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Cork City Council Special Committee Minutes
TítuloCork City Council Special Committee Minutes
ReferenciaCP/CO/SP/M
Fecha
1879-1947
Fecha 1879 - 1947
Ámbito de contenidoSpecial Committees Minute Books differ from most other series of Council Committee minute books in recording meetings of many distinct, specially summoned, and usually short-lived committees, rather than the work of any one standing or fixed committee. The earlier General Committee Minutes, 1867-78, [CP/CO/GP/M/1-2] did record minutes of meetings of all Council committees, both standing and special, but from 1879 discrete series of minutes were commenced for most of the prominent standing committees. Minutes of meetings of specially-convened commitees were recorded in the present series of minute books from this time on.
The number, scope, and duration of these special committees varied significantly throughout the present volumes. In general, meetings of any one special committee are recorded together, in date order, in each volume, followed by the minutes of the next special committee. The volumes are indexed. Some blank pages, or cut-out pages, follow many of the minutes. The Descriptive List entry for each individual volume states the names of all special committees documented in that particular volume, with covering dates and pages numbers.
Special committees were generally created by an order of the full Council or a reference from Council, although some came into being on foot of a recommendation from a councillor or senior officer or from a standing committee. Some are joint committees of two or more standing committees, or with outside bodies, eg, the Grand Jury, or appointees of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction [CP/CO/SP/M/3 & 4]. Many of the special committees considered subjects which fell within the province of fixed committees, a special committee being called to investigate or consider new or serious matters, or to make recommendations on such matters on behalf of the full Council, or where the fixed committee did not consider itself competent to do so. The first volume present, for instance, contains minutes of special committees on Toll Collection, Sewerage, and new Bridges and Quays, each of which may have been considered by the Tolls and Markets, Sanitary (Public Health), and Standing (Public Works) Committees, respectively. Other special committees were created for certain events, eg, to prepare addresses to incoming or departing Lord Lieutenants, or to Charles Stewart Parnell, and other eminent figures. These addresses are usually inserted or transcribed into the minutes.
It should be noted that minutes for some special committees occur in more than one volume, where the committee proved long-running, or was re-established. Some special committees later became fixed committees or part of the functions of a fixed committee, eg, distinct special committees on Artizans’ and Working Class Dwellings and on a new Town Hall later became the standing City Hall and Working Class Dwellings Committee [CP/CO/CH/M]. Notwithstanding this development, a special committee on Additional Housing for the Working Classes was created in 1913, and continued for many years. Many meetings of Committees of the Whole Council are also recorded, including meetings to consider tenders for general supplies. These were later recorded in a distinct series of minutes of the Whole Council Committee [CP/CO/WC/M]. Reports, returns of figures, and some maps, all relating to the matter under consideration, are inserted with many of the committee minutes.
The final minute book present covers a more extensive period than the others, including the time from November 1924 to March 1929 when the Corporation was dissolved, and the subsequent period after the introduction of the City Management system. Meetings during the dissolution were attended by City Commissioner Monahan (later City Manager), and some officers of the Corporation. The volume includes extensive minutes of the special committee on medical treatment of school children, to which the Schools Medical Officer of the School Medical Service reported, and minutes of the Tuberculosis Committee. The latter, and the Old Age Pensions Committee, seem to have been standing rather than special committees, but their minutes were included in the present volume, and so they are recorded as belonging to the present series.
The series contains minutes touching on a great many aspects of the work of the City Council, and is an important supplement to the information contained in full Council and standing committee minutes. Minutes of special committees on housing, for instance, provide a very different perspective on housing issues to that documented in City Hall and Working Class Dwelling Committee minutes, while also complementing them. Minute of the Tuberculosis Committee, 1930-47, provide a valuable record of the Council’s response to this pressing social and medical issue in the State’s early decades. Taken together, the special committee minutes reveal the extent of the Council’s activities and their evolving nature. They also help fill the gap in full Council minutes for the period from 1850 to 1900. Without them the record contained in full Council and standing committee minutes would be significantly less complete.
