2016-08-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   15 AUGUST 2016




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              15 AUGUST 2016

 As part of its annual budget process Council will consider whether or not to invite additional
 organisations to be considered for funding under this program.
 Recipients of Three-Year Community Alliance Agreements are ineligible for Three Year Maintenance
 Agreements and Three Year Signature Community Event Grants.

 6.    Three-Year Maintenance Agreements
 This funding will provide financial support up to three years to eligible not-for-profit incorporated
 community organisations that maintain Council and community infrastructure. There are two
 categories:
 e   Maintenance and management of community halls or centres. Eligible community
     organisations may receive part funding for on-going operational and/or maintenance purposes
     of Council infrastructure only where that infrastructure is publicly accessible.
 e   Sports field maintenance. Eligible sporting organisations may receive part funding for on-going
     maintenance of sporting fields. The organisations must have primary responsibility for fields that
     are open to the public when not being used by those organisations.
 Three-Year Maintenance Agreements operate by invitation-only rather than through a competitive
 process.
 Recipients will be required to provide an annual acquittal and a progress report demonstrating
 delivery of agreed outcomes.
 The renewal of agreements will be negotiated six months prior to their expiry, following an invitation
 to continue with the program being provided by Council.
 Council will establish a formula and a funding cap setting the maximum allowable amount for
 individual Three-Year Maintenance Agreements as part of its annual budget process.
 Recipients of Three-Year Maintenance Agreements are ineligible for Three Year Community Alliance
 Agreements and Three Year Signature Community Event Grants.

 7.    Water Rebates
 Council will fund Unitywater fixed water and sewerage access charges for all eligible not for profit
 organisations as defined in this Policy.
 The maximum annual funding for each organisation will be limited to the minimum water and
 sewerage access charges (based up to and including 25mm meters) for each land parcel unless
 there is a legal requirement or hydrology report that requires the organisation to have a larger water
 meter or additional meters.

 In addition Council will fund the annual water consumption charges of all eligible not for profit
 organisations up to a maximum of $1,000 per annum. Organisations with consumption charges over
 $250 per annum will be required to have a Council approved water management plan in place.
 The cost of the water rebate will be identified and funded through the Community Grants Program
 as it forms part of Council’s support to community organisations.

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