Decision details

It is resolved that:

(A)      Council approve the cash and value in kind recommendations for the Innovation and Ideas Grant program as shown at Attachment A to the subject report;

(B)      Council note the applicants who were not recommended in obtaining a cash grant or value-in-kind for the Innovation and Ideas Grant program as shown at Attachment B to the subject report;

(C)      Council note that all grant amounts are exclusive of GST;

(D)      grants be approved on the condition that, where Council funds research through the grants program, it is a condition of the funding that the research be freely available for use by the Council and the public, where appropriate;

(E)      authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate, execute and administer agreements with any organisation approved for a grant or sponsorship under terms consistent with this resolution and the Grants and Sponsorship Policy; and

(F)      authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to correct minor errors to the matters set out in this report, noting that the identity of the recipient will not change, and a CEO Update will be provided to Council advising of any changes made in accordance with this resolution.

The amended motion was carried on the following show of hands –

Ayes (7)          The Chair (the Lord Mayor), Councillors Gannon, Kok, Maxwell, Miller, Wilson and Worling

Noes (3)          Councillors Ellsmore*, Thompson* and Weldon*.

Carried.

*Note – Councillors Ellsmore, Thompson and Weldon abstained from voting on this matter. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 10.4 of the Code of Meeting Practice, Councillors Ellsmore, Thompson and Weldon are taken to have voted against the motion.

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