2021-12-13 General Committee Meeting Minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                            13 DECEMBER 2021


    Motion
    Moved:            Cr Stockwell
    Seconded:         Cr Jurisevic
    That Council note the report by the Carbon Reduction Project Officer to the Planning &
    Environment Committee Meeting dated 07 December 2021 and
    A.    Approve the Environment Project Grants note in Attachment 1 for
          1.    Zero Emissions Noosa Inc.;
          2.    Permaculture Noosa Inc.;
          3.    Tourism Noosa; and
          4.    Noosa and District Landcare.
    B.    Request the CEO bring forward options along the lines of that adopted for Economic
          Development grants, to facilitate the allocation of unspent funds in the Environment
          Grant budget and the unspent new $50,000 allocation for Zero Emissions initiatives in
          the Community Grants Budget projects to Budget Review 2.
    C.   Request the CEO review the grant guidelines and eligibility and scoring criteria relating
         to the community implementation of the Climate Change Response Plan to prioritise
         projects that can demonstrate meaningful progress towards its targets through the
         reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and/or the initiation of priority adaptation actions
         identified in the plan.
    For:              Crs Stockwell,
    Against:          Crs Wilkie, Jurisevic, Lorentson, Stewart, Finzel
                                                                                             Lost.

    Motion
    Moved:          Cr Stewart
    Seconded:       Cr Wilkie
    That Council note the report by the Carbon Reduction Project Officer to the Planning &
    Environment Committee Meeting dated 07 December 2021 and approve the Environment
    Project Grants as outlined in Attachment 1 to the report.

    Amendment
    Moved:           Cr Jurisevic
    Seconded:        Cr Stockwell
    That Item A be added to read:
    A.    Request the CEO review the grant guidelines and eligibility and scoring criteria relating
          to the community implementation of the Climate Change Response Plan to prioritise
          projects that can demonstrate meaningful progress towards its targets through the
          reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and/or the initiation of priority adaptation actions
          identified in the plan.
                                                                            Carried unanimously.




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