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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 14, 2020

QUESTION NO.36

QUESTION: Councillor Joanna Tuffy

In light of fact that Cork County Council recently took back its parking scheme to be run directly by the Council, can a report on the estimated difference in income and expenditure between having a private company operate the parking scheme and if it were to be directly run by the Council be presented to councillors accompany the Chief Executives report on the public consultation on the draft parking regulations?

REPLY:

This Council operates it car parking services under contract and is currently at tender stage for a new single supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Managed Car Parking Services.

The decision on whether to provide a service under direct labour or through a procured independent contractor is made on a case-by-case basis and issues for consideration are far reaching and are not limited to human resource costs.  

Managing car parking services is multifaceted includes a range of elements including:

The following is an outline of the financials associated with managing parking services in 2018 and 2019

Year

INCOME

€

EXPENDITURE

€

2018

691,724.16

462,188.44

2019

692,464.34

433,933.46

 

1,384,188.50

896,121.90

Managing parking services on a daily basis is an Executive Function and is seperate to the Reserved Function of making Parking ByeLaws.

The Chief Executive's report on the public consultation on the draft Parking Byelaws (between 23rd July 2020 and 11th September 2020) is restricted to dealing with observations and submission received during the statutary public consultation period. 

A prelminary report on the Draft ByeLaws is expected to be considered by the LUPT SPC at the next meeting scheduled for 24th September 2020, and thereafter by full Council.