2016-12-06 Services and Organisation Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                              6 DECEMBER 2016


•    All applications and staff comments were discussed and assessed by the grants
     assessment panel.
•    The assessment panel is recommending:
     -    33 applications receive $197,633 funding from the Community Project Grants Program.

As per the Noosa Council Community Grants Policy, assessment panel members recognised
and declared any actual or potential conflicts of interest and were not involved in any decisions
on matters relating to that application.

Implementation

Following endorsement of this report, grant applicants will be notified of the outcomes. Funding to
successful applicants will be distributed in January 2017 providing they have no outstanding debt
to Council.

Previous Council Consideration

Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 16 June 2016, Item 3, Page 11
That Council note the report by the Community Development Coordinator to the Services &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 7 June 2016 and
A.   Authorise the Chief Executive Officer to amend the Community Grants Policy to include a 3
     year Signature Event Category for which Service Clubs are eligible; and
B.   Approve the following grant funding recommendations:
     1.     2016/2017 Community Alliance Grant recommendations as set out in Attachment 1 to
            the Report;
     2.     2016/2017 Festive Season Grant recommendations as set out in Attachment 2 to the
            Report noting that the Pomona Night of Lights event is being held in Pomona, not
            Cooroy as incorrectly outlined in the attachment;
     3.     2016/2017 Signature Event Grant recommendations as set out in Attachment 3 to the
            Report;
     4.     2016/17 Community Grant Projects first round recommendations as set out in
            Attachment 4 to the Report; and
     5.     2015/16 Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) second round recommendations
            as set out in Attachment 5 to the Report.
C.   With respect to the application by Slow Food Noosa which currently fails to meet the criteria
     for the community grant, the organisation is encouraged to apply for the next round of
     grants for support for their education and promotion of slow food principles.


Finance & Risk

Traditionally, two funding rounds for Community Grants Projects are run and budgeted for each
financial year.

There is $163,725 remaining in the 2016/2017 Community Grants - Projects budget and $35,829
remaining in the Community Grants – Alliance budget giving a total of $199, 544.




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