Ballymoney's Riada House to host two Causeway Coast & Glens Council meetings during summer repairs to Cloonavin
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council has unveiled plans to repair the council chamber’s roof during the summer recess.
April’s Corporate Policy and Resources Committee was told that the chamber roof in Cloonavin was damaged during Storm Éowyn last January.
Members of the committee approved an amendment to Council’s Standing Order 2, which specifies the time and place of meetings, to allow for two summer meetings to instead take place at Ballymoney’s Riada House.
Repair work on the roof will begin immediately after the council meeting on June 30 and is expected to take around six weeks, with repairs to be completed in time for the September council meeting.
An officer said the Council recess was the “optimum time” to carry out the repairs to minimise disruption to Council business, but two meeting are scheduled for August and will be held in Riada House.
They noted that, as Riada House cannot accommodate all members at maximum capacity, the meetings will be in hybrid format with a recommendation that parties put forward a maximum number of in-person attendees with other councillors attending online.
While council didn’t provide a cost, May’s Finance Committee agreed to place and additional £1 million into Council’s Repair and Renewals reserve, increasing it to £3.68 million.
The reserve will be used for the repairs as well as the dredging of some harbours, at an estimated cost of £1 million, and some expected increased maintenance expenditure on a number of assets across the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough.