Annual Report 2015-16

Community Grant Recipients                                      Type                 Funding
                                                                                     Amounts ($)
Noosa District Softball Association Inc.                                                     13,950
Pomona & Cooran Amateur Rugby League Football Club Inc.                                      12,682
Noosa District Rugby League Club Inc.                                                        11,160
Noosa Touch Assoc. Inc.                                                                      11,160
Cooroora United Football Club Inc.                                                            8,370
Cooroy Eumundi Cricket Club Inc.                                                              8,370
Pomona & Cooroy & District AFC Inc.                                                           8,370
Sub-total:                                                                                  159,157


Festive Season Event Grant
Cooroy Chamber of Commerce Inc. - Cooroy Christmas                                            7,000
Carols
Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club Inc. - Booreen Point New Years                                   2,500
Eve event
Kin Kin Communty Group Inc. - Christmas Tree event 2015                                       1,200
Noosa Christian Outreach Church - Carols on the Noosa                                         7,500
River, Noosaville
Lions of Peregian Beach Inc. - Peregian Beach Christmas                                       3,500
Carols
Tewantin Noosa RSL - Carols by Candlelight, Tewantin                                          3,182
Lions of Cooroy/Pomona Inc. - Pomona Night of Lights                                          1,500
Noosa Marina Pty Ltd - New Years Event at Noosa Harbour                                       5,000
Lions & Rotary - Australia Day on the Noosa River                                            10,000
Kin Kin Communty Group Inc. - Christmas Tree event 2016                                       1,500
Sub-total:                                                                                   42,882

Other
Healthy Waterways Program Contribution                                                       24,000

TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD:                                                           810,007


Notes:
1. The Regional Arts Development Fund grants were funded 50/50 between the Queensland Arts Council
   and Noosa Council. The above amount is Noosa Council’s contribution.
2. Water Rebates – Not a direct payment from Council to the Community Organisation but a payment by
   Council to Unity Water.

Discretionary funds
Section 109 of the LG Act, defines discretionary funds as funds in the local government’s
operating fund that are:
   budgeted for community purposes, and
   allocated by a Councillor at the Councillor’s discretion.
There were no Councillor discretionary funds established during the period.

Beneficial enterprises
Section 39(3) of the LG Act defines a beneficial enterprise as an enterprise that a local
government considers is directed to benefiting, and can reasonably be expected to benefit, the
whole or part of its local government area.




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