invited to submit quotations for purchases and contracts of less than national tender threshold €25,000.
That this Council urges the Manager to draw up and publish for public consultation and adoption by the Council a set of Taxi Bye-Laws for the County, which will put in place a system for the provision and regulation of Taxi Ranks, and regulations covering the waiting for fares by taxi drivers in places other than designated Taxi Ranks, which is along the lines of Bye-Laws in place in the Dublin City Council Administrative Area, and if he can make a statement on the matter.