A debate on management proposals to increase the Local Property Tax in Tipperary has been deferred untilt he afternoon.
Chief executive Joe MacGrath is proposing a 10% hike in the controversial levy.
The local property tax was expected to take centre stage at the September meeting of Tipperary County Council.
Officials are seeking an increase of 10% in the levy which they say would generate an extra €1.1 million for the local authority.
As it stands Tipp Co. Co is set to receive almost €26 million from the Local Property Tax in 2017 – 9.5 million locally and a top-up of 16.5 million from the government’s equalization fund.
The proposal came up for discussion at around 11.15 this morning – however Fianna Fail's Roger Kennedy called for it to be deferred until after lunch.
This was met with strong opposition from Sinn Fein and some of the independents who said it was on the agenda for this morning and pointed out that a workshop had already taken place last week.
For their part Fianna Fail said the deferral was to allow for further discussion to take place.
A vote on the matter saw the proposal to defer the local property tax debate win out by 18 votes to 14 with 10 members of the council absent.
The County Council's call to increase the LPT for the coming year will now take place after 2 o'clock.
