APPENDIX ONE

MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES:

Management Team

• Mr Hubert Kearns, County Manager
• Mr Tim Caffrey, Director of Services, Housing, Social, Cultural,Corporate Services and Emergency Services
• Ms Dorothy Clarke, Director if Services, Community and Enterprise
• Mr. Seamus Concannon, Director of Services, Infrastructural Services
• Mr. Pat Forkan, Director of Services, Planning and Environmental Services
• Mr Tom Kilfeather, Head of Finance
• Mr. John Mc Nabola, Town Clerk, Sligo Borough Council

Members of Sligo County Council

• Councillor Margaret Gormley, Cathaoirleach
• Councillor Martin Baker
• Councillor Mary Barrett
• Councillor Patrick Barry
• Councillor Declan Bree
• Councillor Veronica Cawley
• Councillor Aidan Colleary
• Councillor Paul Conmy
• Councillor Jude Devins
• Councillor Michael Fleming
• Councillor Ita Fox
• Councillor Deirdre Healy McGowan
• Councillor Imelda Henry
• Councillor Albert Higgins
• Councillor Seamus Kilgannon
• Councillor Joe Leonard
• Councillor Jerry Lundy
• Councillor Sean Mac Manus
• Councillor Jim McGarry
• Councillor Pat McGrath
• Councillor Tony McLoughlin
• Councillor Gerard Mullaney
• Councillor Gerry Murray
• Councillor Joseph Queenan
• Councillor John Sherlock

Members of Sligo Borough Council

• Councillor Declan Bree, Mayor of Sligo
• Councillor Cllr. David Cawley
• Councillor Cllr. Veronica Cawley
• Councillor Cllr. Jude Devins
• Councillor Arthur Gibbons
• Councillor Cllr. Jimmy McGarry
• Councillor Cllr. Jonathan McGoldrick
• Councillor Cllr. Tony McLoughlin
• Councillor Cllr. Chris MacManus
• Councillor Cllr Sean MacManus
• Councillor Cllr. Tom MacSharry
• Councillor Cllr. Rosaleen O'Grady

Committee Structures

Corporate Policy Group

The Corporate Policy Group (CPG) comprises the Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council and the four chairs of the Strategic Policy Committees and is supported by the County Manager.  The role of the CPG is to advise and assist the elected Council in the formulation, development, monitoring and review of policy for the Council and for that purpose propose arrangements for the consideration of policy matters and the organisation of related business by the elected Council.

Strategic Policy Committees

The statutory basis for Strategic Policy Committees (SPC’s) is set out in the Local Government Act 2001. As part of the ongoing programme of local government reform and in keeping with the policy of broadening involvement in local government through participation by community and sectoral interests, Sligo local authorities have established SPC’s. These committees afford an opportunity to relevant external bodies to become involved in the formulation of policies affecting the future of Sligo. Committees have been in operation since 1999 and have been reviewed following the election in June 2004. The role of the SPC’s is to formulate policy proposals, evaluate and report on policy implementation for consideration and final decision by the full council.

In Sligo local authorities the SPC’s consist of elected members of Sligo County Council and 2 elected members from Sligo Borough Council and others who are nominated by representative of the sectors relevant to the work of the particular SPC will have a minimum total membership of nine. Each SPC has a minimum of one third of the membership drawn from the sectoral interests. The SPC structure for 2004-2009 has an increased sectoral representative of two members.

The SPC’s in Sligo and their responsibilities are as follows:-

Economic Development and Planning Policy

Industry, tourism and general economic development, forward planning and planning control, urban and rural development.

Environmental Policy

Waste management, air and water pollution, fire and other emergency Services, burial grounds, road safety, water safety, Civil Defence and consumer protection.

Transportation and Infrastructural Policy

Road development and maintenance, piers and harbours, coastal and other infrastructural services.

Housing Policy/Social and Cultural Development

All aspects of private and public housing, care of the marginalised and socially deprived, community development, recreation and amenity development, library and museum service and development of the arts.

Other Committee Structures

Sligo County Council has five area committees in place, one each in respect of each of the local electoral areas.  Discussions and decisions about matters which are relevant to the specific area are carried out at area level. As such, area committees deal with matters relating to the operational delivery of the services and have a particular value in removing minor and detailed operational issues from the full Council.

The Council nominates representatives to numerous external bodies such as the Border Regional Authority, the Regional Assembly, the Vocational Educational Committees, the General Council of County Councils, the Irish Central Border Area Network and many others.

In addition the Council has power to appoint various Committees of its own members such as:

• Standing Orders Committee and
• Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee