2015-08-18 Infrastructure and Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                              18 AUGUST 2015


As per the Noosa Council Festive Season Event Grants Policy, assessment panel members
declared any actual or potential conflicts of interest and following any such declaration the panel
members were not involved in any discussions on matters relating to that application.

The assessment panel are recommending 10 applications and funding to the value of $40,000.

Implementation

Following endorsement of this report, grant applicants will be notified of the outcomes. Funding to
successful applicants will be distributed in September 2015 providing they have no outstanding
debt to Council.

Previous Council Consideration

Ordinary Meeting, 15 January 2015, Item 16, Page 19
That Council note the report by the Community Development Coordinator to the General
Committee Meeting dated 12th January 2015 and:
A.   Repeal the existing Community Grants Policy and adopt the revised Community Grants
     Policy (Attachment 1);
B.   Repeal the existing Community Grants Framework and Criteria and adopt the revised
     Community Grants Framework and Criteria (Attachment 2); and
C.   Delegate to the Chief Executive Officer the development of a Festive Season Strategy.

Ordinary Meeting 7 May 2015, Item 2, Page 11
That Council note the report by the Community Engagement Manager to the Planning &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 28 April 2015 and:
A.   Repeal the Festive Season Strategy and Minor Grants Program Policy that transferred to
     Noosa Council from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council under the Local Government
     (De-amalgamation Implementation) Regulation 2013; and
B.   Adopt the Noosa Council Festive Season Event Grants Policy (provided at Attachment 1 to
     the report) with the following amendments:
     Eligible Festive Season Events, page 2, dot point 3:
         New Year’s Eve events open to the public.
     Ineligible Expenses, page 3, dot point 4:
         Fireworks other than New Year’s Eve events and Balloons.

Finance & Risk

Funding for the 2015/16 Festive Season Grants Program has been allocated as part of the
2015/16 Budget process.

Noosa Council’s Festive Season Event Grants Policy has been developed in order to comply with
the following Queensland Government Legislation:

 Local Government Act 2009
 Local Government Regulation 2012
 Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982




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