Urgent Business tabled at the Community Focus Committee Meeting of Council on 11 September 2018 which was held at City Hall in Little Malop Street, Geelong.
Note: Introduction of Urgent Business requires two-thirds majority of Councillors present.
Councillor Harwood proposes to raise the following item as Urgent Business:
Councillor Harwood moved, Councillor Grzybek seconded:
That Council considers as Urgent Business a motion concerning the in kind support of Kardinia Park Festival of Sport.
Carried.
To request Council consider a request for support for the Kardinia Park Festival of Sport, organised by the Kardinia Park Stadium Trust (KPST), to enable use of the Kardinia Park Aquatic Facility.
Council was approached in April 2018 by Sue Cormack who had been engaged by Kardinia Park Stadium Trust with a proposal to operate a Festival of Sport at Kardinia Park in October 2018.
Officers had been in discussions with Ms Cormack to determine possible programs and activities that Council could contribute to the festival, but that would not incur any cost to Council. This included a skate and scoot demonstration through Council’s youth team and access to the Kardinia Park Seniors Centre where the seniors club could promote their activities for older people.
A letter was received on 2 August 2018 from Michael Brown, Chief Executive Officer of Kardinia Park Stadium Trust, that requested a range of in-kind support from Council. Many of the requests were for activities that Council does not provide to events such as traffic and waste management and, if Council provided such a service, it would incur a significant cost to Council. The letter did however include a request for access to the Kardinia Park Aquatic Facility to be made in-kind.
The request effectively sought funding under Council’s major events funding program, however it has been determined that the Festival of Sport does not meet the funding criteria for this program.
A further email was received from the CEO of KPST, acknowledging that the event does not satisfy the criteria for Geelong Major Event Funding, but seeking support to use the Kardinia Park Aquatic Facility for the weekend.
This request still generates additional cost to Council due to operating costs such as wages having to be incurred and hire fees not collected.
Councillor Murrihy moved, Councillor Grzybek seconded:
That Council allocates funding in-kind of up to $7,000 to enable access to the Kardinia Park Aquatic Facility for the Festival of Sport to be held the weekend of 6 and 7 October 2018.
Carried.
As there was no further business the meeting closed at 9:34pm on Tuesday, 11 September 2018.
Signed: _________________________________________
Councillor Bruce Harwood (Mayor)
Date of Confirmation: _____________________________
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