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[1], For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEAs):[2]. "The free . People in Strabane are getting all of their services cut and they will be paying a Rates rise of twice as much as they paid last year. Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council urges everyone across the North West to 'Make March your Month to Quit'. [email protected], 47 Derry Rd A poor election for Sinn Fin in the north-west. Derry, BT48 7NN BBC News NI understands that a regional rate increase will be struck ahead of bills being sent out in April. 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As part of this Council is anticipating sign-off and commencement of the DNA project by early 2024 and is progressing business case development on a range of innovation, digital and health projects, the School of Medicine at Magee, and major regeneration projects in Strabane Town Centre and along the City Riverfront and Walled City. Provision has also been made for the development of new cemetery provision for the west bank of the city, continued development of greenway provision within the city and across the Council area, a number of rural revitalisation schemes in Newtownstewart, Castlederg, Sion Mills, Claudy, Eglinton and Park and continued investment in community facilities, pitches and play parks. To continue reading this article, please subscribe and support local journalism! Derry City and Strabane District Council deliver a Good Relations action plan, which sets out local initiatives that will promote Good Relations locally under the four key priorities identified in the T:BUC Strategy. residents and businesses. For further details see 2019 Derry and Strabane District Council election. Co-opted to fill a vacancy since the election. Changed party affiliation since the election.Last updated 20 December 2022. Following the striking of Council rates, People Before Profit Cllrs Shaun Harkin and Maeve O'Neill said the five main parties had agreed to vote through a brutal rates hike and cuts to services and price hikes. The regional rate, set by central government, will be determined by the end of March and will have an additional impact on the overall rates bill. 27 February 2023 . Ben Doherty played his first game at the Brandywell in five years on Friday past. I am not undermining what Council is doing but this rates rise comes across as the laziest option. It also promotes our Council area from a tourism perspective, highlighting the natural resources we are blessed with that make us an ideal visitor destination for anglers.. The Minister has appointed Councillor Rachael Ferguson, Councillor Christopher Jackson and Alderman Ryan McCready. Map, 47 Derry Rd "The North West Angling Fair is a great opportunity for the public to see internationally renowned fly dressers practicing their art and champion fly casters demonstrating their skills on the Mourne," she said. BT48 7NN Derry City and Strabane District Council have agreed to increase household rates by 7.97%. Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles. Claudy, Eglinton and Park and continued investment in community facilities, pitches and playparks. As part of the rates process Council has made budgetary provision for 90m of community projectsincluding the development of the Brandywell Sports Centre, the Daisyfield Pitches, Acorn Project and Derg Active Project in Castlederg supported by funding from UK Government Levelling Up Fund. Basically, Strabane went into the merger with very few facilities and took on the debt of Derry City Council. District Rates increase for ratepayers. On Monday evening, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council agreed to increase its rates by 4.9%. I see this as implementing Tory policy. On the basis thataverage property valuations are lower than in other Council areas, the average ratepayer in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area will continue to pay lower rates bills than average ratepayers in the majority of other Council areas. Provision has also been made for the development of new cemetery provision for the west bank of the city, continued development of greenway provision within the city and across the Council area. Supporting the Public Health Agency's latest campaign for March, Mayor Sandra Duffy has encouraged smokers across the city and district to take part in #NoSmokingMonth. Following months of detailed engagement, savings and service cutbacks of over3.5mhave been agreed which includestaff efficiency savings/ voluntary severance; overhead efficiency savings; income generation including increase in off street car parking, building control and commercial refuse charges and sports development grant income; reductions in street cleansing and grounds maintenance services; alternate shared opening of rural recycling centres; reductions in external service level agreements and a small reduction to festivals programme budgets; reductions to other non-core programme budgets including business support, tourism, regeneration, museum programming, Christmas lighting, investment, marketing, arts and culture, health promotion and museum programming. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: [email protected]. The Council,along with someratebasegrowth and the application of funding from Council reserves, has enabledasub-inflationary ratesincrease to be achieved and for Council finances to remain on a sustainable footing as Council hopes for economic recovery and a reduction in inflation levels. The Start-Up Launch Pad North West event will see the local businesses pitch their ideas to a panel of experts for a slice of the seed funding. You can view the Special Council meeting back on Councils, To view the agenda and rates papers in full visit -, Agenda for Special Meeting of Derry City and Strabane District Council on Monday 13 February 2023, 2.00 pm - Derry City & Strabane - Council, Corporate, Directorate and Improvement Plans, Sustainable Development & Energy Strategy, Policing and Community Safety Partnerships, Electoral Office for Northern Ireland Register to Vote. Support our mission and join our community now. Member, Western Education and Library Board. I will not be voting for the rate. BROLLY, Francie (East Londonderry) rural revitalisation schemes in Newtownstewart, Castlederg, Sion Mills. Alternatively, you can pay 0.50 per article, capped at 1 per day. Representatives of the sector will share their experiences of City of Cultures legacy throughout the day but we have deliberately planned the event so that the focus is on encouraging conversation and hearing from attendees.. Recent times have been very difficult for retailers with the covid pandemic, energy price shocks and general inflationary pressures. Mid Ulster District Council agreed to increase household rates for the 2023-24 financial year by 7.3% while Newry. SDLP Councillor and Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Brian Tierney at the smouldering lorry which was set on fire on Heather Road in Galliagh. The rates increase struck by Council today will see an average rates bill increasing by 40.74 per annum or 78p per week. 