2022-05-16 General Committee Meeting Minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                                              16 MAY 2022


5.   ITEMS REFERRED FROM COMMITTEES


PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE


1    ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION BY NOOSA CHAMBER
     OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY INC.
     In accordance with Chapter 5B of the Local Government Act 2009, Cr Finzel provided the following
     declaration to the meeting of a prescribed conflict of interest in this matter:
     I, Cr Finzel, inform the meeting that I have a prescribed conflict of interest in this matter. In March
     2020, Ms Pamela Sweetapple who is the Secretary of the Noosa Chamber of Commerce donated
     $2630.33 to my 2020 Election Campaign where I was one of three candidates that ran as a group
     known as 'Future Noosa' (which is no longer an entity). As a result of my prescribed conflict of interest,
     I will leave the meeting room while the matter is considered and voted on.
     Cr Finzel left the meeting.

     Motion
     Moved:            Cr Wilkie
     Seconded:         Cr Wegener
     That Council note the report by the Project Officer, Economic Development, to the Planning
     & Environment Committee Meeting dated 10 May 2022 and approve the Noosa Chamber of
     Commerce & Industry Inc. application to the Economic Development Grants Program in the
     amount of $7,500 as follows: 30,000, to be paid in two instalments, with the following
     conditions:
     A.    $7,500 initial payment to be made to provide support to the Chamber to prepare:
           1.     Defined project plans that provide the pathway from objectives to outcomes;
           2.     KPI’s including membership and funding targets;
           3.     Removal of potential duplication with existing projects; and
           4.     An updated grant application with the above supporting information; and
     B.    Request a report to a future Council Meeting on the assessment of the updated
           application.
     A.    Payment 1 (June 2022) - $15,000 Paid upon agreement with the Chamber on:
           1.     Defined project plans that provide the pathway from objectives to outcomes;
           2.     KPI’s including membership and funding targets;
           3.     Removal of potential duplication with existing projects;
     B.    Payment 2 (October 2022) - $15,000 upon presentation of a Progress Report including
           1.     KPI’s as agreed;
           2.     Outcomes achieved to date and how this translates to community benefit;
           3.     Copies of Minutes of the Chamber Committee Meeting to ensure governance
                  and Committee management in order;
     C.    Monthly Progress meetings with Chamber representatives and Economic
           Development staff in the first six months of the project, and then quarterly for the
           remainder of the grant program.



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