2015-06-23 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                              23 JUNE 2015



COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORTS
Community Development & Sport & Recreation
4    2015-16 COMMUNITY GRANTS FIRST ROUND RECOMMENDATIONS

Author            Community Development Coordinator, Alison Hamblin
                  Community Services Department

Index             ECM/Subject/Community Grants

Attachments       1. Community Grants recommendations - 3 year Sports Field
                     Maintenance
                  2. Community Grants recommendations - 3 year Community Halls and
                     Centres
                  3. Community Grants recommendations - 1 year Operational
                  4. Community Grants recommendations - Projects


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Community Development Coordinator to the Infrastructure
and Services Committee dated 23 June 2015 and:
A.   Endorse the first round of Community Grants recommendations for the financial year
     2015/16 as set out in Attachment 1, 2, 3 and 4 to the report;
B.   In addition to the recommendations in Attachment 1, 2, 3 and 4, agree to pay the fixed
     water and sewerage annual access charges for eligible not for profit organisations in the
     Shire (as defined in Council’s Community Grants Policy and excluding those community
     organisations who are already recommended to receive this payment as part of a 2015/16
     operational grants) at an estimated cost of $75,000.



REPORT
Purpose

The purpose of this report is for Council to consider and endorse the first round of Community
Grants recommendations for the 2015/2016 financial year as set out in Attachments 1, 2, 3 and 4
to this report.

Background

Following Council’s endorsement of a revised Community Grants Policy in January 2015, the first
round of the 2015/16 Community Grants program was advertised in local media and through
community networks with a closing date of 31 March 2015.

Following the closure of the round, applications were assessed using the following process:
 Applications were first checked for eligibility against the Noosa Council Community Grants
    policy and guidelines



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