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Bye-Laws and Standing Orders for the Regulation of the Business of the Council and of the Committees thereof

  1. The Council shall, in addition to meetings held in pursuance of statutory provision in that behalf, hold ordinary meetings for the transaction of general business on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at 5.30 p.m. or at such other hour or day as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Council. A special meeting of the Council may be convened at any time by the Lord Mayor. Meetings of Council shall not extend beyond 8.00 p.m. Except with the approval of the majority of the members present.
     
  2. Unless when the Council by resolution (which may be passed without notice) otherwise direct, members of the public who are not members of Council shall be permitted to attend its meetings, but shall during such meetings remain seated in the place in the Council Chamber allotted to them; and save with the consent of the Council no person but a member of the Council shall be permitted to address a meeting. Members of the public shall not smoke in the Council Chamber.
     
  3. If a member of the public interrupts the proceedings at any time or endeavours, without the permission of the Council to address or to attempt to address a meeting or shall otherwise disturb the proceedings, the Lord Mayor shall warn him. If he continues to interruption the Lord Mayor shall order his removal from the Council Chamber. In case of general disturbance in any part of the Chamber open to the public the Lord Mayor shall order that part to be cleared. 

    Order of Business
  4. The Lord Mayor, if present, shall preside at each meeting of the Council, and in his absence the Council shall vote some member to the Chair. Any power or duty of the Lord Mayor in relation to the conduct of a meeting may be exercised by the person presiding at the meeting.
     
  5. Whenever a member shall state to the Lord Mayor that ten members are not present, the Town Clerk shall immediately call the roll, and if ten members do not at such roll-call answer to their names, the Lord Mayor shall declare the meeting at an end. When it appears by the numbers recorded in any division that less than ten members of the Council have voted in such division, the question at issue shall remain undetermined. The consideration of any business not transacted shall be adjourned to a Council meeting at a time fixed by the Lord Mayor at the time of the meeting is adjourned or if he does not fix a time, to the next ordinary meeting of the Council.


  6. 1. Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (2) of this Standing Order, the order of business at every meeting of the Council shall be:

    a. The Town Clerk shall call the Roll, record the attendance of members, and ascertain that a quorum is present;
    b. To choose a person to preside if the Lord Mayor is absent; 
    c. An opening prayer may be recited; 
    d. To deal with any business required by Statute to be done before any other business; 
    e. To consider any matter which the Lord Mayor or Chairman may bring specially before the meeting; 
    f. To approve as a correct record and sign the minutes of the last meeting of the Council; 
    g. To hold Question Time which shall be regulated as follows:  

    i. each member to be allowed ask one question per meeting
    ii. a maximum time of one half hour to be devoted to Question Time 
    iii. the question must relate to the business of the Corporation and be otherwise in order 
    iv. member wishing to ask a question to give seven clear days notice in writing to the City Manager, member to indicate whether he wishes an oral or written reply, written replies to be tabled for information of members
    v. questions would be listed in order of receipt and circulated to Council
    vi. only the questioner be allowed to ask on supplementary question 
    vii. no discussion to take place on question;

    h. To deal with any business expressly required by Statute.

    i. In the case of a meeting summoned for a special purpose the business specified in the summons for such meeting shall be transacted and no other business.

    j. To receive and consider reports (if any) of the City Manager.

    k. To receive and consider reports, minutes and recommendations of Committees.

    l. To consider Progress Reports, e.g. on Housing, Roads, Environmental and Finance only at Quarterly Meetings of Council held in January, April, July and October. At each Quarterly Review Meeting the related but more long term aspects of the relevant programmes work shall be considered on the following basis:- Jan./Feb. - End of Year Review, Annual Review and Estimates. April - Quarterly Progress. July - Quarterly Progress - Abstract of Accounts. October - Quarterly Progress and Review of Progress on Development Plan. That the Development Plan shall be the basis of the Council's long and short time objectives with which annual work programmes must be consistent, and the plan shall be examined in detail once each year. Consideration of the Estimates shall be regarded as the annual review of policy and consideration of the abstract of accounts as the annual review of efficiency and performance;

    m. To consider correspondence including letters, memorials, petitions etc. which have been received.

    n. Any deputation which may wait on the Council shall be heard, unless the Council decide either not to receive such deputation, or to refer them to an appropriate Committee

    o. Motions, of which notice shall have been received in the order of their respective dates, shall be disposed of.

    p. To authorise the sealing of Documents.

    q. The election of members of the extern boards and joint Committees on which some such members shall be lawfully appointed, shall take place.

    r. The constitution, mode of appointment, powers, and duties of Committees shall be decided upon.

    s. Any other business of the Council summons not hereinbefore provided for shall be transacted.

    2. Business falling under the items (a), (b), (c), (2) and (d) of paragraph (1) shall not be displaced but subject thereto, the foregoing order of business may be varied by resolution passed on a motion, (which need not be in writing) duly moved and seconded, which shall be moved and put without discussion.

    Notices of Motion

  7. a. Every Notice of Motion, other than a motion which under Standing Order No. 10 may be moved without notice, shall be given in writing, signed by the member or members of the Council giving the Notice and delivered at least five clear days before the date of the meeting at which it is to be heard, at the office of the City Manager & Town Clerk by whom it shall be dated, numbered in the order in which it is received, and entered in a book which shall be open to the inspection of every member of the Council

    b. The City Manager and Town Clerk shall set out in the summons for every meeting of the Council all motions of which notice has been duly given in the order in which they have been received, unless the member giving such a notice intimated in writing, when giving it, that he proposed to move it at some later meeting, or has since withdrawn it in writing;

    c. If a motion thus set out in the summons be not moved either by a member who gave notice thereof or by some other member on his behalf it shall, unless postponed by consent of the Council, be treated as withdrawn and shall not be moved without fresh notice 

    d. If the subject matter of any motion of which notice has been duly given comes within the province of any committee or committees it shall, upon being moved and seconded stand referred without discussion to such committee or committees, or to such other committee or committees as the Council may determine, for consideration and report. Provided that the Lord Mayor may, if he considers it convenient and conductive to the dispatch of business, allow the motion to be dealt with at the meeting at which it was brought forward.
     
  8. No motion to rescind or vary any resolution which has been passed within the preceding three months, and no motion or amendment to the same effect as one which has been rejected or negatived within the preceding three months shall be proposed or in order.
     
