2016-02-08 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 8 FEBRUARY 2016


Council will initially call for expressions of interest for this grants program from organisations who
offer services in one of the following areas:
     Arts and cultural development
     Community development
     Community safety
     Environment
     Heritage.
Successful applicants will need to:
   demonstrate their need for funding
   provide an achievable operational or business plan for the duration of the agreement

Council will establish a formula and a funding cap setting the maximum allowable amount for
individual Three-Year Community Alliance Agreements as part of its annual budget process.

Recipients will be required to provide an annual acquittal (including audited financial statements)
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.

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.

5.     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:

    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.

    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.



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