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CLARE County Council’s payroll costs last year jumped to €38 mil- lion, with the county’s rate-pay- ers contributing €29 million to the council’s coffers.
According to its annual financial statement, the council last year spent €103 million on revenue related items.
The local authority spent €32 mil- lion on wages and salaries. €2.4 mil- lion was spent on “other costs” under the heading of payroll and €4 mil- lion on pensions and gratuities.
The statement — presented to coun-
cillors at yesterday’s May council meeting — also records that €647,000 was spent on “communications”.
The statement shows that the coun- cil’s finances have improved with the local authority’s revenue deficit de- creasing to €2.9 million.
The figures show that the council’s income at the Cliffs of Moher visi- tor was higher than expected. Gate income at €300,000 was higher than 4 rel KerO
However, the figures show that rev- enues at the council’s waste manage- ment facility were €750,000 down on the 2006 estimate.
Reflecting the economic buoyancy
of the county, the council’s figures show that planning application in- come was €700,000 above budget.
The figures show that the coun- cil expenditure on work in progress projects stood at €248 million com- pared to €149 million at the end of 2005.
The main projects contributing to the total are the Ennis by-pass (€175 million), house construction projects in progress (€11 million), Water Projects (€25 million) and Cliffs of Moher (€29 million).
SW ilommieclioelnlmmeevepu sek MmOet:lmmnele council capital debt stood at €83 million at the end of 2006, compared
to €79 million at the end of 2005. The increase related to the final draw down of the loan to fund the Cliffs of Moher project, voluntary housing loans.
The figures show that the council last year spent €26 million on the provision of local authority housing. €67 million was spent on roads. The major element of this was the Ennis by-pass project.
The report states that the largest variance was on roads where ex- penditure was greater than budget by €5.9 million
This reflected mainly the extra grant income in the year.