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Westmeath County Council is urging people to get ready for possible chaos on winter roads, by planning ahead within communities and residents associations.

Entrepreneurs who want to set up business in rural Westmeath now have some hope of having their application considered.

Westmeath’s councillors have unanimously defied the wishes of the Local Government Minister and have refused to accept a variation to the County Development Plan to include a core strategy regarding zoning.

Despite a further reduction of 7.5 per cent in the allocation of Government money to local authorities last year, Westmeath County Council remained overdraft free, and still reduced its long term borrowings by €3 million, according to its 2011 annual report released this week.

It’s not de-zoning, it’s not re-zoning, it’s just prioritising - and the council is not obliged to take responsibility for any losses landowners suffered if they made plans because their land was zoned.

The village of Tang will remain in the dark for yet another year, as there is no money in Westmeath County Council’s budget for lighting.

Owners of derelict sites should be prepared to go to court as Westmeath County Council will be taking cases when people don’t meet the legal obligations associated with managing their sites.

Westmeath County Council’s arts budget has been slashed by more than 20 per cent in a bid to manage scarce resources.

Westmeath County Council’s budget has been passed without amendment and with no frontline services cut.

There will be no reduction in rates for Westmeath businesses in 2012, but a 5 per cent reduction in water costs has been welcomed by councillors at this week’s annual Westmeath County Council budget meeting.