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| CFO Corinne Bomben has some reading material for Council tonight with the recommendations on Community Enhancement Grant Applicants for 2021 |
The document the guiding path ahead towards how the City may wish to allocate its annual Community Enhancement Grant process.
In her notes for Council now available as part of the Agenda for this evening's session, CFO Corinne Bomben notes that it is expected that the City's 2021 Operating Fund will be diminished given the restrictions to user numbers and associated revenue in certain departments.
Something which Ms. Bomben observes will create pressure on the levels of discretionary services provided by the City, which means that there may be the possibility of measures to reduce cost and or increase revenue to support the levels of service provide.
With a number of financial themes to explore, the City's Finance office is recommending a freeze to the funding available for Community Enhancement Grants for 2021 aside from the request from the Library and the increases in place by agreement This years recommended funding for the Library is listed at $693,000.
The total amount of funding that has been requested by all of the Grant applicants and through funding by agreements is $1,500,000. That amount includes an increase in requests for funding of 32,000 dollars for existing applicants.
This year's request list also features $95,000 in funding requested by the Salvation Army a new applicant, as well as requests from repeat applicants who previously did not find success in gaining funding.
In addition to the Salvation Army, the two other new grant applicants are the Prince Rupert Amateur Swim Club and the Change Makers Education Society, the total request for funding from all three comes to $126,500.
Ms Bomben's report offers up the prospect for some funding for the Salvation Army request, that of 15,000 dollars. As well as a suggestion for the City to help with a local based fundraising campaign, by placing a funding meter on City Hall to provide residents with the opportunity to donate funds towards the $126,500 goal.
The $15,000 proposed for the Salvation Army is the only amount listed for the three New or repeat applicants for 2021
When it comes to the current funding by agreement recipients the recommendations of the Finance Office are as follows:
Museum of Northern BC -- $167,230
Prince Rupert Performing Arts Centre Society -- $144,200
Prince Rupert Golf Society -- $220,000
SPCA - Prince Rupert Branch -- $28,000
Prince Rupert Racquet Association -- $9,500
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| The recommended amount of funding proposed for the five organizations with agreements in place with the city (click to enlarge) |
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| The recommended amount of funding proposed for all of the 2021 Community Enhancement Grant applicants (click to enlarge) |
The themes explored by Ms. Bomben in her report can be reviewed below:
Council members will decide how they plan to move forward with the Community Enhancement Grants for 2021 tonight as part of this evenings City Council session.
From their discussions on the night they may offer guidance to Ms. Bomben as to how the city's financial grants will be distributed for the year ahead.
For more notes on tonight's Council session see our Preview page here, as well as through our Council Session archive page.
Cross posted from the North Coast Review.
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