2020-05-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA    12 MAY 2020




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             12 MAY 2020

  * Sports field maintenance. Eligible sporting organisations may receive part funding for on-going
    maintenance of sporting fields. The organisations must have primary responsibility for fields that
    are open to the public when not being used by those organisations.
 Three-Year Maintenance Agreements operate by invitation-only rather than through a competitive
 process. Recipients will be required to provide an annual acquittal and demonstrating delivery of
 agreed outcomes. If Council decides to continue with the program, renewal of agreements will be
 negotiated three months prior to their expiry. Council will establish funding amounts for the individual
 Three-Year Maintenance Agreements as pan of its annual budget process.
  Recipients of Three-Year Maintenance Agreements are ineligible for Three-Year Community Alliance
 Agreements and Three-Year Signature Community Event Grants.

 7.    Water Rebates
 Council will fund Unitywater fixed water and sewerage access charges for eligible not for profit
 organisations as defined in this Policy. The maximum annual funding for each organisation will be
  limited to the minimum water and sewerage access charges (based up to and including 25mm
  meters) for each land parcel unless there is a legal requirement or hydrology report that requires the
 organisation to have a larger water meter or additional meters.
  In addition Council will fund the annual water consumption charges of all eligible not for profit
 organisations up to a maximum of $1,000 per annum, however, organisations with consumption
  charges over $250 per annum will be required to have a Council approved water management plan
  in place.
 The cost of the water rebate will be identified and funded through the Community Grants Program
 as it forms part of Council’s support to community organisations.

 8.    Building Insurance Cover
 Council will cover the cost of building insurance for eligible not for profit community organisations (as
 defined in this policy) with facilities built on Council owned or controlled land. The insurance provided
  by Council will be incorporated into Council's Local Government Mutual (LGM) Asset Scheme
  Industrial Special Risks coverage. The cover will only be provided on the terms offered by the LGM
 to Noosa Council and is not negotiable for individual groups.
 The cost of this insurance will be identified and funded through the Community Grants Program as
  it forms part of Councils support to community organisations. Council may require community groups
 covered by this scheme to meet excess charges in the event of any claim.
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 In response to natural disasters. including global pandemics declared by the World Health Organisation,
Council will provide grants to support community organisations in their endeavours to respond and
recover from the impacts.

 Recovery Grants Program through budgetary processes. Council may determine priority funding areas
based on the relevant disaster and these priorities will be identified in the relevant Grant Guidelines.
 Projects that are ineligible for funding are detailed in the Community Disaster Response and Recovery
Grant Guidelines.
Ihe number of grants approved by Council will depend on the demand for funding, the available budget
and Council priorities. Applications may be part funded to assist distribution of funds to more community

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