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MARCH 2017

MONTHLY MANAGEMENT

REPORT

24TH APRIL 2017 Page 1 of 8

The Offaly Regional qualifier

business called ‘Nifty Dog Collars’ from the Acorn Project Edenderry

took part in the Foroige National Young Entrepreneur Competition in the Mansion House on 30th March. A 2.4 Km section of the Grand Canal Cycling and Walking Route: from Srah Road to Lynally has been fully completed. Bike Week 2017: The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has approved a budget of €5,000 for Bike Week in Offaly.

Do: Baill Comhairle Chontae Uíbh Fhailí To: Each Member of Offaly County Council Tuairisc mhíosúil bainistíochta a bhreithniú i gcomhair tionóil mí na Aibreán. Monthly Management Report for consideration at the April Monthly Meeting.

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS:

A schedule of Chief Executive Orders is included with the

Council Agenda.

FINANCE:

Report to the 31st March 2017 – (Appendix I).

D A T E S F O R Y O U R D I A R Y ACTIVE SCHOOL WEEK takes place from the 24TH TO 28TH APRIL 2017.

The DRAFT EDENDERRY LAP and associated environmental reports are on display for a period of six weeks commencing 26TH APRIL 2017. Final deadline for receipt of submissions for the draft Edenderry LAP FRIDAY 9TH JUNE 2017. Public Consultation on IRELAND’S NITRATES ACTION PROGRAMME, the consultation period will run for 8 weeks until FRIDAY 28 APRIL 2017. BIRR FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND VOICE takes place from the 26TH TO 28TH MAY 2017.

DRAFT RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS, interested parties are invited to make written

submissions or comments no later than 5.30PM on THURSDAY, 31ST AUGUST 2017.

MARCH 2017

MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORT


PLANNING:

To end of March 2017

To end of March 2016

Total 2016

Planning Applications

112 93 441

Extensions of Duration Applications & Assessments

6 9 20

Warning Letters and (Enforcement Notices) issued

11 (5)

35 (5)

125 (41)

ROADS:

N80 DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME

KILLEIGH (FLOOD ALLEVIATION):

Drainage Works and Final road reinstatement

have been completed.

COUNTYWIDE REVIEW OF SPEED LIMITS: For adoption at April meeting

2017 ROADWORKS SCHEME:

The 2017 Roadworks Scheme was adopted

at the March Council meeting.

Discussions are ongoing with TII regarding

various projects to commence in 2017 and it

is anticipated that further allocations will be

received from TII in 2017.

Procurement of contractors and materials,

and general preparation is underway to

progress the 2017 Non-National Road

Projects.

GRAND CANAL CYCLING AND WALKING

ROUTE: A 2.4 Km section of the route from

Srah Road to Lynally has been fully

completed. A further 0.75 Km section to

Lynally will be completed by the end of

April.

HOUSING:

Housing Quarterly Report

Jan Feb March Qrt 1 2016

Number awaiting social housing support at month end

1,476 1,504 1,526 1,526

At end Q1

Increase / decrease since last month ** 26 28 22 Up 76 since

year end 2015

Number of assessment interviews carried out

30 59 60 149

Number of LA tenancies surrendered in the month:

0 6 0 6

LA/RAS/Leasing allocations: 2 2 6 10

Nominations to AHB 1 0 0 1

HAP to date this year ** 18 43 70 70

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HAP signed in the month 18 25 27

Tullamore MD 13 7 20 40

Birr MD 4 12 6 22

Edenderry MD 1 6 1 8

No. of Exits 1 4 0 5

Number of new Homeless Presentations: 19 16 12 47

New Homeless presentations year to date 19 35 47 47

Number of new Anti-Social Behavior Complaints

12 4 5 21

Number of Maintenance requests logged

Edenderry 74 63 65 202

Tullamore 193 165 152 510

Birr 92 90 104 286

Number of Private Housing Grants paid

Housing Aid for Older People 18 64

Mobility Aid Grant 2 9

Housing Adaption 12 49

Number of Housing Grants Applications issued

Housing Aid for Older People 36

Mobility Aid Grant 6

Housing Adaption 33

Vacant Units allocated this month 1 1 6 8

Acquisitions (Number of bids accepted) 9

Acquisitions (Contracts signed) 8

Edenderry 0 0 4 4

Tullamore 2 0 1 3

Birr 0 0 1 1

Stock Numbers

Edenderry 416

Tullamore 774

Birr 640

** Most HAP Tenancies remain on the Housing waiting list as transfer applications

ENVIRONMENT / WATER SERVICES:

OFFALY WATER SUPPLY SCHEMES

Planning permission has been granted for

the upgrade of the Tullamore and Birr

Water Treatment Plants. Preparation of

designs and contract documents has

commenced. The testing and development

of potential new sources and landowner

negotiations for Tullamore water supply

scheme is ongoing.

The Watermain Rehabilitation Works in

Edenderry & Kilcormac, representing an

investment of €2.4 million in the

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replacement and rehabilitation of 6.7km of

old watermains, has recommenced with

work on service connections due for

completion in May.