  9. It shall be the duty of the Law Agent when any notice of Motion of any illegal or an irregular character shall be given, to inform the Council of his opinion thereon, for the guidance of the members; and when any such motion appears in the Council Summons, or any illegal or irregular recommendation shall appear on the minutes of any Committee, the Law Agent shall append a note thereto, intimating his opinion that same is illegal or irregular.
     
  10. The following motions and amendments may be moved without notice: 

    a. Appointment of a Chairman of the meeting in the absence of the Lord Mayor 
    b. Motions relating to the accuracy of the minutes 
    c. Remission to a Committee 
    d. Appointment of a Committee or members thereof, occasioned by an item mentioned in the summons to the meeting 
    e. Adoption of reports and recommendations of Committees or Officers and any consequent resolutions
    f. That leave be given to withdraw a motion 
    g. Amendments to motions 
    h. That the Council proceed to the next business 
    i. That the question be now put 
    j. That the debate be now adjourned. 
    k. That the Council do not adjourn. 
    l. Authorising the sealing of documents 
    m. Suspension of Standing Orders in accordance with Standing Order No. 32. 
    n. Motions to exclude the Public. 
    o. That the member named be not further heard or do leave the meeting. 
    p. Giving consent of the Council where the consent of the Council is required by these standing orders. 

    Reports of Committees

     
  11. a. A report of Committee shall, with respects to any issue before such Committee set out clearly the recommendation of Committee with respect any such matter, and, in so far as same is practicable, set forth its recommendation of approval or rejection with respect to such matter for consideration of Council.

    b. A member of the Council may through the Lord Mayor ask the Chairman of a Committee any question upon an item of the report of a Committee when that item is under consideration.

    c. A member of the Council may through the Lord Mayor ask the City Manager and Town Clerk any question upon a report or any order made by the City Manager when that item is properly under consideration by the Council.

    d. Any member may, through the Chairman, ask the City Manager any question with reference to the business of the Council, of which question the City Manager shall have been given 7 days notice in writing; but a discussion shall not be permitted to take place thereon save with the consent of the Council. Provided always that if the Law Agent shall state that in his opinion the reply to such question may prejudicially affect the rights of the Council, such question shall not be answered unless the Council shall, on a division which shall thereupon be taken without discussion, decide that an answer shall be given to such a question.

    e. Once a motion has been referred from Committee to the Council with a recommended course of action, the matter shall be considered by the Council in accordance with these Standing Orders and shall not, when practicable, be referred back to Committee in its original form. 

    Order of Debate 
     
  12. a. The Lord Mayor shall put the question that the minutes of the meeting of the Council last held be approved as a correct record. 
    b. No discussion shall take place upon the minutes, except upon their accuracy, and any question of their accuracy shall be raised by motion. If no such question is raised or if it is raised then as soon as it has been disposed of, the Lord Mayor shall sign the minutes.
  13. a. Each member shall be limited to proposing and moving a maximum of two motions, one motion on operational matters and one motion on policy matters, for which notice is required to be given under these Standing Orders at any Council Meeting save otherwise than with the approval of the Lord Mayor. 
    b. A motion or amendment shall not be discussed unless it has been proposed and seconded, and unless notice has already been given in accordance with Standing Order No.7 it shall, if required by the Lord Mayor, be put into writing and handed to the Lord Mayor, before it is further discussed or put to the meeting. 
    c. A member when seconded a motion or amendment may, if he then declares his intention to do so reserve his speech until a later period of the debate. 
    d. A member when speaking shall stand and address the Lord Mayor. If two or more members rise the Lord Mayor shall call on one to speak; the other or others shall then sit. While a member is speaking the other member shall remain seated, unless rising to a point of order or with the permission of the Lord Mayor in personal explanation. 
    e. A member shall direct his speech to the question under discussion or to a point of order or in personal explanation. No speech shall occupy the time of Council for a longer period than 7 minutes if the motion under consideration deals with a Council policy item, or 3 minutes if the motion deals with an operational item (e.g. infrastructure maintenance), and the Lord Mayor shall determine the designation of the motion; longer time for any speech shall be allowed only with the permission of the Lord Mayor. 
    f. A member who has spoken on any motion shall not speak again while it is the subject of debate, except: 

    i. to speak once on an amendment moved by another member; 
    ii. if the motion has been amended since he last spoke, to move a further amendment; 
    iii. in exercise of a right conferred by paragraph (k) or (m) of this Standing Order; 
    iv. on a point of order; 

    by way of personal explanation. 

    g. An amendment shall be relevant to the motion and shall be either:

    i. to refer a subject of debate to a committee for consideration or re-consideration;
    ii. to leave out words; 
    iii. to leave out words and insert or add others; 
    iv. to insert or add words; but such omission, insertion or addition of words shall not have the effect of negativing the motion before Council.   

    h. Only one amendment may be moved and discussed at a time and no further amendment shall be moved until the amendment under discussion shall be disposed of. Notice of any number of amendments may be given provided that the Lord Mayor may permit two or more amendments to be discussed (but not voted on) together if circumstances suggest that this course would facilitate the proper conduct of the Council's business. 

    i. If an amendment be lost, other amendments may be moved on the original motion. If an amendment be carried, the motion as amended shall take the place of the original motion and shall become the motion upon which any further amendment may be moved. 

    j. A member may with the consent of the Council signified without discussion:

    1. Alter a motion of which he has given notice or 
    2. with further consent of his seconder alter a motion which he has moved provided however the alteration is one which could be made as an amendment thereto.

    k. A motion or amendment may be withdrawn by the mover with the permission of his seconder and of the Council, which shall be signified without discussion, and no member may speak upon it after the mover has asked permission for its withdrawal, unless such permission shall have been refused. 
    l. The mover of a motion has the right to reply at the close of the debate on the motion, immediately before it is put to the vote and in his reply shall strictly confine himself to answering previous speeches and shall not introduce any new matter into debate. The mover of an amendment shall have no right of reply to the debate on his amendment.
    m. When a motion is under debate no other motion shall be moved except the following:

    i. to amend the motion;
    ii. to adjourn the meeting in accordance with Paragraph (m) hereof; 
    iii. to adjourn the debate in accordance with Paragraph (m) hereof; 
    iv. to proceed to the next business in accordance with Paragraph (m) hereof; 
    v. that the question be now put in accordance with Paragraph (m) hereof; 
    vi. that a member be not further heard; 
    vii. by the Lord Mayor under Standing Order number 14 that a member do leave the meeting; 
    viii. a motion to exclude the public. 

