"We struggled to get this rate down as low as possible but there are some in this chamber who say we should have opted for a zero percent rate but that would have put our services and everyone employed at our council at risk.". We were told time and time again it was happening, yet it has been shelved again, said Cllr Gallagher. Derry City Council borrowed millions of pounds and built the Foyle Arena and carried out public realms schemes. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. On 12 February 2008, Strabane District Council stuck the district rate for 2008-09. Declan Moore, the owner of Claude's Caf on Shipquay Street, was reacting to the announcement Council had increased business rates in its area by 10.67%. The official page of Mayor of Derry City & Strabane District Council, Cllr Brian Tierney - a member of the SDLP. The rise was supported by Sinn Fin, SDLP, UUP, DUP and Alliance councillors. Gardai confirm bodies taken following incidents in Drumkeen and Letterkenny. growth and the application of funding from Council reserves, has enabled. Tourism Project Officer. The Special Council meeting can be viewed back above. The rates increase struck by Council today will see an average rates bill increasing by 40.74 per annum or 78p per week. Rates bills to rise in two more council areas, Belfast City Council increases rates by 7.99%, Rates bills could rise this year, warn NI leaders, Angry protests erupt over Greek rail disaster, How fake copyright complaints are muzzling journalists, 1894 shipwreck confirms tale of treacherous lifeboat. some cutbacks to service level agreements to Visit Derry and the Millennium Forum. It has not been delivered. BBC News NI understands that a regional rate increase will be struck ahead of bills being sent out in April. We applied to the Levelling Up fund recently but the project was not even looked at because ministers changed the criteria after we submitted our application. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news! The council had also agreed to make cutbacks of over 3.5m due to financial pressures, including voluntary severance, an increase in off street car parking charges and reductions in street cleansing and grounds maintenance services. The rates rise was set at a Special Meeting of Council today, Monday, 13 February 2023, where it was highlighted that the last year has seen unprecedented financial challenges for Council as well as for. Councillor Tierney said: The last thing anyone wants to do is make life more difficult for struggling families at an already hard time, but the total abdication from government for any support for councils given the challenges our communities are facing has left us in a position where rates will be increased to keep important services like bin collections running. This situation has been compounded by Stormont and the British governments failure to increase the Rates Support Grant and acknowledge the difficult situation that councils are facing. Tel: (028) 7125 3253. Following the striking of Council rates, People Before Profit Cllrs Shaun Harkin and Maeve O'Neill said the five main parties had agreed to vote through a brutal rates hike and cuts to services and price hikes. Despite the unprecedented challenges currently facing Council, there are, positive messages from this years rates process. Mellon was put on a 10-year MI5 watchlist in 2015 after being sentenced to 15 months in jail for having an article of use to terrorists. ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW Tel: (028) 7125 3253, Derry City and Strabane District Council agrees its budget for 2023/24, Derry City and Strabane District Council has agreed its budget for the incoming 2023/24 financial year and set a. Last week, Mid Ulster District Council agreed to increase household rates for the 2023-24 financial year by 7.3% while Newry. 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The regional rate, set by Central Government, will be determined by the end of March and will have an impact on the overall rates bill. JOB ALERT: Pursue a career as a live-in care assistant with Bluebird Care Coleraine, Ulster University Business School - helping local businesses boost productivity and growth, JOB ALERT: Comhar Creidmheasa Ghaoth Dobhair are hiring a CEO. St Columb's School of Music bring The Swingles to Derry. derry city and strabane district council councillors. It is still sitting there. Other councils are expected to announce their 2023-24 rates in the coming weeks. Currently, anyone getting a bus into Strabane has to get a taxi to get into the town. Provision has also been made for the development of new cemetery provision for the west bank of the city, continued development of greenway provision within the city and across the Council area. Love LegenDerry will take place throughout the month of February and feature a programme of events and initiatives to allow locals and visitors to sample the best of our . I just find it bizarre Council, seemingly fires money at such projects, without any kind of consultation or the taking on board any of the real concerns of traders, and then, literally in the next breath, when we are really struggling with all of the other hikes, it imposes a rates rise in excess of 10%. Tel: (028) 7125 3253 We are constantly paying that back. Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. Gardai confirm bodies taken following incidents in Drumkeen and Letterkenny. The 27m facility was built with funding from the EU's INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) with additional funding by the Department for Infrastructure, the Department for Transport in the Republic of Ireland and support from Derry City and Strabane District Council. We took on the airport, which is costing us approximately four million pounds per year. In our book, pitting workers against ratepayers is simply wrong. Speaking before this afternoons Rate meeting, one Strabane councillor also expressed concern at the disparity in funding between Derry City and Strabane. Support our mission and join our community now. The candidates are SDLP Group Leader Councillor Brian Tierney (Ballyarnett), Councillor Rory Farrell (Ballyarnett), Catherine McDaid (Ballyarnett), Councillor John Boyle (The Moor), Dermott. Please note our offices are currently closed to the public due to concerns around the spread of COVID-19, 98 Strand Road, "We see lots of people, healthcare workers, teachers, firefighters, Housing Executive workers, Council workers, at Radio Foyle, posties at Royal Mail and many others, refusing to accept the Tory lie that there is no alternative to cuts and price hikes. Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles. We have been promised a new leisure centre again and again and again. Summarize this article for a 10 years old, Derry City and Strabane District Council (Irish: Comhairle Chathair Dhoire agus Cheantar an tSratha Bin; Ulster-Scots: Derry Cittie & Strbane Destrck Cooncil) is the local authority for Derry and Strabane district in Northern Ireland. In conclusion, the agreed District rates increase whilst necessitating considerable efficiencies and cutbacks, will enable Council, to drive growth and investment across the City and Region as well as ensure the delivery of critical front-line services from street cleansing and waste, building control, planning and. District Rates increase for ratepayers. The Let's Get Moving, Let's Get Started programme is an eight week course that will include three sessions a week with . Basically, Strabane went into the merger with very few facilities and took on the debt of Derry City Council. Derry City and Strabane District Council have agreed to increase household rates by 7.97%. The rates rise was met with opposition from several councillors following a meeting on Monday. A strong arts and cultural sector is a vital component of a healthy society impacting on our individual and collective well-being as well as social and economic prosperity. "Businesses with rent of 20k will see a rise of over 500 despite the obvious pressure many are under. Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council urges everyone across the North West to 'Make March your Month to Quit'. We are with this resistance. 2,237 talking about this. The proposal to axe 30,000 from the annual funding of Strabanes Alley Theatre was supported by some local councillors. A former DUP councillor has joined the Ulster Unionist Party. http://www.derrycityandstrabanedistrict.com/, 2014 Northern Ireland local government reform, 2019 Derry and Strabane District Council election, Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom, "Change of Council Name (Derry and Strabane City Council) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016", "The District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order 2014", "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014", Your Councillors - Derry and Strabane District Council, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derry_City_and_Strabane_District_Council&oldid=1138065857, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 21:20. You can view the Special Council meeting back on CouncilsYoutubechannel. responsible for launch event. Member, Western Education and Library Board. Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. The event is free but registration is essential. Enough is enough needs to be more than a slogan. [2] It covers most of the northwest of Northern Ireland. Mourne and Down District Council agreed a rise of 5.99%. Councillors; Derry City and Strabane District. environmental health, grounds maintenance, parks and cemeteries, leisure, sport, health and community development and support, and vital corporate support services. Oct 2017 - Sep 20181 year. This is the height of hypocrisy and the vote last year was clearly done on a cynical rather than principled basis. Domestic rates are made up of a regional rate - usually set by the Northern Ireland Assembly - and a district rate set by Northern Ireland's councils. Derry & Strabane reps send solidarity to Belfast Multicultural Association in wake of racist attacks Derry City and Strabane District Council will send a letter of solidarity and. Contested rate rise of almost 8% for Derry City and Strabane District, Mr Johnston said he was left asking himself, What did we do to deserve this?. Ratepayers in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area are facing a district rate increase of almost eight percent for the incoming financial year. Councillor, Derry City Council. Referring back to the amalgamation of Derry City Council and Strabane District Council in 2015, Cllr Paul Gallagher (Independent) said Strabane had effectively taken on Derrys debt. This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. The council was made up of 30 councillors, elected every four years from five electoral areas and held its meetings in The Guildhall. UUP Alderman Darren Guy said nobody wanted to see an increase. "The bottom line is that a lot more could have been done to avoid imposing this unfair rates hike on households and organisations that can't afford it.". St Columb's School of Music bring The Swingles to Derry. Derry and Strabane councillors have agreed to write to the UK Treasury requesting additional funding for its city deal at a meeting on Tuesday. He added: Everything is being cut back, pared back, including street lighting and street cleaning. As part of this rates process, Council has worked proactively to maintain funding to community organisations and arts and culture groups who are reliant on Council grant funding to deliver essential community services and projects, with the exception of some cutbacks to service level agreements to Visit Derry and the Millennium Forum.. He added: The 10.67% increase from Derry City and Strabane District Council amounts to a significant increase in costs for our members. A Derry city centre trader has told Derry Now that if Derry City and Strabane District Council was a business it would be bankrupt. A cursory glance at the local media over the last 10 years reveals Strabane has been promised a major public realm scheme, costing seven million pounds, to do up the whole of Strabane Town, from Asda to the Head of the Town area. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie. For more info & to registerhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-city-conversation-2013-2023-tickets-542651574467, or contactartsandculture@derrystrabane.com/ 02871 253253, 98 Strand Road We have 17 regional newspapers and 18 digital sites. The increases in business rates levied by the 11 . Before Mondays meeting, Derry Now learned the proposal to axe 30,000 from the annual funding of Strabanes Alley Theatre had been supported by some local councillors. Map. A cursory glance at the local media over the last 10 years reveals Strabane has been promised a major public realm scheme, costing seven million pounds, to do up the whole of Strabane Town, from Asda to the Head of the Town area. Derry, BT48 7NN It is a betrayal. The rates increase struck by Council today will see an average rates bill increasing by 40.74 per annum or 78p per week. Represented council at regional food events to showcase suppliers, and food offerings from the area. increase to be achieved and for Council finances to remain on a sustainable footing as Council hopes for economic recovery and a reduction in inflation levels. The name was changed from Derry and Strabane City Council on 24 February 2016. The savings identified will also enable Council to continue to deliver a full suite of critical front line services to ratepayers and any cutbacks in budgets agreed were made to ensure a minimal impact on the public with all services being maintained and jobs protected. It has not been delivered. One is the Airport. Strabane The Councils Festival and Events team are looking forward to delivering another family-focused event that builds on the success of recent years where it attracted record numbers, she said. An angry Declan Moore said business owners in the city were already struggling with a multitude of hikes. Derry Office 98 Strand Road, BT48 7NN Tel: (028) 71253 253 Ext: 6801, 6804 Fax: (028) 7126 4858 info@derrystrabane.com Map Strabane Office 47 Derry Rd Strabane Tyrone BT82 8DY Tel: (028) 71253 253 info@derrystrabane.com Map Alternatively send your enquiries through the feedback form below. 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