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CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
DEPARTMENTOF COMMUNITY SERVICES
40TEMPERANCESTREET
BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO
L 1 C 3A6
REPORT TO GENERAL PURPOSE AND
ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
REPORT NO. CS - 17 - 83
SUBJECT: "MUNICIPAL GRANTS POLICY"
RECOMMENDATIONS:
MEETING OF OCTOBER 17, 1983
1. That this report be received; and
2. That the following implementation schedule for the Grants
Policy as it applies to specific programs within the Community
Services operating budget be approved with the following start
dates: Girls Softball ..................1984 Budget Year
Bowmanville Senior Citizens...... 1984 Budget Year
Newcastle Youth Bowling .......... 1984 Budget Year
Newcastle Village Figure Skating.1986 Budget Year;and
3. That a four year period of implementation of the policy for
the programs listed in recommendation #2 above be funded on
the following scheduler
Year 1 ............. up to ......... 100% - ,
Year 2 .............up to......... 75%
Year 3 .............up to......... 50%
Year 4 .............up to......... 25%
Year 5 ...... (land _futurb years) ... Grant Policy Applies at
this point.
BACKGROUND & COMMENT:
The programs listed in recommendation #2 of this report indicate_ the budget
year, whereby funds for the operation of the above will not be included in the
Community Services Operating Budget. It is our intention that these programs
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will be operated and controlled by volunteer groups or organizations who will
be subject to the Grants Policy at Year 5 and Future Years. Please note,
programs listed in recommendation #2 will conclude the Community Services
Department's Plan to transfer municipally operated programs over to volunteer
organizations for administration and implementation.
Remaining programs to be retained by the Community Services Department for
administration and implementation at the Basic Level of Services include:
a) Newcastle Village Hockey
b) Bowmanville Hockey
c) Aquatics (Youth - Adult)
The implementation schedule in recommendation #3 of this report is designed
to offer a decreasing amount of financial support through the Town's Grant
Policy to a point in time where the individual groups or organizations should
become financially independant. This move coincides with Plaster Plan
Recommendation #71, "That overall user fees for recreation services (programs
and facility use) be set at a rate such that they increase to comprise 50%
of the operational budget for this segment of the leisure services sector by the
end of the planning period (1987).
In reality, recommendation #3 of this report encourages a greater user pay
percentage than what is recommended in the Plaster Plan.
Over the long term, this Grants Policy is seen as a means of reducing the
municipal particpation in the provision of a wide range of leisure activities
and moving the Town towards the position of providing facilties and expertise
which the residents can undertake those activities under their own direction.
As a result, the Town would maintain programs at a recreational level of
service in the hockey and aquatic areas centered on our pools and arenas.
Respectfully submitted,
.s
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Joseph aruana,D /Director
Depk` tment of Community Services