    n. A member may move without comment at the conclusion of a speech of another member. "That the Council proceed to the next business", "That the question be now put", "That the debate be now adjourned", or "That the Council do now adjourn", on the seconding of which the Lord Mayor shall proceed as follows:

    i. A member moving that the Council shall now proceed to the next business, or that the debate be now adjourned, may speak for not more than five minutes and if the motion is seconded, it shall be seconded without a speech. The Chairman shall then call on the mover of the resolution under discussion to speak on the motion just moved and subject thereto, the latter motion shall be forthwith put to the vote; 
    ii. On a motion that the question be now put unless in his opinion the matter before the meeting has been insufficiently discussed he shall first put to the vote the motion that the question be now put, and if it is passed then given the mover of the original motion his right of reply under paragraph (k) of this standing order before putting his motion to vote; 
    iii. On the motion to adjourn the meeting; if in his opinion the matter before the meeting has not been sufficiently discussed and cannot reasonably be sufficiently discussed on that occasion he shall put the adjournment motion to the vote without giving the mover of the original motion his right of reply on that occasion.

    o. A member may rise on a point of order and shall be entitled to be heard forthwith. 
     
  14. a. Any member of the Council, who, in the opinion of the Lord Mayor transgresses any standing order or refuses to obey the ruling of the Lord Mayor, may be called upon to resume his seat by the Lord Mayor. If he persists in his refusal to obey the ruling any member of the Council may move the suspension of such member, and if such motion be carried, the Lord Mayor may suspend such member during the remainder of the sitting, and may order his removal and such removal shall be deemed to be the act of the Council. 
    b. In the event of general disturbance which in the opinion of the Lord Mayor renders the due and orderly dispatch of business impossible, the Lord Mayor in addition to any other power vested in him, may, without question put, adjourn the meeting of the Council for such period as he in his discretion shall consider expedient. 
     
  15. The mode of voting at meetings of the Council shall be by roll-call and shall be recorded so as to show how each member present and voting gave his vote. The name of any member present and not voting shall also be recorded. In the case of an equality of votes the Lord Mayor shall have a second or casting vote. In the case of equality of votes and the Lord Mayor does not exercise his casting vote the motion or amendment shall be deemed to have been lost. No protest or expression of dissent shall be received by the Lord Mayor or entered on the minutes of the Council. 
     
  16. A member of the Council may for the purposes of his duty as such member but not otherwise, on application to the City Manager and Town Clerk, inspect any document or report or the minutes of any committee which is being considered by a committee or by the Council and if copies are available shall, on request, be supplied for the like purpose with a copy of such document. This Standing Order shall not preclude the City Manager & Town Clerk or the Law Agent to the Council from declining to allow inspection of any document which is or in the event of legal proceedings would be protected by privilege howsoever arising. 

    Appointment Powers and Procedure of Committees
  17. The Council shall, at the annual meeting, appoint such and so many committees comprised of not less than three members as it deems fit to consider any matters connected with the functions of the Council provided, however, that the Council shall not appoint the committee in connection with the matters referred to in Section 22 of the National Monuments Act 1930 (No. 2 of 1930). The Council may at any time appoint such other committees as are necessary to carry out the work of the Council. The Council may at any time dissolve a committee, alter its membership or amend its terms of reference in such manner as it sees fit. 
     
  18. Notwithstanding the liberty which any member has to comment publicly on or engage in any public discussion on the substance of any matter before any Committee of Council, confidentiality shall attach to the details of the transaction by or discussion within any Committee. Accordingly, all agenda, reports and other documents prepared for or arising out of the transaction of business by Committees and all proceedings within Committees and Sub-Committees shall be treated as confidential until the termination of Committee business.
  19. a. There shall, unless the Council by resolution otherwise decide, be four standing committees of the council, each of which shall consist of fifteen members other than the Lord Mayor. The Standing Committees shall be: 

    i. Housing; 
    ii. Roads, Transportation & Safety; 
    iii.Environmental; 
    iv. Finance and General Purposes/Planning and European Affairs. 

    b. The Standing Committees shall meet once a month, except for the month of August where there shall be no meetings. Meetings of Finance and General Purposes/Planning and European Affairs Committees shall alternate at the ratio of 2 Finance & General Purposes Committee meeting to 1 Planning & European Affairs Committee Meeting. 

    c. Council may by resolution alter the regularity of meeting of the Standing Committees. 

    d. Except where otherwise provided by Statute or a scheme made under Statutory authority the Lord Mayor shall be ex-officio a member of every Standing Committee appointed by the Council. 
     
  20. Every Committee shall at its first meeting before proceeding to any business and as its first act elect a Chairman for the year. Every Committee shall also be entitled at any time to elect a Vice-Chairman. If neither the Chairman nor the Vice-Chairman (if any) are present at a meeting, the meeting shall before entering on its business, elect a Chairman for that meeting. 
     
  21. Every member of the Council shall be entitled, as of right, to attend meetings of any standing Committee but if he is not a member he shall not, save as provided by standing order no. 27 (b), be entitled to take part in the deliberations of the Committee or to address the Committee except by the invitation of the Chairman for the time being or with the consent of the majority of the members of the Committee present and in no case shall he vote on any question submitted to the meeting. 
     
  22. The Chairman of a committee may call a special meeting of the committee at any time. A special meeting shall also be called on the requisition of one-third of the whole number of the committee delivered in writing to the City Manager & Town Clerk but in no case shall less than one third of the whole number of the committee requisition a special meeting. The Summons to the special meeting shall set out the business to be considered thereat and twenty-four hours clear notice at least shall be given before the time of the meeting to each member resident within the County Borough and no business other than that set out in the summons shall be considered at that meeting.
  23. a. Every committee appointed by the Council may appoint sub-committees for purposes to be specified by the committee; 
    b. The Chairman, and the Vice-Chairman, if any, of the committee shall be ex-officio members of every sub-committee appointed by the committee, unless he signifies to the committee that he does not wish to serve.
  24. a. Except where authorised by a statute or ordered by the Council, business shall not be transacted at a meeting of any committee unless at least one quarter of the whole number of the committee is present. Provided that in no case shall the quorum of a committee be less than four members; 
    b. Except as aforesaid or otherwise ordered by the committee which has appointed it, business shall not be transacted at a sub-committee unless at least two members of the whole number of the sub-committee are present.
  25. At all meetings of committees the Lord Mayor shall be entitled to vote;  In case of equality of votes at a meeting of a committee or sub-committee the Chairman shall not have a casting vote but the report of the Committee to the Council shall show that there was equality of votes on the proposition. 
     