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Council has also invested an additional 1% into rates to address the impact of construction inflation and increased financing costs on its ambitious capital programme. Derry City & Strabane District Council Mayor Sandra Duffy is pictured at the launch of the Age Friendly Strategy & Action Plan with Teresa McCay, David Buchanan and Caroline Lynch from Care . It added that provision had also been made for the development of a new cemetery for the west bank of the city. Launching the Live Free for a Year campaign are brothers and Joint Directors of Setanta Construction Niall and Mark Gribbin. Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority to its two predecessors until the new district formally came into being on 1 April 2015. As I said it is hugely disappointing that the Councils have not been able to freeze their part of business rates next year.. A former DUP councillor has joined the Ulster Unionist Party. Mourne and Down District Council agreed a rise of 5.99%. A cursory glance at the local media over the last 10 years reveals Strabane has been promised a major public realm scheme, costing seven million pounds, to do up the whole of Strabane Town, from Asda to the Head of the Town area. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: [email protected]. I just find it bizarre Council, seemingly fires money at such projects, without any kind of consultation or the taking on board any of the real concerns of traders, and then, literally in the next breath, when we are really struggling with all of the other hikes, it imposes a rates rise in excess of 10%. The rates rise was set at a Special Meeting of Council today, Monday, 13 February 2023, where it was highlighted that the last year has seen unprecedented financial challenges for Council as well as foritsresidents and businesses. How much did that cost? Derry City Council borrowed millions of pounds and built the Foyle Arena and carried out public realms schemes. St Columb's School of Music bring The Swingles to Derry. We were in our third round of successfully applying for funding, nine million euro. Cllr Gallagher said: We were promised a footbridge there. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news! Oct 2017 - Sep 20181 year. Gardai confirm bodies taken following incidents in Drumkeen and Letterkenny. For local businesses, the rates rise will vary depending on the outcome of the newReval2023 process for each ratepayer which has seenaveragerateableproperty values in the Council area reduced by 2.75%. Managed tourism product development and produced local Tourism Strategy, also. We are going to see a cut in services including street cleaning and street planting and you can guarantee that areas on the periphery of the city are going to get this a whole lot harder than anywhere else, said Cllr Gallagher. We are constantly paying that back. Contested rate rise of almost 8% for Derry City and Strabane District, Mr Johnston said he was left asking himself, What did we do to deserve this?. Referring back to the amalgamation of Derry City Council and Strabane District Council in 2015, Cllr Paul Gallagher (Independent) said Strabane had effectively taken on Derrys debt. Tyrone, BT82 8DY The rates increase struck by Council today will see an average rates bill increasing by 40.74 per annum or 78p per week. We have made every effort to use council reserves and find money to resist this increase, but to ensure community services continue to function and front line staff are paid a fair wage there is little other option. The continuation of a freeze on business rates in England, Scotland and Wales is a welcome recognition of the fact that trading conditions are still difficult. property values in the Council area reduced by 2.75%. Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm. Following months of detailed engagement, savings and service cutbacks of over 3.5m have been agreed which include staff efficiency savings/ voluntary severance; overhead efficiency savings; income generation including increase in off street car parking, building control and commercial refuse charges and sports development grant income; reductions in street cleansing and grounds maintenance services; alternate shared opening of rural recycling centres; reductions in external service level agreements and a small reduction to festivals programme budgets; reductions to other non-core programme budgets including business support, tourism, regeneration, museum programming, Christmas lighting, investment, marketing, arts and culture, health promotion and museum programming. On 12 February 2008, Strabane District Council stuck the district rate for 2008-09. Council. 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As Council services continue to recover to pre-pandemic levels, Council has had to absorb exceptional cost pressures of over 11m arising from current inflation levels of 10.5%, pressures associated with local and ongoing national pay negotiations, rates support grant cuts, construction inflation, as well as the normal statutory pressures and growth/ service development aspirations Council normally faces in order to continue to deliver the essential services and new investment our citizens require. For Strabane people this is as bad if not worse than Margaret Thatchers infamous Poll Tax. Mid Ulster Arts Festival - launches March 2023! The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority to its two predecessors until the new district formally came into being on 1 April 2015. The Size of the property is 6500 square ft. Strabane The council was made up of 30 councillors, elected every four years from five electoral areas and held its meetings in The Guildhall. Please note our offices are currently closed to the public due to concerns around the spread of COVID-19, 98 Strand Road, I will not be supporting that today, said Cllr Gallagher. A City Conversation will take place on Wednesday 22nd March in St Columbs Hall. Tel: (028) 7125 3253 Welcome to the official LinkedIn page for Derry City and Strabane District Council, where you can access the latest information on what's happening locally including the latest on. "A 7.97% rise in the middle of a cost of living crisis is unthinkable and despite all parties on Council supporting motions from Aont in the last year to