Cork City Council General Purposes Committee of the Whole Council Minute Book
TitelCork City Council General Purposes Committee of the Whole Council Minute Book
SignaturCP/CO/GP/M
Datum
1929-1942
Datum 1929 - 1942
Form und InhaltOnly one volume of minutes for the General Purposes Committee of the Whole Council is present, opening in April 1929, just after Cork Corporation was restored following its dissolution in October 1924, when a city commissioner was appointed. The functions of this new committee, like those of others, came to be defined by the division of executive and reserved powers brought about by the implementation of the City Management system in the 1930s-40s.
An earlier General Purposes Committee had existed in the late 1870s and early 1880s, but with different functions [see CP/CO/GC/3]. A Whole Council Committee was created in 1907, taking over responsibility for approving and passing payments, and other functions, from the Improvement Committee. This Whole Council Committee ceased to meet when the Council was dissolved in 1924. The present committee, in cooperation with the City Manager, assumed its role in approving and passing payments, but also had a wider remit of overseeing the work of Corporation Committees and Departments and considering matters arising, or ‘General Purposes’. [See CP/CO/IM/M and CP/CO/WC/M]
The Committee met fortnightly, the City Manager also attending, with the Town Clerk usually in attendance, and other corporate officers as required. Having passed minutes of the preceding meeting, the committee discussed general matters arising, considered correspondence, received any deputations, passed resolutions of a public character, and made general recommendations. Its key function, however, was reading and adopting the City Manager’s reports on meetings of Corporation Committees and the work of Departments. Reports from other officers, including the Medical Officer of Health and Building Inspector, were included in Manager’s reports, while reports of corporate officers such as the City Solicitor, and financial statements, were pasted in separately. Matters arising out of the reports are noted at the end of each set of minutes.
From April to October 1929, printed reports have been pasted into the minutes of each meeting. From 6 January to 5 May 1931, printed agendas are inserted, containing the manager’s departmental reports.Thereafter, only matters arising from the reports are recorded, not the reports themselves. The volume contains much inserted matter, including agendas, reports, and financial statements.
The Manager’s reports refer to meetings of the following Committees: Public Health; Law and Finance; Cemetery; Waterworks; Tolls and Markets; Hackney Carriages; Fitzgerald Park; Working Class Dwellings; and School Medical Service. They record accounts approved, letters received, applications granted or rejected, and recommendations made. The General Purposes Committee approved these reports, or made orders on matters arising out of them. The Manager also regularly submited financial statements.
Reports of the Medical Officer of Health were made to the City Manager and embodied in his reports. These record information on infectious diseases, births, and deaths, with more detailed reporting on Tuberculosis and Diphtheria. The work of the Veterinary Department is also noted.
The minutes record the activities of the General Purposes Committee, the various Council committees and departmental officers, and of the City Manager, throughout a key period in which the City Management system was taking shape. They are also important in documenting consideration of and decisions on many of the major issues of this period, including tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, school medical services, the closure of the tramways and growth of bus services, unemployment, and social housing and slum clearance.
An earlier General Purposes Committee had existed in the late 1870s and early 1880s, but with different functions [see CP/CO/GC/3]. A Whole Council Committee was created in 1907, taking over responsibility for approving and passing payments, and other functions, from the Improvement Committee. This Whole Council Committee ceased to meet when the Council was dissolved in 1924. The present committee, in cooperation with the City Manager, assumed its role in approving and passing payments, but also had a wider remit of overseeing the work of Corporation Committees and Departments and considering matters arising, or ‘General Purposes’. [See CP/CO/IM/M and CP/CO/WC/M]
The Committee met fortnightly, the City Manager also attending, with the Town Clerk usually in attendance, and other corporate officers as required. Having passed minutes of the preceding meeting, the committee discussed general matters arising, considered correspondence, received any deputations, passed resolutions of a public character, and made general recommendations. Its key function, however, was reading and adopting the City Manager’s reports on meetings of Corporation Committees and the work of Departments. Reports from other officers, including the Medical Officer of Health and Building Inspector, were included in Manager’s reports, while reports of corporate officers such as the City Solicitor, and financial statements, were pasted in separately. Matters arising out of the reports are noted at the end of each set of minutes.
From April to October 1929, printed reports have been pasted into the minutes of each meeting. From 6 January to 5 May 1931, printed agendas are inserted, containing the manager’s departmental reports.Thereafter, only matters arising from the reports are recorded, not the reports themselves. The volume contains much inserted matter, including agendas, reports, and financial statements.
The Manager’s reports refer to meetings of the following Committees: Public Health; Law and Finance; Cemetery; Waterworks; Tolls and Markets; Hackney Carriages; Fitzgerald Park; Working Class Dwellings; and School Medical Service. They record accounts approved, letters received, applications granted or rejected, and recommendations made. The General Purposes Committee approved these reports, or made orders on matters arising out of them. The Manager also regularly submited financial statements.
Reports of the Medical Officer of Health were made to the City Manager and embodied in his reports. These record information on infectious diseases, births, and deaths, with more detailed reporting on Tuberculosis and Diphtheria. The work of the Veterinary Department is also noted.
The minutes record the activities of the General Purposes Committee, the various Council committees and departmental officers, and of the City Manager, throughout a key period in which the City Management system was taking shape. They are also important in documenting consideration of and decisions on many of the major issues of this period, including tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, school medical services, the closure of the tramways and growth of bus services, unemployment, and social housing and slum clearance.
Umfang1 volume
SpracheEnglish
PersonenschlagwortCork City Council, Cork Corporation
SchlagwortLocal Government, Public Health and Sanitation, Housing Schemes, Roads and Transportation, Tuberculosis, School Medical Service, Schools, Cork City
AccessOpen by appointment to those holdign a current readers' ticket
ReproduktionsbestimmungenSubject to Rules Governing Reproduction of Records
LevelSerie, Aktengruppe
RepositoryCork City and County Archives