2018-11-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                          6 NOVEMBER 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES              RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                         THE NEXT QUARTER
                                  Recruitment and training provided to a
                                    new RADF committee.
                                  Presented RADF and arts grant talk to
                                    University Canberra students as part
                                    of their course work.
Grants - external                 Successful RADF application to Arts         Ongoing – administering and
                                    Qld for 2018/19. $46,000 has been             reconciling   Council’s Grants
                                    approved and paid.                            Register
                                  Applied for funding under the               RADF annual Report to Arts Qld
                                    Australian      Sports     Community          due 31 October.
                                    Infrastructure Grants program for
                                    funding towards a lighting upgrade at
                                    the Noosa District Sports complex.
                                    Results announced November 2018
                                  Assisted     sporting,  cultural and
                                    community groups with their external
                                    grant applications, in particular,
                                    Gambling Community Benefit Fund,
                                    the Australian Sports Community
                                    Infrastructure Grant program and
                                    State Government, Get Playing
                                    Places and Spaces grant funding
                                    opportunities.
Business as Usual activities      Completed strategic planning session        Negotiate    and    merge     three      Continue to work with the State
                                    with the Noosa Strade Bianche                 separate leases for Pomona                 Government       (Department      of
                                    committee.                                    Community House.                           Housing and Public Works) to
                                  Negotiated the successful delivery of       Negotiate tenure change Cooroy             deliver free community workshops in
                                    the Noosa Classic Ride at the                 Pomona Lions Club.                         Noosa as part of the Building Active
                                                                                                                             Communities program.
                                    Tewantin Cricket Club.                      Renegotiate tenure for Rotary Club
                                  Provided advice to Noosa Community            of Noosa Heads over Tait-Duke            Planning for the White Ribbon walk
                                    Gardens on tenure and governance.             Community Cottage to coincide              against domestic violence – 23
                                                                                  with new Council bike path project.        November.
                                  Negotiated capital works bid for
                                    Tinbeerwah Hall.                            Contributing to the Inaugural
                                  New lease agreement negotiated with           Sunshine Coast Open House
                                    Pomona Kindergarten.                          program.
                                  Draft permits negotiated with Veggie        Support Pomona Arts Inc to create
                                    Village & Permaculture Noosa.                 a business plan.

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