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Cork City Council Standing Committee Minutes
TítuloCork City Council Standing Committee Minutes
ReferenciaCP/CO/ST/M
Fecha
1884 – 1896; 1937 - 1942 (1943-46)
Fecha 1884 - 1946
Ámbito de contenidoThe Standing Committee was responsible for recommending payments and for making recommendations or issuing orders on, and exercising supervision over, improvement and maintenance works in the city, eg, sewers, water papes, footpaths, public lighting, buildings, public spaces, and so on. In this, its work overlaps considerably with that of the Improvement Committee [CP/CO/IM/M]. This latter sat as the Board of the Improvement Department, its principal function being the passing of cheques for payment, as well as considering improvement matters. Most improvement matters were referred to the Standing Committee, or, from 31 October 1894 on, to the Public Works Committee, the Standing Committee being thusly renamed. Minutes of the Public Works Committee October 1894 – April 1896 are contained in the final volume of the present series. A distinct series of minutes of the Public Works Committee begins with the volume commencing 6 May 1896 [CP/CO/PW/M].
A new ‘Standing Committee’ was created in 1937, but only continued in existence until 1942, with rather different functions to the earlier committee of that name. While its minutes may be regarded as forming a separate series or sub-series, they are included here as the committee bears the same name, there is some overlap in functions, and this later volume would otherwise not be listed with other volumes and might be overlooked. The volume present also contains minutes of several shortlived committees and sub-committees [CP/CO/ST/M/005].
An earlier Sanitary and Standing Committee existed from the early 1870s, minutes of which are contained in General Committee minutes, 1867-89 [CP/CO/GC/M]
The Standing Committee of 1884 to 1896 generally met weekly. The ‘Order of Business’ is given below [CP/CO/ST/M/002]. Corporate officials including the Treasurer, Secretary, and City Engineer, generally attended meetings, with other officials attending as required. Meetings usually began by recommending cheques as per the weekly payments book. Reports from the City Engineer, General Superintendent, and other officers were then heard. Applications and letters concerning improvement works were then considered. The views of the City Engineer were noted, as required. The Committee had a supervisory role over the work of the City Engineer’s and General Superintendent’s Departments. It also played a role in managing the Improvement Fund, for which a rate was collected in the city. A statement of 19 August 1885 lists expenditure under the following headings: paving, flagging, crossings; repairing and cleansing sewers; new works; macadamising; scavenging; watering streets and repairing carts; lighting the public lamps, ‘miscellaneous payments’
The series, taken together with minutes of the Improvement Committee, are an important record of the physical improvement and maintenance of the city in the later part of the nineteenth century. The committee’s work was continued under the name of the Public Works Committee from October 1894. By that time it no longer made recommendations on payments from the weekly payments book, the Improvement Committee evidently having taken over that function entirely. Its financial role should be viewed in relation to the work of the Law and Finance Committee [CP/CO/LF/M]. Minutes from before 1901 are a valuable substitute for Minutes of the Council for this period, which were lost in the Courthouse fire of 1890.
The Standing Committee of 1937-42 had particular responsibility with regarding to consideration of legislation and bye-laws affecting the Council. It also made recommendations regarding the leasing and releasing of Corporation property, and had a role with regard to public housing, buildings, and roads. In addition, it considered references from Council on various matters, including the estimates, and heard letters and reports from the City Manager and others on legal and other matters. These included, eg, town planning and borough boundary extension, and the building of the new Fever Hospital. Various sub-committees up to 1946 ae also documented.