  26. Voting at a meeting of a committee or a sub-committee shall be by show of hands unless a vote by roll-call shall be demanded by not less than one-third of the members of the sub-committee present at the meeting. The procedure for taking a vote by roll-call shall be similar to the procedure for roll-call votes in the Council and shall be in accordance with Standing Order No. 15 hereof.
  27. a. Standing Order No. 13 (except those part which relate to standing and speaking more than once) shall, with any necessary modification, apply to committee and sub-committee meetings; 

    b. Standing Order No. 21 shall not apply to a member of the Council who has moved a motion which has been referred to any committee or sub-committee and who shall be entitled to have notice of a meeting of the committee or sub-committee at which it is proposed to consider the motion. Such member shall have the right to attend the meeting and if he attends the meeting shall have an opportunity of explaining the motion; but, unless he is a member of the committee or sub-committee considering the motion he shall not have a right to vote thereat. 
  28. Every member of the Council not less than three clear days before any ordinary public meeting of the Council shall be furnished with an agenda in respect of the business to be transacted at that meeting and all other relevant documents Estimates Committee


  29. a. The Council may by resolution appoint an estimates committee to prepare during the appropriate period of the Local Financial Year, in the prescribed form, an estimate showing the amount necessary to meet expenses and provide for the liabilities and requirement of the Local Authority for the Local Financial Year then next ensuing. The Estimates Committee shall consist of not more than one-third of the members of the council or if this is not a whole number then the next whole number having unified the fraction. In the event of the Council deciding not to elect an estimates committee then the estimates of expenses shall be prepared by the City Manager; 

    b. A special meeting of the Council, to be known as the Estimates Meeting, shall be held during the appropriate period in each local Financial year. Every person who is a member of the Local Authority shall, despite any other standing order to the contrary, be sent not less than seven days clear notice of the calling of the Estimates Meeting together with copy of the estimate and the report (if any) of the City Manager thereon;

    c. The Council may by resolution adjourn at any time the estimates meeting provided however that no such adjournment shall be to a day not within the period of 21 days beginning on the day the estimate meeting begins. At the estimates meeting or any adjournment thereof the Council may by resolution amend by addition, omission or variation the estimate of expenses and may adopt the estimate with or without amendment; 

    d. The Council shall by resolution determine in accordance with the estimate of expenses as so adopted the rates in the pound to be levied for the several purposes specified in the estimate. 

    Appointment to Extern Boards 
     
  30. a. On the occasion of the election of any representative to the membership of an Extern Board or any other honorary position or positions, applicants shall not be eligible unless six clear days at least before the day of election he shall have been nominated in writing and such nominations signed by both proposer and seconder shall have been lodged with the City Manager. One nomination shall be necessary in respect of each candidate. This order shall not however apply to the election of the Lord Mayor or to the election of any other office the procedure of election for which is prescribed by statute; 

    b. Voting on appointments to Extern Boards or other honorary positions shall be by roll-call vote as prescribed by these bye-laws and standing orders. If there are more than two candidates and there is equality between at least two of the candidates with greatest number of votes then the candidate with the least number of votes shall be eliminated and a fresh vote taken and this method continued until an absolute majority is obtained. In the case of two candidates only having equality of votes the election shall be decided on the Lord Mayor's casting vote. When the appointment is in respect of two or more positions the foregoing rule shall apply with such modifications as are necessary. 

    Amendment and Suspension of Standing Orders 
     
  31. Any motion to add to, vary or revoke these standing orders shall when proposed and seconded stand adjourned without discussion to the next ordinary meeting of the Council where it can only be carried by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. 
     
  32. Where a motion to suspend Standing Orders is to be moved, the proposer of the motion should where possible consult with the Lord Mayor before moving the motion and should not be moved without notice unless there shall be present at least one half of the whole number of the members of the Council. The motion shall fail unless carried by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting 
     
  33. A printed copy of these standing orders shall be given to each member of the Council by the City Manager & Town Clerk upon the making hereof and on the first election of a member to the Council, to that member. 
     
  34. The ruling of the Lord Mayor as to the construction or application of any of these standing orders, shall be final. 
     
  35. Throughout these orders, if not inconsistent with the context, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter assigned to them: "Lord Mayor", shall include a locum tenens of the Lord Mayor. "Chairman" shall mean the Chairman for the time being of a meeting of Council or of a Committee, as the case may be. "The Manager", shall mean the City Manager and Town Clerk appointed under the Cork City Management Acts 1929-1971 and shall include the Deputies for such office, acting under an order of the City Manager. 
     
  36. In the computation of time for the purpose of these Standing Orders, Sundays and Holidays shall be reckoned as included. 
     
  37. From and after the 31 st December, 1973 all the Standing Orders heretofore in existence with reference to any of the several matters and things dealt with by these Orders shall be and are hereby repealed. Made under the Common Seal of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of Cork this 13th day of August, 1973. Present when the Common Seal aforesaid was affixed hereto, the Lord Mayor also being present:

PAT KERRIGAN
Lord Mayor.

J.C. BARRY,
Deputy City Manager & Town Clerk.

M.J. RICHMOND,
Assistant Town Clerk.

Amended under the Common Seal of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of Cork in pursuance of resolution of Cork County Borough Council passed on 27th day of July, 1981.

Present when the Common Seal aforesaid was affixed thereto, this 4th day of August, 1981.

PAUD BLACK,
Lord Mayor.

T.J. McHUGH,
City Manager & Town Clerk.

M. MOLONEY,
Acting Assistant Town Clerk.

Amended under the Common Seal of the Lord Mayor Alderman and Burgesses of the County Borough of Cork in pursuance of resolution of Cork County Borough Council passed on the 10th April, 1995. Present when the Common Seal aforesaid was affixed hereto, this 11th day of April, 1995.

