2017-11-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   7 NOVEMBER 2017




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      7 NOVEMBER 2017

           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.

           8.    Building Insurance Cover
           Council will cover the cost of building insurance for eligible not for profit community organisations
           (as defined in this policy) with facilities built on Council owned or controlled land. The insurance
           provided by Council will be incorporated into Council’s Local Government Mutual (LGM) Asset
           Scheme Industrial Special Risks coverage. The cover will only be provided on the terms offered by
           the LGM to Noosa Council and is not negotiable for individual groups.
           The cost of this insurance will be identified and funded through the Community Grants Program as
           it forms part of Councils support to community organisations. Council may require community
           groups covered by this scheme to meet excess charges in the event of any claim.
           The cost of this Building Insurance cover 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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