The Standing Committee minutes 1937-42 shed light on a period in which the Management System of city governance was in its early development, and elected councillors were still coming to terms with the new division of powers. The minutes are also of interest in documenting legal matters relating to the Council, the management of Corporation leases, and issues arising. On some issues, such as the new Fever Hospital, there is overlap with the minutes of the General Purposes Committee of the Whole Council [CP/CO/GP/M]. The present series should also be viewed in the context of minutes of the full Council [CP/CO/M]. The sub-committee minutes contained [CP/CO/ST/M/005], add to the value of the final volume in this series:
Fever Hospital sub-committee, 15 May – 16 October 1944 (pp84-85);
Social Planning Committee, 25 October 1943 – 6 October 1944 (pp136-141);
Public Conveniences Committee, 15 and 22 January 1946 (p150);
Street Names sub-committee, 6 October 1944 – 4 January 1945 (pp200-01);
Loans sub-committee, 6 October 1944 (p206)
A new ‘Standing Committee’ was created in 1937, but only continued in existence until 1942, with rather different functions to the earlier committee of that name. While its minutes may be regarded as forming a separate series or sub-series, they are included here as the committee bears the same name, there is some overlap in functions, and this later volume would otherwise not be listed with other volumes and might be overlooked. The volume present also contains minutes of several shortlived committees and sub-committees [CP/CO/ST/M/005].
An earlier Sanitary and Standing Committee existed from the early 1870s, minutes of which are contained in General Committee minutes, 1867-89 [CP/CO/GC/M]
The Standing Committee of 1884 to 1896 generally met weekly. The ‘Order of Business’ is given below [CP/CO/ST/M/002]. Corporate officials including the Treasurer, Secretary, and City Engineer, generally attended meetings, with other officials attending as required. Meetings usually began by recommending cheques as per the weekly payments book. Reports from the City Engineer, General Superintendent, and other officers were then heard. Applications and letters concerning improvement works were then considered. The views of the City Engineer were noted, as required. The Committee had a supervisory role over the work of the City Engineer’s and General Superintendent’s Departments. It also played a role in managing the Improvement Fund, for which a rate was collected in the city. A statement of 19 August 1885 lists expenditure under the following headings: paving, flagging, crossings; repairing and cleansing sewers; new works; macadamising; scavenging; watering streets and repairing carts; lighting the public lamps, ‘miscellaneous payments’
The series, taken together with minutes of the Improvement Committee, are an important record of the physical improvement and maintenance of the city in the later part of the nineteenth century. The committee’s work was continued under the name of the Public Works Committee from October 1894. By that time it no longer made recommendations on payments from the weekly payments book, the Improvement Committee evidently having taken over that function entirely. Its financial role should be viewed in relation to the work of the Law and Finance Committee [CP/CO/LF/M]. Minutes from before 1901 are a valuable substitute for Minutes of the Council for this period, which were lost in the Courthouse fire of 1890.
The Standing Committee of 1937-42 had particular responsibility with regarding to consideration of legislation and bye-laws affecting the Council. It also made recommendations regarding the leasing and releasing of Corporation property, and had a role with regard to public housing, buildings, and roads. In addition, it considered references from Council on various matters, including the estimates, and heard letters and reports from the City Manager and others on legal and other matters. These included, eg, town planning and borough boundary extension, and the building of the new Fever Hospital. Various sub-committees up to 1946 ae also documented.
The Standing Committee minutes 1937-42 shed light on a period in which the Management System of city governance was in its early development, and elected councillors were still coming to terms with the new division of powers. The minutes are also of interest in documenting legal matters relating to the Council, the management of Corporation leases, and issues arising. On some issues, such as the new Fever Hospital, there is overlap with the minutes of the General Purposes Committee of the Whole Council [CP/CO/GP/M]. The present series should also be viewed in the context of minutes of the full Council [CP/CO/M]. The sub-committee minutes contained [CP/CO/ST/M/005], add to the value of the final volume in this series:
Fever Hospital sub-committee, 15 May – 16 October 1944 (pp84-85);
Social Planning Committee, 25 October 1943 – 6 October 1944 (pp136-141);
Public Conveniences Committee, 15 and 22 January 1946 (p150);
Street Names sub-committee, 6 October 1944 – 4 January 1945 (pp200-01);
Loans sub-committee, 6 October 1944 (p206)
Rango5 volumes
LenguajeEnglish
Palabra clave de personaCork City Council, Cork Corporation
AccessOpen by appointment to those holdign a current readers' ticket
Conditions governing reproductionSubject to Rules Governing Reproduction of Records
Nivel de descripciónseries
RepositoryCork City and County Archives