TIM FALVEY
Lord Mayor,

M. MOLONEY,
Deputy City Manager,

J. O'DONOVAN,
Assistant Town Clerk.

  1. The Council shall, in addition to meetings held in pursuance of statutory provision in that behalf, hold ordinary meetings for the transaction of general business on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at 5.30 p.m. or at such other hour or day as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Council. A special meeting of the Council may be convened at any time by the Lord Mayor. Meetings of Council shall not extend beyond 8.00 p.m. Except with the approval of the majority of the members present.
     
  2. Unless when the Council by resolution (which may be passed without notice) otherwise direct, members of the public who are not members of Council shall be permitted to attend its meetings, but shall during such meetings remain seated in the place in the Council Chamber allotted to them; and save with the consent of the Council no person but a member of the Council shall be permitted to address a meeting. Members of the public shall not smoke in the Council Chamber.
     
  3. If a member of the public interrupts the proceedings at any time or endeavours, without the permission of the Council to address or to attempt to address a meeting or shall otherwise disturb the proceedings, the Lord Mayor shall warn him. If he continues to interruption the Lord Mayor shall order his removal from the Council Chamber. In case of general disturbance in any part of the Chamber open to the public the Lord Mayor shall order that part to be cleared. 

    Order of Business
  4. The Lord Mayor, if present, shall preside at each meeting of the Council, and in his absence the Council shall vote some member to the Chair. Any power or duty of the Lord Mayor in relation to the conduct of a meeting may be exercised by the person presiding at the meeting.
     
  5. Whenever a member shall state to the Lord Mayor that ten members are not present, the Town Clerk shall immediately call the roll, and if ten members do not at such roll-call answer to their names, the Lord Mayor shall declare the meeting at an end. When it appears by the numbers recorded in any division that less than ten members of the Council have voted in such division, the question at issue shall remain undetermined. The consideration of any business not transacted shall be adjourned to a Council meeting at a time fixed by the Lord Mayor at the time of the meeting is adjourned or if he does not fix a time, to the next ordinary meeting of the Council.


  6. 1. Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (2) of this Standing Order, the order of business at every meeting of the Council shall be:

    a. The Town Clerk shall call the Roll, record the attendance of members, and ascertain that a quorum is present;
    b. To choose a person to preside if the Lord Mayor is absent; 
    c. An opening prayer may be recited; 
    d. To deal with any business required by Statute to be done before any other business; 
    e. To consider any matter which the Lord Mayor or Chairman may bring specially before the meeting; 
    f. To approve as a correct record and sign the minutes of the last meeting of the Council; 
    g. To hold Question Time which shall be regulated as follows:  

    i. each member to be allowed ask one question per meeting
    ii. a maximum time of one half hour to be devoted to Question Time 
    iii. the question must relate to the business of the Corporation and be otherwise in order 
    iv. member wishing to ask a question to give seven clear days notice in writing to the City Manager, member to indicate whether he wishes an oral or written reply, written replies to be tabled for information of members
    v. questions would be listed in order of receipt and circulated to Council
    vi. only the questioner be allowed to ask on supplementary question 
    vii. no discussion to take place on question;

    h. To deal with any business expressly required by Statute.

    i. In the case of a meeting summoned for a special purpose the business specified in the summons for such meeting shall be transacted and no other business.

    j. To receive and consider reports (if any) of the City Manager.

    k. To receive and consider reports, minutes and recommendations of Committees.

    l. To consider Progress Reports, e.g. on Housing, Roads, Environmental and Finance only at Quarterly Meetings of Council held in January, April, July and October. At each Quarterly Review Meeting the related but more long term aspects of the relevant programmes work shall be considered on the following basis:- Jan./Feb. - End of Year Review, Annual Review and Estimates. April - Quarterly Progress. July - Quarterly Progress - Abstract of Accounts. October - Quarterly Progress and Review of Progress on Development Plan. That the Development Plan shall be the basis of the Council's long and short time objectives with which annual work programmes must be consistent, and the plan shall be examined in detail once each year. Consideration of the Estimates shall be regarded as the annual review of policy and consideration of the abstract of accounts as the annual review of efficiency and performance;

    m. To consider correspondence including letters, memorials, petitions etc. which have been received.

    n. Any deputation which may wait on the Council shall be heard, unless the Council decide either not to receive such deputation, or to refer them to an appropriate Committee

    o. Motions, of which notice shall have been received in the order of their respective dates, shall be disposed of.

    p. To authorise the sealing of Documents.

    q. The election of members of the extern boards and joint Committees on which some such members shall be lawfully appointed, shall take place.

    r. The constitution, mode of appointment, powers, and duties of Committees shall be decided upon.

    s. Any other business of the Council summons not hereinbefore provided for shall be transacted.

    2. Business falling under the items (a), (b), (c), (2) and (d) of paragraph (1) shall not be displaced but subject thereto, the foregoing order of business may be varied by resolution passed on a motion, (which need not be in writing) duly moved and seconded, which shall be moved and put without discussion.

    Notices of Motion

  7. a. Every Notice of Motion, other than a motion which under Standing Order No. 10 may be moved without notice, shall be given in writing, signed by the member or members of the Council giving the Notice and delivered at least five clear days before the date of the meeting at which it is to be heard, at the office of the City Manager & Town Clerk by whom it shall be dated, numbered in the order in which it is received, and entered in a book which shall be open to the inspection of every member of the Council

    b. The City Manager and Town Clerk shall set out in the summons for every meeting of the Council all motions of which notice has been duly given in the order in which they have been received, unless the member giving such a notice intimated in writing, when giving it, that he proposed to move it at some later meeting, or has since withdrawn it in writing;

    c. If a motion thus set out in the summons be not moved either by a member who gave notice thereof or by some other member on his behalf it shall, unless postponed by consent of the Council, be treated as withdrawn and shall not be moved without fresh notice 

    d. If the subject matter of any motion of which notice has been duly given comes within the province of any committee or committees it shall, upon being moved and seconded stand referred without discussion to such committee or committees, or to such other committee or committees as the Council may determine, for consideration and report. Provided that the Lord Mayor may, if he considers it convenient and conductive to the dispatch of business, allow the motion to be dealt with at the meeting at which it was brought forward.
     
  8. No motion to rescind or vary any resolution which has been passed within the preceding three months, and no motion or amendment to the same effect as one which has been rejected or negatived within the preceding three months shall be proposed or in order.
     
