Minutes 26-05-10 - Shire of Shark Bay

ORDINARY COUNCIL MINUTES – 26 MAY 2010 - 31 -14. Shark Bay P&CHall Hire $620.00Youth Projects $1,114.00Total $1,734.0015. Shark Bay AuskickCash Donation $600.00Total $600.00The motion was put forward and declared.7/0 CarriedBackgroundThe above recommendations total $33,548.00 less any GST. If therecommendations are approved by Council there will be approximately $26,452.00remaining, this could be allocated at a later stage if something important arises.CommentThe applications were assessed by a panel consisting of Cr John Hanscombe, theActing Chief Executive Officer, Mr Peter Tiggemann and the Accountant, Mr RichardTowell and Community Development Officer, Jacqui Towell.All the applications were assessed against the following selection criteria -• Applicant must be a non-profit organisation.• Applicant must ensure that the community will benefit from the donation.• Applicant must be an elector or operate in the Shire of Shark Bay andGascoyne District, with preference given to electors in the Shire of SharkBay.• Donation requests previously funded will be given a low priority.• No organisation will receive more than guideline percentage of the totalfinancial assistance/donation category expense budget.• Cash donations of $1,000 or more require an annual acquittal.• Applicants must be able to demonstrate attempts to source other relevantfunding.• No application will be considered outside of the allocated timeframes.• All submissions will be in respect of the determined financial year’s budgetonly.• Organisations which demonstrate their own fundraising attempts will befavourably considered.• The Council reserves the right to accept or reject submissions.• Unexpended funds must be returned to the Shire of Shark Bay at the end ofthe financial year.• Annual allocation thresholds per applicant for each category.Spreadsheet below shows all applications received.