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Rural Water Programme Rural Water Programme Allocation for 2011 was: Interim Works on ECJ Schemes: € 50,000 Connect to Public Main: € 0 Take Over by Local Authority: € 35,000 Upgrade: € 550,000 New and Extensions: € 100,000 Small Public Schemes: € 441,000 € 1,176,000 The full allocation was expended in 2011. The Council processed approximately €450k in subsidies to Group Water Schemes in 2011, and it is expected that a similar figure will be paid in 2012. A total of over €23K will be paid in well grants in 2011. All payments in respect of well grants and subsidy payments are recouped from the Department of the Environment, Heritage, and Local Government on a quarterly basis. Priorities For 2012 1. Maintain Current Water Quality Standards in both Public & Group Water Schemes. Further Develop remote monitoring of plants & Networks to achieve operational efficiencies and early response to quality and mechanical/electrical problems 2. Further Reduce Unaccounted for Water through increased monitoring of customer side leakage and network upgrades. 3. Achieve Compliance with Wastewater Discharge Licenses. 4. Progress Watermain Rehabilitation Contracts under WSIP. 5. Progress Clara Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade. 6. Progress Improvements to Tullamore WSS. 7. Complete Tullamore Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade. 8. Optimise Small Schemes Allocation under RWP. Offaly Local Authorities Annual Report 2011 9
PLANNING, ECONOMIC & LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SPC Chair: Cllr. Eamon Dooley Members: Cllr. Dervill Dolan, Cllr. Peter Ormond, Cllr. Liam Quinn, Cllr. Sinead Dooley, Cllr. Johnny Butterfield, Cllr. Michael Loughnane Sectoral: Mr. Ray Kennedy Mr. Dominic Doheny Mr. Tom Finnerty Mr. Dominic Carroll Director Of Services: Declan Kirrane Senior Executive Planner: Andrew Murray Administrative Officer: Phylis Hughes, Planning Architect: Rachel McKenna Heritage Officer: Amanda Pedlow Administrative Officer: Jackie Finney, Economic Development Administrative Officer: David Minton, Community & Enterprise Sports Partnership Co-ordinator: Eamon Henry PLANNING DEPARTMENT The Planning Department is responsible for land use policy, control of development including the protection of the natural built heritage and amenity of the County. Land use policy is implemented by means of the County Development Plan (incl. Town Development Plans), Local Area Plans, Village and Sraid Plans. Planning Control involves the processing of planning applications and the taking of appropriate enforcement action where necessary. County Development Plan 2009 – 2015 The Offaly County Development Plan 2009-2015 was formally made on the 19 th January 2009 and came into effect 4 weeks later on the 16 th February 2009. The County Manager is required to prepare a report two years after the making of the Development Plan on the progress achieved in securing the objectives of the Plan. This report was prepared at the end of 2010 and was presented to the members in January 2011 and concluded that a variation to the County Development Plan is required Offaly Local Authorities Annual Report 2011 18
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Page 15 and 16: LIBRARY SERVICE Throughout 2011 the
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Page 21 and 22: Children’s Book Festival Specials
Page 23 and 24: Temporary Library Opens in Tullamor
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Page 33 and 34: policy on the provision of burial g
Page 35 and 36: WATER SERVICES Introduction The del
Page 37: Watermain rehabilitation works unde
Page 41 and 42: Strategic Policy Committee Meetings
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Page 49 and 50: COMMUNITY & ENTERPRISE Community an
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Page 63 and 64: FIRE SERVICE The aim of the Offaly
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Page 79 and 80: HUMAN RESOURCES The key functions o
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Page 83 and 84: FINANCE Our Goals To plan the strat
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Highlights of 2011: Allocation of
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REPRESENTAIVES TO VARIOUS BODIES: V
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