ANTI-LITTER INITIATIVE

OCC are deploying CCTV camera on

various locations throughout the county,

both overt and covert. Arising from this,

enforcement & prosecution actions will be

pursued as appropriate.

BURIAL GROUNDS

From 17th April 2017 grave digging by

Council workers at Clonoghill cemetery in

Birr will cease. This will bring it into line

with all other Council owned burial grounds

in the county where it is the responsibility

of the local undertakers.

LOCAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

AND TOURISM SECTION:

LOCAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

The Local Community Development

Committee (LCDC) last met on 9th March.

New members from DSP and the HSE have

been nominated to the LCDC.The Dept has

announced a Community Facilities Scheme

Grant scheme to be admininstered by the

LCDC, closing date of 30th June 2017.

The Local Community Development

Committee (LCDC) met on 13th April.

Agenda items included projects for Local

Development Strategy RDP funding; the

SICAP National Consultation Event, the

LCDC 2014-2016 Annual Report; the

Community Facilities Capital Scheme 2017

and Local Agenda 21.

Children & Young People’s Services

Committee – Further to a presentation

made in February to the LCDC on this

matter (as the LCDC is required to sign a

Service Level Agreement with the CYPSC)

the Laois Offaly CYPSC held its inaugural

meeting on Wed 5th April. Public Participation Network (PPN) – Elections took place to fill the Edenderry

MD vacancy on the Secretariat, and Gerry

McGrath of Ballycommon was successful.

The Election count for the LCDC vacancies

for Community Reps took place on Monday

10th April at 2.30pm. The PPN County

plenary took place on March 28th. The PPN

made a presentation at the Community

Finance Options Information Session hosted

by Bord na Mona at the Mount Lucas

training Facility on 4th April. Comhairle na nÓg – The Offaly Comhairle

na nÓg executive committee met on April

4th. The group is focusing on a project

around increasing self confidence in

teenagers to make smarter choices regarding

substance misuse. Community Watch Network – The next

Community Watch meeting will take place

on 18th April. Community CCTV remains a

priority for the groups and sourcing funding

support for Community CCTV. Tidy Towns Network - The Network met

on March 22nd with guest speakers from the

2016 National Winners (Skerries) and Mark

Mahon from OCC Environment. The next

meeting is on 26th April. Offaly Youth Start Enterprise Project - The Offaly Regional qualifier business

called ‘Nifty Dog Collars’ from the Acorn

Project Edenderry took part in the Foroige

National Young Entrepreneur Competition

in the Mansion House on 30th March.

While the business did not claim the

national title, the dog collars proved very

popular with the audience and media at the

event.

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OFFALY SPORTS PARTNERSHIP (OSP)

Education and Training

- Child protection - A Safeguarding 1

course took place on 5th

April in

Tullamore for 16 people. A

Safeguarding 2 (children’s officer)

course is arranged for 27th April in

Tullamore. 13 people currently

registered. - Community coaching - The graduation

for the Level 3 advanced cross county

(Laois / Offaly) community coaching

programme took place on the 24th

March. - Go for Life Physical Activity Leader

training - A whirling and twirling

workshop is arranged for 23rd May

2017. - Level 1 in sports leadership - Two

courses are being delivered in Gallen

Community School, four courses are

arranged for Oaklands Community

College commencing in April, and one

course is booked for RehabCare

commencing in May. Funding

- Bike Week 2017: The Department of

Transport, Tourism and Sport has

approved a budget of €5,000 for Bike

Week in Offaly. - Department of Justice: Offaly Sports

Partnership has submitted a funding

application under the communities’

integration fund of the Department of

Justice & Equality.

Programmes

- Programmes led out by staff in March

focused on migrants (athletics), older

people, people with a disability and

primary schools. - Crinkle Community Sport and Physical

Activity Hub commenced delivery of

programmes and will establish Outreach

to 16 schools in south Offaly.

- Five transition year students completed

work placement modules with the sports

partnership in recent weeks.

- Active School Week takes place from

the 24th to 28th April 2017.

LOCAL ENTERPRISE OFFICE:

The four Midlands Local Enterprise Offices

of Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath

have joined forces to roll out an innovative

new programme for solo entrepreneurs

called The Midlands One to Two Training

Initiative. The programme launch took

place 29th March 2017 and the programme

will commence in late April 2017.

Most Enterprising Student Programme

2017

Primary school pupils from all around

Offaly have been rewarded for their

entrepreneurial talents by the Local

Enterprise Office Offaly as part of its "Most

Enterprising Student" initiative.

The Local Enterprise Office Offaly runs an

annual Most Enterprising Student

Programme which offers primary schools

throughout the county the opportunity to

nominate their Most Enterprising Student

(or group of students). It offers schools a

chance to give recognition to a student who

has set up and run their own business. Many

of the schools who entered the competition

now hold an “Enterprise Day” where the

students design, make and sell their

products to fellow students, parents,

neighbours and further afield. The school

then choose their winner from all the

students who participated. A decision can be

difficult to make given the wealth of

entrepreneurial talent that now exists within

the schools!

