Cork County Council Minutes
TitreCork County Council Minutes
RéférenceCC/CO/M
Date
1899-1993, 1996-1997
CréateurCork County Council
Date 1899 - 1997
Etendue et contenuThe minute books of Cork County Council contain minutes of monthly, quarterly, annual, and special meetings of the whole Council. Also contained in most volumes are minutes of the Finance Committee, and also the Proposals, Scholarships, and Pensions Committees, and other committees and special committees. The Council’s chairman and vice-chairman are elected annually at the Annual Meeting, usually held in June/July. At the Annual Meeting following elections, appointments are made to committees of the Council, and to committees on which the Council is represented. The names of many of the committees in existence at different times are noted in the ‘Scope and Content’ of individual minute books. The special meeting for striking a Rate was generally held in May. For most of the Council’s existence, the estimates meeting, to approve expenditure for the coming year, has been held in March/April.
The minutes record the proceedings, decisions, and resolutions of the Council, principally on policy and administrative and financial affairs. The key areas of focus, while changing over time, have tended to include Roads, Social Housing, Sanitation and Public Health, Higher Education Grants, Planning and Development, the Environment, and Estimates and Rates. The Council also frequently passed resolutions expressing its views on local, national, and international events and political developments.
The early minute books reflect the strong nationalism of the years leading up to the creation of the Irish Free State (1922), and the growth of representative local democracy as electoral reforms in 1898, 1918, and 1935 gave more and more people the vote. The Council’s relationship with central government, particularly the Department of Local Government, remains an important subject throughout these volumes. In addition, its dealings with related authorities such as Urban and Rural District Councils and Boards of Health, and with bodies to which it appointed members, are well documented.
The minutes are generally bound in volumes, having first been printed and signed by the chairman as approved. The first meeting after elections lists all members. All those in attendance at meetings are listed. There are a few gaps in the minutes; these are indicated where they occur.
The minutes record the proceedings, decisions, and resolutions of the Council, principally on policy and administrative and financial affairs. The key areas of focus, while changing over time, have tended to include Roads, Social Housing, Sanitation and Public Health, Higher Education Grants, Planning and Development, the Environment, and Estimates and Rates. The Council also frequently passed resolutions expressing its views on local, national, and international events and political developments.
The early minute books reflect the strong nationalism of the years leading up to the creation of the Irish Free State (1922), and the growth of representative local democracy as electoral reforms in 1898, 1918, and 1935 gave more and more people the vote. The Council’s relationship with central government, particularly the Department of Local Government, remains an important subject throughout these volumes. In addition, its dealings with related authorities such as Urban and Rural District Councils and Boards of Health, and with bodies to which it appointed members, are well documented.
The minutes are generally bound in volumes, having first been printed and signed by the chairman as approved. The first meeting after elections lists all members. All those in attendance at meetings are listed. There are a few gaps in the minutes; these are indicated where they occur.
Etendue61 vols.
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