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Minutes of Council meetings- list.:MONDAY 19th JANUARY, 2009MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF COMMITTEE OF COBH TOWN COUNCIL, HELD AT CARRIG HOUSE, COBH, ON MONDAY 19th JANUARY, 2009. Presiding - Cllr. P. Whitty Present - Councillors M. Keating, P. Histon, K. McCarthy and S. O’Connor. OFFICIALS PRESENT Ms. M. Ryan, Town Manager Mr. P. Lynch, Town Clerk. An apology for their inability to attend was received from Cllrs. J. Mulvihill, N. Doyle, D. Crowley and S. Meade. On the proposal of Cllr. Whitty seconded by Cllr. McCarthy, it was agreed to extend a vote of condolence to Cllr. John Mulvihill on the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Hickey. The manager stated that she wished on her own behalf and on behalf of the staff to be associated with the vote of condolence. 1. Proposed Enterprise Centre - Ballynoe Cllr. Whitty expressed his disappointment that members of the Cobh & Harbour Chamber were not at the meeting to outline their proposals. He stated that the meeting had been arranged to allow the Chamber to inform the members in relation to their proposal to develop an Enterprise Centre on lands in the ownership of Cobh Town Council at Ballynoe. He acknowledged that documentation had been given to the Town Clerk by the Chamber for distribution to the members but stated that this was not sufficient to allow the members to make a decision on this important matter. The other Councillors agreed with Cllr. Whitty’s comments. Cllr. Keating stated that while the proposal appeared to be positive, it was necessary for members to have all of the information before they made any decision. Cllr. Histon stated that he had been at a meeting with the President of the Chamber prior to the Council meeting and that the decision by the Chamber not to attend had not been communicated to him at that time. The Manager stated that she had received a telephone call from the President of the Chamber at the end of the previous week in which he indicated that the Chamber intended circulating documentation to the members rather than making a verbal presentation but that in her opinion nothing in the conversation led her to understand that the Chamber would not be attending the meeting. She circulated a draft layout prepared by the County Architect’s Department in relation to the Ballynoe site, which made provision for the proposed enterprise centre. The members considered the proposed Board structure for the management company which would control the enterprise centre. The proposal from the Cobh & Harbour Chamber included 9 directors – 2 each from the Chamber and the Town Council with 1 director each from Enterprise Ireland, the Economic Development Unit of Cork County Council, SECAD, South Cork Enterprise Board and an investors’ representative. The town Manager suggested to the members that their concerns over the development could be met by increasing the representation from both the County Council and the Town Council. It was agreed that the Chamber be asked to consider a Board consisting of 3 Cobh Town Council representatives, 2 from Cork County Council, with 1 each from Cobh & Harbour Chamber, South Cork Enterprise Board, SECAD and Enterprise Ireland. The Manager indicated that the Town Council representatives would consist of the Mayor, Manager and Town Clerk, while a senior official from the Economic Development Unit would be one of the County Council representatives. On the proposal of Cllr. Whitty, seconded by Cllr. Histon it was agreed that the Town Clerk would write to the Chamber expressing the members dissatisfaction at the failure of any Chamber representative to attend the meeting, which had been called to facilitate a presentation by the Chamber to the Council. The letter would state that in the absence of an opportunity to discuss the proposal it was not possible for the Council to make a decision. In addition the letter would outline the Council’s proposals in relation to the membership of the management company. The Manager advised the members to visit the existing Enterprise Centre in Macroom to see how it operated. It was agreed that the Town Clerk would arrange a visit to Macroom for the members. 2. Indaver Planning Application The Town Clerk read a message he had received from CHASE in relation to as public meeting to be held in the Community Centre to discuss the current application by Indaver Ireland to An Bórd Pleanála for an incinerator in Ringaskiddy. On the proposal of Cllr. O’Connor, seconded by Cllr. McCarthy, it was agreed that Cobh Town Council would formally object to the Planning Application. This concluded the business of the meeting. __________________ CATHAOIRLEACH ________________________ TOWN CLERK ________________________ DATE
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