Cork City Council · 2024 Budget Meeting · 4 December 2024
A vote on an amendment to the draft budget for 2025 calling for wages and superannuation to be held at 59.75% of rates and services, an immediate staffing review aimed at cutting costs by €16 million, and a recruitment embargo, with the savings going to members' priorities.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
The % proportion of wages/superannuation to rates & services be equal to 59.75% i.e., 2020 Budget standard. An immediate staff level review with the aim of reducing costs by €16m. In the meantime, an embargo on all recruitment, with the wages savings and non-pay hereunder available to address members priorities EXPENDITURE table (Service Division | Sub-service | Increase/Decrease | Amount): Wages & salaries | | Decrease | 2,775,400; D | D0501 | Decrease | 356,200; D | D0601 | Decrease | 260,000; D | D0905 | Decrease | 630,000; E | E1202 | Decrease | 388,000; E | E1501 | Decrease | 194,200; F | F0401 | Decrease | 300,000; F | F0404 | Decrease | 40,000; F | F0501 | Decrease | 200,000; f | F0502 | Decrease | 404,000; F | F0503 | Decrease | 71,400; Central Management Charge | | Decrease | 2,458,900; Members Priorities | | Increase | 8,078,100
Proposed by A. Deasy; seconded by P. Dineen.
The minutes record: As the numbers voting against the amendment were greater than those voting for, An tArdmhéara declared the proposal defeated.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Fine Gael | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| People Before Profit-Solidarity | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
None
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.