REQUEST FOR DIRECTION
DATE: October 6, 2021 Report No. FIN-21-017
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Ian Irvine, Director of Financial Services
SUBJECT:
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Local Grant Policy
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
What improvements would the Committee like to see in a revised Local Grant Policy?
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Committee of the Whole receive Staff Report No. FIN-21-017 for information, provide any additional direction to staff as the COTW considers advisable, and direct staff to prepare a report for Council's consideration.
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BACKGROUND:
During recent years the Local Grant Committee has recommended the exploration of improvements to the local grant process and Council Policy No. FIN-20 Local Grants.
The current Local Grant Policy was amended in February 2016 to create an established events category and to amend the funding mechanism. With these changes in place, the Committee requested additional policy revisions to further improve the process. Later that year, further amendments were approved to adjust the grant process timing, alter the method of calculating the annual budgetary amount and limit the ability for multiple submissions during the same fiscal year.
Since that time, further changes were requested and, at the December 7, 2020 Council meeting, a revised local grant policy was presented. While Council agreed with some of the changes, there were some areas of concern and as a result, no consensus was achieved. Instead, Council directed staff to bring back a report for further discussion by the Committee of the Whole.
At the Committee of the Whole meeting on April 19, 2021, a revised draft Local Grant Policy was discussed. Some of the updates were again viewed as positive however, the Committee wanted to seek additional input prior to providing direction regarding any changes. Direction was given for the draft policy to be shared with the various community event committees to obtain their feedback. ...
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