The number, scope, and duration of these special committees varied significantly throughout the present volumes. In general, meetings of any one special committee are recorded together, in date order, in each volume, followed by the minutes of the next special committee. The volumes are indexed. Some blank pages, or cut-out pages, follow many of the minutes. The Descriptive List entry for each individual volume states the names of all special committees documented in that particular volume, with covering dates and pages numbers.
Special committees were generally created by an order of the full Council or a reference from Council, although some came into being on foot of a recommendation from a councillor or senior officer or from a standing committee. Some are joint committees of two or more standing committees, or with outside bodies, eg, the Grand Jury, or appointees of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction [CP/CO/SP/M/3 & 4]. Many of the special committees considered subjects which fell within the province of fixed committees, a special committee being called to investigate or consider new or serious matters, or to make recommendations on such matters on behalf of the full Council, or where the fixed committee did not consider itself competent to do so. The first volume present, for instance, contains minutes of special committees on Toll Collection, Sewerage, and new Bridges and Quays, each of which may have been considered by the Tolls and Markets, Sanitary (Public Health), and Standing (Public Works) Committees, respectively. Other special committees were created for certain events, eg, to prepare addresses to incoming or departing Lord Lieutenants, or to Charles Stewart Parnell, and other eminent figures. These addresses are usually inserted or transcribed into the minutes.
It should be noted that minutes for some special committees occur in more than one volume, where the committee proved long-running, or was re-established. Some special committees later became fixed committees or part of the functions of a fixed committee, eg, distinct special committees on Artizans’ and Working Class Dwellings and on a new Town Hall later became the standing City Hall and Working Class Dwellings Committee [CP/CO/CH/M]. Notwithstanding this development, a special committee on Additional Housing for the Working Classes was created in 1913, and continued for many years. Many meetings of Committees of the Whole Council are also recorded, including meetings to consider tenders for general supplies. These were later recorded in a distinct series of minutes of the Whole Council Committee [CP/CO/WC/M]. Reports, returns of figures, and some maps, all relating to the matter under consideration, are inserted with many of the committee minutes.
The final minute book present covers a more extensive period than the others, including the time from November 1924 to March 1929 when the Corporation was dissolved, and the subsequent period after the introduction of the City Management system. Meetings during the dissolution were attended by City Commissioner Monahan (later City Manager), and some officers of the Corporation. The volume includes extensive minutes of the special committee on medical treatment of school children, to which the Schools Medical Officer of the School Medical Service reported, and minutes of the Tuberculosis Committee. The latter, and the Old Age Pensions Committee, seem to have been standing rather than special committees, but their minutes were included in the present volume, and so they are recorded as belonging to the present series.
The series contains minutes touching on a great many aspects of the work of the City Council, and is an important supplement to the information contained in full Council and standing committee minutes. Minutes of special committees on housing, for instance, provide a very different perspective on housing issues to that documented in City Hall and Working Class Dwelling Committee minutes, while also complementing them. Minute of the Tuberculosis Committee, 1930-47, provide a valuable record of the Council’s response to this pressing social and medical issue in the State’s early decades. Taken together, the special committee minutes reveal the extent of the Council’s activities and their evolving nature. They also help fill the gap in full Council minutes for the period from 1850 to 1900. Without them the record contained in full Council and standing committee minutes would be significantly less complete.
Rango6 volumes
LenguajeEnglish
Palabra clave de personaCork City Council, Cork Corporation
TemaLocal Government, Public Works, Civic Amenities, Housing Schemes, Tuberculosis, School Medical Service, Schools, Cork City, Pensions, Public Service, Parnell, Charles Stewart
AccessOpen by appointment to those holding a current readers' ticket
Conditions governing reproductionSubjecto Rules Governing Reproduction of Records
Nivel de descripciónseries
RepositoryCork City and County Archives