My first motion at today’s (21st March) Municipal District meeting, ‘That the council outline the strategy/policy/protocol for communication between this municipal district and the Public Participation Network including for example where funding/grants are available or where the expertise of a member/s of the Public Participation Network might be required.
Here is the report issued by: Ms A M Conneely, A/Senior Executive Officer, Community & Cultural Department: The Public Participation Network is a formal network that operates independently from Kildare County Council. The PPN User Guide (published by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in March 2017) states that the PPN is the “go to” body for organisations who wish to benefit from community and voluntary expertise at their table. For this reason, formal structures have been put in place whereby PPN representatives input into, and influence, Kildare County Council’s policy making by participating on SPCs and the LCDC.
If any Municipal District wishes to communicate with the PPN then they may do so through the PPN Coordinator at kildareppn@gmail.com The members should be aware that the Community Department, and all other departments in Kildare County Council, routinely notify Kildare PPN when funding or grants become available. The only exception to this is the retained Local Property Tax fund as the allocation of this fund is a matter directly for the municipal district members.