  9. It shall be the duty of the Law Agent when any notice of Motion of any illegal or an irregular character shall be given, to inform the Council of his opinion thereon, for the guidance of the members; and when any such motion appears in the Council Summons, or any illegal or irregular recommendation shall appear on the minutes of any Committee, the Law Agent shall append a note thereto, intimating his opinion that same is illegal or irregular.
     
  10. The following motions and amendments may be moved without notice: 

    a. Appointment of a Chairman of the meeting in the absence of the Lord Mayor 
    b. Motions relating to the accuracy of the minutes 
    c. Remission to a Committee 
    d. Appointment of a Committee or members thereof, occasioned by an item mentioned in the summons to the meeting 
    e. Adoption of reports and recommendations of Committees or Officers and any consequent resolutions
    f. That leave be given to withdraw a motion 
    g. Amendments to motions 
    h. That the Council proceed to the next business 
    i. That the question be now put 
    j. That the debate be now adjourned. 
    k. That the Council do not adjourn. 
    l. Authorising the sealing of documents 
    m. Suspension of Standing Orders in accordance with Standing Order No. 32. 
    n. Motions to exclude the Public. 
    o. That the member named be not further heard or do leave the meeting. 
    p. Giving consent of the Council where the consent of the Council is required by these standing orders. 

    Reports of Committees

     
  11. a. A report of Committee shall, with respects to any issue before such Committee set out clearly the recommendation of Committee with respect any such matter, and, in so far as same is practicable, set forth its recommendation of approval or rejection with respect to such matter for consideration of Council.

    b. A member of the Council may through the Lord Mayor ask the Chairman of a Committee any question upon an item of the report of a Committee when that item is under consideration.

    c. A member of the Council may through the Lord Mayor ask the City Manager and Town Clerk any question upon a report or any order made by the City Manager when that item is properly under consideration by the Council.

    d. Any member may, through the Chairman, ask the City Manager any question with reference to the business of the Council, of which question the City Manager shall have been given 7 days notice in writing; but a discussion shall not be permitted to take place thereon save with the consent of the Council. Provided always that if the Law Agent shall state that in his opinion the reply to such question may prejudicially affect the rights of the Council, such question shall not be answered unless the Council shall, on a division which shall thereupon be taken without discussion, decide that an answer shall be given to such a question.

    e. Once a motion has been referred from Committee to the Council with a recommended course of action, the matter shall be considered by the Council in accordance with these Standing Orders and shall not, when practicable, be referred back to Committee in its original form. 

    Order of Debate 
     
  12. a. The Lord Mayor shall put the question that the minutes of the meeting of the Council last held be approved as a correct record. 
    b. No discussion shall take place upon the minutes, except upon their accuracy, and any question of their accuracy shall be raised by motion. If no such question is raised or if it is raised then as soon as it has been disposed of, the Lord Mayor shall sign the minutes.
  13. a. Each member shall be limited to proposing and moving a maximum of two motions, one motion on operational matters and one motion on policy matters, for which notice is required to be given under these Standing Orders at any Council Meeting save otherwise than with the approval of the Lord Mayor. 
    b. A motion or amendment shall not be discussed unless it has been proposed and seconded, and unless notice has already been given in accordance with Standing Order No.7 it shall, if required by the Lord Mayor, be put into writing and handed to the Lord Mayor, before it is further discussed or put to the meeting. 
    c. A member when seconded a motion or amendment may, if he then declares his intention to do so reserve his speech until a later period of the debate. 
    d. A member when speaking shall stand and address the Lord Mayor. If two or more members rise the Lord Mayor shall call on one to speak; the other or others shall then sit. While a member is speaking the other member shall remain seated, unless rising to a point of order or with the permission of the Lord Mayor in personal explanation. 
    e. A member shall direct his speech to the question under discussion or to a point of order or in personal explanation. No speech shall occupy the time of Council for a longer period than 7 minutes if the motion under consideration deals with a Council policy item, or 3 minutes if the motion deals with an operational item (e.g. infrastructure maintenance), and the Lord Mayor shall determine the designation of the motion; longer time for any speech shall be allowed only with the permission of the Lord Mayor. 
    f. A member who has spoken on any motion shall not speak again while it is the subject of debate, except: 

    i. to speak once on an amendment moved by another member; 
    ii. if the motion has been amended since he last spoke, to move a further amendment; 
    iii. in exercise of a right conferred by paragraph (k) or (m) of this Standing Order; 
    iv. on a point of order; 

    by way of personal explanation. 

    g. An amendment shall be relevant to the motion and shall be either:

    i. to refer a subject of debate to a committee for consideration or re-consideration;
    ii. to leave out words; 
    iii. to leave out words and insert or add others; 
    iv. to insert or add words; but such omission, insertion or addition of words shall not have the effect of negativing the motion before Council.   

    h. Only one amendment may be moved and discussed at a time and no further amendment shall be moved until the amendment under discussion shall be disposed of. Notice of any number of amendments may be given provided that the Lord Mayor may permit two or more amendments to be discussed (but not voted on) together if circumstances suggest that this course would facilitate the proper conduct of the Council's business. 

    i. If an amendment be lost, other amendments may be moved on the original motion. If an amendment be carried, the motion as amended shall take the place of the original motion and shall become the motion upon which any further amendment may be moved. 

    j. A member may with the consent of the Council signified without discussion:

    1. Alter a motion of which he has given notice or 
    2. with further consent of his seconder alter a motion which he has moved provided however the alteration is one which could be made as an amendment thereto.

    k. A motion or amendment may be withdrawn by the mover with the permission of his seconder and of the Council, which shall be signified without discussion, and no member may speak upon it after the mover has asked permission for its withdrawal, unless such permission shall have been refused. 
    l. The mover of a motion has the right to reply at the close of the debate on the motion, immediately before it is put to the vote and in his reply shall strictly confine himself to answering previous speeches and shall not introduce any new matter into debate. The mover of an amendment shall have no right of reply to the debate on his amendment.

    m. When a motion is under debate no other motion shall be moved except the following:

    i. to amend the motion;
    ii. to adjourn the meeting in accordance with Paragraph (m) hereof; 
    iii. to adjourn the debate in accordance with Paragraph (m) hereof; 
    iv. to proceed to the next business in accordance with Paragraph (m) hereof; 
    v. that the question be now put in accordance with Paragraph (m) hereof; 
    vi. that a member be not further heard; 
    vii. by the Lord Mayor under Standing Order number 14 that a member do leave the meeting; 
    viii. a motion to exclude the public. 

