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REPORT
Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee File #
Date: November 18, 1991 Res. #(
By-Law
Report##:__TR_-_9 2_-_9_l_ File#:
Subject: FUNDING REQUEST - TRENT UNIVERSITY "FOR TOMORROW"
CAMPAIGN
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend the following to Council:
1. THAT Report #TR-92-91 be received;
2 . THAT the request by Dr. John Stubbs, President and Vice-
Chancellor of Trent University to provide a grant of
$5,000. 00 per year over the next five years to establish The
Town of Newcastle Scholarship be referred for consideration
during the 1992 Budget deliberations;
3. THAT Dr. John Stubbs, President and Vice-Chancellor of Trent
University be advised of Council's decision.
4 . THAT a copy of this report be provided to the N.C.S.A.B. for
reference.
1.0 BACKGROUND
1. 1 At the Council meeting of September 16, 1991, Dr. John Stubbs,
President and Vice-Chancellor of Trent University, Peterborough
appeared as a delegation. Wherein he requested that the Town of
Newcastle provide a grant of $5,000. 00 per year over the next
five years to establish The Town of Newcastle Scholarship.
Subsequently Council passed Resolution #C-568-91:
THAT the delegation of Dr. John Stubbs regarding the "For
Tomorrow" Campaign of Trent University be referred to the
Treasurer for the preparation of a report to be submitted to
the General Purpose and Administration Committee.
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2.0 COMMENTS:
2 . 1 Section 113 of the Municipal Act R.S.O. 1980 states that Council
has the general power to the making of grants or granting of aid
to any person, institution, association, group or body of any
kind, including a fund, within or outside the boundaries of the
municipality for any purpose that, in the opinion of Council, is
in the interest of the municipality.
2 .2 The Town of Newcastle Councils' have historically supported civil
and recreational groups that have benefited not one special
individual but rather the communities within Council's
geographical jurisdiction.
2 . 3 The request that the Town of Newcastle provide a grant of
$5, 000 . 00 per year over the next five years to establish a Town
of Newcastle scholarship, departs from the normal practice of
assisting local community organizations through municipal grants
and could be considered precedent setting.
2 .4 Trent University has launched a $25 million fund raising campaign
"For Tomorrow" to provide for an Environmental Science Centre,
the automation of the University's Library Catalogue, acquisition
of new books, endowment of visiting lectureships and purchase of
scientific equipment.
2 .5 The establishment of The Town of Newcastle Scholarship via a
$5,000 grant per year for five years could possibly provide
improved educational opportunities for citizens of the Town of
Newcastle.
2 . 6 Staff are under the understanding, after speaking with Dr. John
Stubbs, that at this juncture of the Fundraising Campaign, no
other area municipalities within Durham Region have pledged funds
toward the "For Tomorrow" Campaign.
3.0 RECOMMENDATIONS:
3 . 1 It respectfully recommended that the request by Dr. John Stubbs,
President and Vice-Chancellor of Trent University, Peterborough
be referred for consideration during the 1992 budget
deliberations .
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to t e Committee
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Marie A. Marano, H.BSc . ,A.M.C.T. Lawrenc tt Kotseff,
Treasurer Chief Administrative Officer
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