REPORT OF THE Community Services Committee Meeting HELD AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS MOLONG ON Tuesday 11 June, 2013 COMMENCING AT 2.40pm

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ITEM - 1     APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE.. 1

ITEM - 2     DECLARATIONS FOR POLITICAL DONATIONS.. 1

ITEM - 3     DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST.. 1

ITEM - 4     Requests for donations and sponsorship.. 1

ITEM - 5     Lyndon House.. 2

ITEM - 6     Home and Community Care Report.. 2

ITEM - 7     Request for reimbursement of development application fees   2

ITEM - 8     BUSINESS PAPER ITEMS FOR NOTING.. 2

ADDITIONAL ITEMS.. 3

Additional Item - Centrelink Bus Canowindra Visit.. 3

 


 

 

PRESENT         Clr K Walker (in the Chair), Clrs G Dean, I Gosper, M Hayes, M Nash and G Smith.

                           

                            Also present were the Director of Finance & Corporate Services, Community Services Manager and Director of Finance & Corporate Services’ Personal Assistant.

 

 

 

 

ITEM - 1    APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE

 

Proceedings in Brief

Nil

 

 

ITEM - 2    DECLARATIONS FOR POLITICAL DONATIONS

 

Proceedings in Brief

Nil

 

 

ITEM - 3    DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

Proceedings in Brief

Nil

 

 

ITEM - 4    Requests for donations and sponsorship

 

Proceedings in Brief

Committee discussed contributions in regards to fundraising for cancer organisations and felt they could best support this through a donation to Care West Lodge.

Committee referred to the request by Margaret Ellis regarding her special needs program and agreed to donate $400 to the program with any unexpended funds from s356 budget should also be contributed. With a further $1000 to be contributed to the Cabonne Life Education Van.

 

Recommendation (Gosper/Dean)

 

THAT Council:

 

1.  Donate $1000.00 to Care West Lodge.

2.  Make its annual contribution of $660.00 to the Western Region Academy of Sport in the 2012/2013 financial year.

3.  Donate $200.00 to the Canowindra Food Basket

4.  Donate $400.00 to assist children with special needs at Public Schools in Cabonne.

5.  Donate $200.00 to assist Samantha Mills tour South Africa with the NSW Bushrangers Hockey team.

6.  Donate $1000.00 to the Cabonne/Orange/Blayney Life Education Scheme.

7. Donate the balance of unexpended funds in the 2012/13 s356 budget for donations to the educational programs being conducted in Cabonne schools by Margaret Ellis.

 

CS10/13

Carried

 

 

ITEM - 5    Lyndon House

 

Proceedings in Brief

 

 

Recommendation (Dean/Nash)

 

THAT Council not provide a loan to the Lyndon Community

 

CS11/13

Carried

 

 

ITEM - 6    Home and Community Care Report

 

Recommendation (Gosper/Hayes)

 

THAT the HACC Service follow-up obtaining a freezer room.

 

CS12/13

Carried

 

 

ITEM - 7    Request for reimbursement of development application fees

 

Recommendation (Gosper/Dean)

 

THAT Council donate $356.00 from its s356 budget to Eugowra Promotions and Progress Association, being the amount equivalent to Development Application fees paid in association with 2012/160 for Advertising Signage (murals) in Eugowra.

 

CS13/13

Carried

 

 

ITEM - 8    BUSINESS PAPER ITEMS FOR NOTING

 

Recommendation (Dean/Hayes)

 

THAT:the balance of the items be noted.

 

CS14/13

Carried

 

ADDITIONAL ITEMS

 

Additional Item - Centrelink Bus Canowindra Visit

 

Proceedings in Brief

 

Councillor Walker advised that the Centrelink Bus will be visiting Canowindra on 7th July at the Health Centre Carpark. Council is invited to have a stall, a HACC stall will also be included. Advised that flyers will be available.

 

There being no further business, the meeting closed at 2.55pm.