At its meeting on Tuesday 11 April Council considered a report and officer recommendations and decided

1. That Council adopt the draft Community Venue Hire Grants and Fee Scale Policy as outlined in Attachment pending the amendment of the wording to appendix 1: guidelines for determining fee scale to changing: ‘Political parties, or activities that are overtly political in nature’ to ‘Registered political parties or activities that are related to electoral campaigning’, and ‘Political rallies or overtly political events’ to ‘Political party rallies or overt party political activities such as campaign launches or policy announcements’.
2. That the eligibility for the 100% fee waiver be amended to include all local not-for-profit organisations and community groups where the event to be held is not primarily a fundraising event. Please note that events that collect small or gold coin donations to cover the ancillary costs of the event do not constitute a “fundraising event”.