2015-06-23 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                23 JUNE 2015


 Applications (except formula driven applications) were then reviewed and commented on by
   staff according to their area of expertise eg environment, events, community development,
   sport etc.
 The applications and staff comments were then discussed and assessed by the grants
   assessment panel. The grants assessment panel was made up of:
   Director Community Services
    Executive Officer
   Community Development Coordinator
   Financial Services Manager

As per the Noosa Council Community Grants Policy, assessment panel members declared any
actual or perceived conflicts of interest and following any such declaration the panel members
were not involved in any discussions on matters relating to that application.

The assessment panel are recommending funding to the value of $480,439.

This is made up of the following:
 3 year Sports Field Maintenance – formula driven* - total recommended $160,425
 3 year Community Halls and Centres – formula driven* - total recommended $62,785
 1 year Operational - total recommended $159,034
 1st round Projects - total recommended $98,195

*As per the community grants policy funding for Community Halls and Centres and Sports Field
maintenance is an annual allocation for the next three years.

In addition to the above recommendations, the assessment committee is recommending that
Council pay the fixed access water and sewerage charges for all eligible not for profit
organisations in the Shire (as defined in Councils community grants policy and excluding those
community groups who are already recommended to receive this payment as part of a 2015/16
operational grants) at an estimated cost of $75,000.

Implementation

Following adoption of this report, grant applicants will be notified of the outcomes. Funding to
successful applicants will be distributed in July 2015 providing they have no outstanding debt to
Council.

Any eligible not for profit community organisations (as defined in Councils grants policy and
excluding those community organisations who are already recommended to receive this payment
as part of a 2015/16 operational grants) will be provided funding assistance by Council for fixed
water and sewerage annual access charges.

A second round of community project grants will be advertised later in 2015 for projects
commencing in the first half of 2016.

Council officers will also assist community organisations to identify external funding where
available, rather than simply to rely on Council’s Community Grants Program.




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