    n. A member may move without comment at the conclusion of a speech of another member. "That the Council proceed to the next business", "That the question be now put", "That the debate be now adjourned", or "That the Council do now adjourn", on the seconding of which the Lord Mayor shall proceed as follows:

    i. A member moving that the Council shall now proceed to the next business, or that the debate be now adjourned, may speak for not more than five minutes and if the motion is seconded, it shall be seconded without a speech. The Chairman shall then call on the mover of the resolution under discussion to speak on the motion just moved and subject thereto, the latter motion shall be forthwith put to the vote; 
    ii. On a motion that the question be now put unless in his opinion the matter before the meeting has been insufficiently discussed he shall first put to the vote the motion that the question be now put, and if it is passed then given the mover of the original motion his right of reply under paragraph (k) of this standing order before putting his motion to vote; 
    iii. On the motion to adjourn the meeting; if in his opinion the matter before the meeting has not been sufficiently discussed and cannot reasonably be sufficiently discussed on that occasion he shall put the adjournment motion to the vote without giving the mover of the original motion his right of reply on that occasion.

    o. A member may rise on a point of order and shall be entitled to be heard forthwith. 
     
  14. a. Any member of the Council, who, in the opinion of the Lord Mayor transgresses any standing order or refuses to obey the ruling of the Lord Mayor, may be called upon to resume his seat by the Lord Mayor. If he persists in his refusal to obey the ruling any member of the Council may move the suspension of such member, and if such motion be carried, the Lord Mayor may suspend such member during the remainder of the sitting, and may order his removal and such removal shall be deemed to be the act of the Council. 
    b. In the event of general disturbance which in the opinion of the Lord Mayor renders the due and orderly dispatch of business impossible, the Lord Mayor in addition to any other power vested in him, may, without question put, adjourn the meeting of the Council for such period as he in his discretion shall consider expedient. 
     
  15. The mode of voting at meetings of the Council shall be by roll-call and shall be recorded so as to show how each member present and voting gave his vote. The name of any member present and not voting shall also be recorded. In the case of an equality of votes the Lord Mayor shall have a second or casting vote. In the case of equality of votes and the Lord Mayor does not exercise his casting vote the motion or amendment shall be deemed to have been lost. No protest or expression of dissent shall be received by the Lord Mayor or entered on the minutes of the Council. 
     
  16. A member of the Council may for the purposes of his duty as such member but not otherwise, on application to the City Manager and Town Clerk, inspect any document or report or the minutes of any committee which is being considered by a committee or by the Council and if copies are available shall, on request, be supplied for the like purpose with a copy of such document. This Standing Order shall not preclude the City Manager & Town Clerk or the Law Agent to the Council from declining to allow inspection of any document which is or in the event of legal proceedings would be protected by privilege howsoever arising. 

    Appointment Powers and Procedure of Committees
  17. The Council shall, at the annual meeting, appoint such and so many committees comprised of not less than three members as it deems fit to consider any matters connected with the functions of the Council provided, however, that the Council shall not appoint the committee in connection with the matters referred to in Section 22 of the National Monuments Act 1930 (No. 2 of 1930). The Council may at any time appoint such other committees as are necessary to carry out the work of the Council. The Council may at any time dissolve a committee, alter its membership or amend its terms of reference in such manner as it sees fit. 
     
  18. Notwithstanding the liberty which any member has to comment publicly on or engage in any public discussion on the substance of any matter before any Committee of Council, confidentiality shall attach to the details of the transaction by or discussion within any Committee. Accordingly, all agenda, reports and other documents prepared for or arising out of the transaction of business by Committees and all proceedings within Committees and Sub-Committees shall be treated as confidential until the termination of Committee business.
  19. a. There shall, unless the Council by resolution otherwise decide, be four standing committees of the council, each of which shall consist of fifteen members other than the Lord Mayor. The Standing Committees shall be: 

    i. Housing; 
    ii. Roads, Transportation & Safety; 
    iii.Environmental; 
    iv. Finance and General Purposes/Planning and European Affairs. 

    b. The Standing Committees shall meet once a month, except for the month of August where there shall be no meetings. Meetings of Finance and General Purposes/Planning and European Affairs Committees shall alternate at the ratio of 2 Finance & General Purposes Committee meeting to 1 Planning & European Affairs Committee Meeting. 

    c. Council may by resolution alter the regularity of meeting of the Standing Committees. 

    d. Except where otherwise provided by Statute or a scheme made under Statutory authority the Lord Mayor shall be ex-officio a member of every Standing Committee appointed by the Council. 
     
  20. Every Committee shall at its first meeting before proceeding to any business and as its first act elect a Chairman for the year. Every Committee shall also be entitled at any time to elect a Vice-Chairman. If neither the Chairman nor the Vice-Chairman (if any) are present at a meeting, the meeting shall before entering on its business, elect a Chairman for that meeting. 
     
  21. Every member of the Council shall be entitled, as of right, to attend meetings of any standing Committee but if he is not a member he shall not, save as provided by standing order no. 27 (b), be entitled to take part in the deliberations of the Committee or to address the Committee except by the invitation of the Chairman for the time being or with the consent of the majority of the members of the Committee present and in no case shall he vote on any question submitted to the meeting. 
     
  22. The Chairman of a committee may call a special meeting of the committee at any time. A special meeting shall also be called on the requisition of one-third of the whole number of the committee delivered in writing to the City Manager & Town Clerk but in no case shall less than one third of the whole number of the committee requisition a special meeting. The Summons to the special meeting shall set out the business to be considered thereat and twenty-four hours clear notice at least shall be given before the time of the meeting to each member resident within the County Borough and no business other than that set out in the summons shall be considered at that meeting.
  23. a. Every committee appointed by the Council may appoint sub-committees for purposes to be specified by the committee; 
    b. The Chairman, and the Vice-Chairman, if any, of the committee shall be ex-officio members of every sub-committee appointed by the committee, unless he signifies to the committee that he does not wish to serve.
  24. a. Except where authorised by a statute or ordered by the Council, business shall not be transacted at a meeting of any committee unless at least one quarter of the whole number of the committee is present. Provided that in no case shall the quorum of a committee be less than four members; 
    b. Except as aforesaid or otherwise ordered by the committee which has appointed it, business shall not be transacted at a sub-committee unless at least two members of the whole number of the sub-committee are present.
  25. At all meetings of committees the Lord Mayor shall be entitled to vote;  In case of equality of votes at a meeting of a committee or sub-committee the Chairman shall not have a casting vote but the report of the Committee to the Council shall show that there was equality of votes on the proposition. 
     
