2018-06-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   12 JUNE 2018




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             12 JUNE 2018

        3    FUNDING OPERATIONAL EXPENSES
        a)   Council will provide $140,000 (exclusive of GST) as a contribution towards operational
             expenses for the first year of this Deed (2018/19 financial year).
        b)   |The amount of funding for operational expenses for the following financial years is
             subject to negotiation for each remaining financial year of this Deed and subject to
             Clause 6 — Funding Conditions.
        c)   NBRF will provide Council with details of its funding requirements for operational
             expenses for each following year by no later than 30th March. NBRF are to provide
             such information as may be reasonably required by Council to assess the request
             including but not limited to the current NBRF strategic plan, proposed annual
             operational plan, detailed draft budget and current financialbalance sheet.
        d)   Negotiations for funding will take into account any ongoing commitments as provided
             for in clause 5.2 of this Deed and Council’s annual budget process and overall funding
             constraints.
        e)   Payments are subject to GST where applicable*having regard to: the,type of
             transaction under Australian Taxation legislation.

        4    FUNDING PROJECTS
        a)   Inthe first year of this Deed, Council will quarantine up to $125,000 of its Environment
             Levy funds for contribution to ‘NBR, projects that align with the principal purposes of
             the Trust , Council’s Environment Levy»Policy and ‘Council’s strategic direction for the
             Noosa Shire environment.
        b)   The NBRF may submit.applications for Council's Consideration for funding from the
             Environment Levys
        c)   The NBRF will(provide Council with reasonable notice of project funding requirements
             and provide<sufficient information about the projects to allow Council to assess the
             application for funding.
        d)   The NBRE.shall not proceed with any project requiring Environment Levy funding until
             Council formally. notifies NBRF in writing of the outcome of Council's consideration of
             project funding applications,
        e)   “For the remaining financial years under this Deed, the NBRF will need to lodge
             applications with Council for projects to be funded from the Environment Levy. Such
             applications will be assessed against other applications received and in consideration
             of the totalamount allocated towards grants projects from the Environment Levy.
       f)    NBRF may also choose to apply for relevant grants under Council's range of grant
             programs. Again, these will be assessed against other applications received and the
             total amount allocated to the relevant grants program.

        5    PAYMENTS
        5.1   How payments are to be made
        a)   Council shall pay the funding to NBRF by electronic transfer to a bank account (or
             accounts) as notified in writing to Council by NBRF, with such bank account/s being in
             the name of NBRF and such account/s being solely under the control of NBRF.

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