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The awards were presented by Orla Martin,

Head of Enterprise and Councillor Noel

Bourke at a ceremony in the Tullamore

Court Hotel today (Tuesday 4th

April). The

children who were nominated had the

opportunity to display their products at the

awards ceremony. They were also able to

sell on the day, and business was extremely

brisk this year, with many stands selling out

within a half an hour! Some examples of the

businesses run by students include picture

frames, home baking and handmade bags

and charms.

Each school nominee was presented with a

prize pack including a €50 book token and

framed certificate.

21 schools entered the competition this year

and nominated their Most Enterprising

Student or Students.

ALMOST 3,700 NEW JOBS CREATED

IN BUSINESSES SUPPORTED BY THE

LOCAL ENTERPRISE OFFICES IN

2016 – MINISTERS MITCHELL

O’CONNOR & BREEN

82 net new jobs created by LEO clients in

Offaly last year

A net total of 3,679 new jobs were delivered

in 2016 by the 6,846 small businesses from

across the country that have been supported

by the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs),

according to the results of the latest LEO

annual jobs survey published by Minister

Mary Mitchell O’Connor, T.D. The results,

compiled by Enterprise Ireland, show that

overall in 2016 a total of 7,883 new full and

part time jobs were created in gross terms

amongst LEO supported companies. A total

of 40 LEO client companies became eligible

for transfer to the Enterprise Ireland

portfolio during 2016, representing a further

positive outcome of LEO investment and

support. The total number of people

employed in LEO-supported small

businesses stood at 34,634 at the end of

2016.In Offaly, the survey also shows that

small companies supported by Local

Enterprise Office Offaly directly created

151 new jobs in gross terms and 82 new

jobs in net terms across the county. It is

important to note that these job numbers

only relate to businesses that are currently in

the LEO Offaly portfolio i.e. companies

awarded Feasibility, Priming or Business

Expansion Grants. The figures do not

include businesses that have transferred to

the Enterprise Ireland portfolio or the range

of businesses that have received other LEO

Offaly supports such as training, mentoring,

Microfinance or Training Online vouchers.

LIBRARY SERVICES

There are 2029 users registered for My

Open Library.

Spring into Story-Time is a national story-

time initiative in public libraries which is

running during the month of April in all

libraries in Offaly. It celebrates the

importance of families reading together and

sharing stories.

“The Timber Lees”, Lee Browne and Lee McRedmond, two young entrepreneurs

from Kinnitty National School.

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Offaly Library Service offers access to 100s

of online courses through Universal Class

designed specifically for enhancing business

skills. Business courses cover everything

from customer relationship management to

writing effective marketing materials. You

can now take a course in finance or

entrepreneurship, learn how to develop a

business plan, handle employees, conduct

interviews, get

the most out of

Microsoft

Office and

much more.

Library

members can

register with

Universal Class and start a

course within

minutes.

LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Offaly went live with a new nationwide

library management system on the 17th

February 2017. The system is very user

friendly and supports free membership and

reservations. This service allows users to

reserve items in any public library across

the country and have items delivered to their

local library within a week.

CORPORATE SERVICES AND ARTS

DARKNESS INTO LIGHT

The Midlands launch of the Darkness Into

Light Walks / Runs was held in Áras an

Chontae on Wednesday 22nd

March. The

launch was attended by the Cathaoirleach of

Offaly County Council Cllr. Eddie

Fitzpatrick, who was joined by members of

the DIL Committee and singer Simon

Casey. This year there are approximately

150 venues across Ireland and the world.

Mr Tom McEvoy, Pieta House, formally

launched the event.

Anna Marie Delaney

Chief Executive

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24TH APRIL 2017 APPENDIX I

Offaly County Council

Draft Consolidated Revenue Account Income & Expenditure Summary by Service Division to 31

st December 2016

Expenditure €

Income €

Housing & Building

10,914,620 11,033,415 Road Transport & Safety

19,112,835 14,097,599

Water Services

4,988,104 4,726,681 Development Management

5,805,545 2,649,932

Environmental Services

7,568,673 2,029.037 Recreation & Amenity

3,567,773 609,376

Agriculture, Education, Health & Welfare

756,768 122,376 Miscellaneous Services

7,600,435 2,073,127

Local Government Fund / GPG

0 7,202,197 Pension Levy

0 725,425

Gross Rates Income

0 15,587,756

60,314,753 60,857,191

Deficit reduction to 31st December 2016

542,438

Budget deficit reduction to 31st December 2016

550,000

Cash Collection

OCC to 31st March 2017

Rates Rents Loans

€m €m €m

Opening Balance Jan 1, 2017

2.09 0.93 0.35

Invoices/Adjustments

15.77 1.31 0.13

2017 Cash Collected to March

2.59 1.41 0.12

Closing Balance May 31, 2017

15.27 0.84 0.36

2016 Cash collected to end of March

3.42 1.20 0.12

% Collection at this point in 2016

76% 117% 98%

Bank Overdraft to 31st May 2017

Number of days Overdrawn in Bank year to date

0 0%

Overdraft Interest and non conforming charges to March 31st 2017 YTD €0 Bank Administration and transactional charges to March 31st 2017 YTD €9,769

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