declare a cost of living emergency and even to establish warm banks, they have today turned their backs on that and added a further burden to ratepayers. We have 17 regional newspapers and 18 digital sites. Derry, BT48 7NN Email: [email protected]. We were promised the Riverine project, which is a town park. Cllr Christopher Jackson (Sinn Fin) said Derry City and Strabane District Council was facing significant financial pressures because of years of Tory austerity cuts. As a result Council will have to top the shortfall up and that comes 1.5 million pounds which central government should be paying into our rates bill but is not, said Cllr Gallagher. Government is taxing us locally and through the region and will also tax us with regard to what it is supposed to be paying centrally. In addition tothis,DerryCity and Strabane District Council continues to work towards the next stage of Government approval for the circa 250m transformative strategic and economic projects through City Deal and Inclusive Future Fund. Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! As part of the rates process Council has made budgetary provision for 90m of community projects. Other councils are expected to announce their 2023-24 rates in the coming weeks. Over three-quarters of councillors in Northern Ireland have been subjected to abuse or intimidation, a new survey from the Local Government Association has. The SDLP is committed to supporting families during this current emergency and our councillors, MLAs and MPs will keep fighting on behalf of people here, said Cllr Tierney. It says this equates to an increase of less than 40p per week. JOB ALERT: Pursue a career as a live-in care assistant with Bluebird Care Coleraine, Ulster University Business School - helping local businesses boost productivity and growth, JOB ALERT: Comhar Creidmheasa Ghaoth Dobhair are hiring a CEO. The meeting started off in farcical fashion: while . The increases in business rates levied by the 11 councils across the North was also described as hugely disappointing by Director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium, Neil Johnston. We have 17 regional newspapers and 18 digital sites. We worked to minimise the rates burden on households, while also protecting essential council services such as waste collection, sports, arts and leisure facilities, environmental projects and support for community and voluntary organisations who provide services for communities and improve the lives of all our citizens, said Cllr Jackson. To continue reading this article, please subscribe and support local journalism! The money generated by rates is used to pay for public services, with bills decided against the value of a property. We have been promised a new leisure centre again and again and again. derry city and strabane district council councillors. We took on the airport, which is costing us approximately four million pounds per year. Councillor, Derry City Council. The rates rise was met with opposition from several councillors following a meeting on Monday. An angry Declan Moore said business owners in the city were already struggling with a multitude of hikes. including the development of the Brandywell Sports Centre, the Daisyfield Pitches, Acorn Project and Derg Active Project in Castlederg supported by funding from UK Government Levelling Up Fund. In a statement to Derry Now, a spokesperson for Derry City and Strabane District Council said last year had seen unprecedented financial challenges for Council, residents and businesses. Councillors in Derry City and Strabane have approved a 7.97% rates increase despite strong opposition from a number of representatives. Retail Consortium members have invested millions in and employ hundreds of workers in Derry and Strabane. Cllr Brian Tierney. Councillors are expected to take the decision at today's (Wednesday's) meeting of Derry City and Strabane District Council's Environment and Regeneration committee. "We don't accept the Tory / DUP lie that there is no alternative to hikes and cuts. Domestic rates are made up of a regional rate - usually set by the Northern Ireland Assembly - and a district rate set by Northern Ireland's councils. This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. Derry City and Strabane District Council's Arts & Culture Co-Delivery Group will host a special discussion event reflecting on its Arts & Culture sector in the 10 years since the City secured the first ever UK City of Culture designation in 2013. To continue reading this article for FREE,please kindly register and/or log in. St Columb's School of Music bring The Swingles to Derry. He added: Ironically, last year the SDLP voted against 3% yet this years rise is closer to 8%. Love LegenDerry will take place throughout the month of February and feature a programme of events and initiatives to allow locals and visitors to sample the best of our . He added: Everything is being cut back, pared back, including street lighting and street cleaning. Recognising these unprecedented pressures and the challenges faced by ratepayers, a Finance Working Group was established by Council last year to review all service budgets in detail and to identify efficiencies, savings opportunities and cutbacks. Tourism Project Officer. Derry City and Strabane. Gardai confirm bodies taken following incidents in Drumkeen and Letterkenny. Business rates within the area will rise by 5.9%, which would equate to a rise of 387 per year on the average value of business premises. Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie. Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. There is an alternative but it can only develop through resistance. The Fair promotes angling as a desirable pastime for young people, underrepresented groups and women. The candidates are SDLP Group Leader Councillor Brian Tierney (Ballyarnett), Councillor Rory Farrell (Ballyarnett), Catherine McDaid (Ballyarnett), Councillor John Boyle (The Moor), Dermott. Faughan. It has now been shelved as well. Derry City Council borrowed millions of pounds and built the Foyle Arena and carried out public realms schemes. Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist. Mid Ulster Arts Festival - launches March 2023! He said: Aont stood by people today and voted against a rates rise that will push people and businesses further into crisis. [2] Review of Public Administration [ edit] The 2023 Fair was launched this week by Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Sandra Duffy. The 2023 Fair was launched this week by Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Sandra Duffy. : while took on the debt of Derry City and Strabane @ derrynow.com Government Association has coming! 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