  26. Voting at a meeting of a committee or a sub-committee shall be by show of hands unless a vote by roll-call shall be demanded by not less than one-third of the members of the sub-committee present at the meeting. The procedure for taking a vote by roll-call shall be similar to the procedure for roll-call votes in the Council and shall be in accordance with Standing Order No. 15 hereof.
  27. a. Standing Order No. 13 (except those part which relate to standing and speaking more than once) shall, with any necessary modification, apply to committee and sub-committee meetings; 

    b. Standing Order No. 21 shall not apply to a member of the Council who has moved a motion which has been referred to any committee or sub-committee and who shall be entitled to have notice of a meeting of the committee or sub-committee at which it is proposed to consider the motion. Such member shall have the right to attend the meeting and if he attends the meeting shall have an opportunity of explaining the motion; but, unless he is a member of the committee or sub-committee considering the motion he shall not have a right to vote thereat. 
  28. Every member of the Council not less than three clear days before any ordinary public meeting of the Council shall be furnished with an agenda in respect of the business to be transacted at that meeting and all other relevant documents Estimates Committee


  29. a. The Council may by resolution appoint an estimates committee to prepare during the appropriate period of the Local Financial Year, in the prescribed form, an estimate showing the amount necessary to meet expenses and provide for the liabilities and requirement of the Local Authority for the Local Financial Year then next ensuing. The Estimates Committee shall consist of not more than one-third of the members of the council or if this is not a whole number then the next whole number having unified the fraction. In the event of the Council deciding not to elect an estimates committee then the estimates of expenses shall be prepared by the City Manager; 

    b. A special meeting of the Council, to be known as the Estimates Meeting, shall be held during the appropriate period in each local Financial year. Every person who is a member of the Local Authority shall, despite any other standing order to the contrary, be sent not less than seven days clear notice of the calling of the Estimates Meeting together with copy of the estimate and the report (if any) of the City Manager thereon;

    c. The Council may by resolution adjourn at any time the estimates meeting provided however that no such adjournment shall be to a day not within the period of 21 days beginning on the day the estimate meeting begins. At the estimates meeting or any adjournment thereof the Council may by resolution amend by addition, omission or variation the estimate of expenses and may adopt the estimate with or without amendment; 

    d. The Council shall by resolution determine in accordance with the estimate of expenses as so adopted the rates in the pound to be levied for the several purposes specified in the estimate. 

    Appointment to Extern Boards 
     
  30. a. On the occasion of the election of any representative to the membership of an Extern Board or any other honorary position or positions, applicants shall not be eligible unless six clear days at least before the day of election he shall have been nominated in writing and such nominations signed by both proposer and seconder shall have been lodged with the City Manager. One nomination shall be necessary in respect of each candidate. This order shall not however apply to the election of the Lord Mayor or to the election of any other office the procedure of election for which is prescribed by statute; 

    b. Voting on appointments to Extern Boards or other honorary positions shall be by roll-call vote as prescribed by these bye-laws and standing orders. If there are more than two candidates and there is equality between at least two of the candidates with greatest number of votes then the candidate with the least number of votes shall be eliminated and a fresh vote taken and this method continued until an absolute majority is obtained. In the case of two candidates only having equality of votes the election shall be decided on the Lord Mayor's casting vote. When the appointment is in respect of two or more positions the foregoing rule shall apply with such modifications as are necessary. 

    Amendment and Suspension of Standing Orders 
     
  31. Any motion to add to, vary or revoke these standing orders shall when proposed and seconded stand adjourned without discussion to the next ordinary meeting of the Council where it can only be carried by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. 
     
  32. Where a motion to suspend Standing Orders is to be moved, the proposer of the motion should where possible consult with the Lord Mayor before moving the motion and should not be moved without notice unless there shall be present at least one half of the whole number of the members of the Council. The motion shall fail unless carried by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting 
     
  33. A printed copy of these standing orders shall be given to each member of the Council by the City Manager & Town Clerk upon the making hereof and on the first election of a member to the Council, to that member. 
     
  34. The ruling of the Lord Mayor as to the construction or application of any of these standing orders, shall be final. 
     
  35. Throughout these orders, if not inconsistent with the context, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter assigned to them: "Lord Mayor", shall include a locum tenens of the Lord Mayor. "Chairman" shall mean the Chairman for the time being of a meeting of Council or of a Committee, as the case may be. "The Manager", shall mean the City Manager and Town Clerk appointed under the Cork City Management Acts 1929-1971 and shall include the Deputies for such office, acting under an order of the City Manager. 
     
  36. In the computation of time for the purpose of these Standing Orders, Sundays and Holidays shall be reckoned as included. 
     
  37. From and after the 31 st December, 1973 all the Standing Orders heretofore in existence with reference to any of the several matters and things dealt with by these Orders shall be and are hereby repealed. Made under the Common Seal of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of Cork this 13th day of August, 1973. Present when the Common Seal aforesaid was affixed hereto, the Lord Mayor also being present:

PAT KERRIGAN
Lord Mayor.

J.C. BARRY,
Deputy City Manager & Town Clerk.

M.J. RICHMOND,
Assistant Town Clerk.

Amended under the Common Seal of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of Cork in pursuance of resolution of Cork County Borough Council passed on 27th day of July, 1981.

Present when the Common Seal aforesaid was affixed thereto, this 4th day of August, 1981.

PAUD BLACK,
Lord Mayor.

T.J. McHUGH,
City Manager & Town Clerk.

M. MOLONEY,
Acting Assistant Town Clerk.

Amended under the Common Seal of the Lord Mayor Alderman and Burgesses of the County Borough of Cork in pursuance of resolution of Cork County Borough Council passed on the 10th April, 1995. Present when the Common Seal aforesaid was affixed hereto, this 11th day of April, 1995.

TIM FALVEY
Lord Mayor,

M. MOLONEY,
Deputy City Manager,

J. O'DONOVAN,
Assistant Town Clerk.

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