2016-02-08 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               8 FEBRUARY 2016


The 2016/17 Community Grants Programs will be advertised and applications called for as
follows.

Grant Round                       Open date                         Close date
Projects Round One                22 February 2016                  8 April 2016
Projects Round Two                15 August 2016                    30 September 2016
RADF Round One                    22 February 2016                  8 April 2016
RADF Round Two                    15 August 2016                    30 September 2016
Festive Season                    22 February 2016                  8 April 2016
Community Alliance                22 February 2016                  8 April 2016

As Water Rebate and Building Insurance Cover are non-competitive, Council Officers will contact
eligible organisations directly and put in place the necessary arrangements to implement these
programs.

Three Year Maintenance Grants still have a further two years to run.

Previous Council Consideration

Ordinary Meeting Minutes 15 January 2015, Item 16, Page 5
That Council note the report by the Community Development Coordinator to the General
Committee Meeting dated 12 January 2015 and:
A.   Repeal the existing Community Grants Policy and adopt the revised Community Grants
     Policy (Attachment 1) amended by including Chambers of Commerce with Service Clubs
     as eligible for Community Project grants;
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 Minutes 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

The allocation of funding for the 2016/17 community grants program will be determined as part of
the budget process. This will included the cost of the water rebates and building insurance cover
as they forms part of Council’s support to community organisations.

Eligibility criteria for organisations applying for grants and rebates are detailed in the Community
Grants Policy.



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