Decision details

It is resolved that:

(A)        Council approve the cash recommendations for the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Collaboration Fund program as shown at Attachment A to the subject report;

(B)        Council note the applicants who were not recommended in obtaining a cash grant for the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Collaboration Fund program as shown at Attachment B to the subject report;

(C)        Council approve an Ad Hoc cash grant of up to $100,000 to Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care Program Inc (ABN 98 732 869 630) to contribute to the repair the roof of its facility at 35 Cope Street, Redfern, with funding to be sourced from the 2025/26 General Contingency Fund;

(D)        the Lord Mayor be requested to write to the Commonwealth Ministers for Aged Care and Seniors, Housing and Indigenous Australians and the NSW Government Ministers for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, Families and Communities, Housing and Seniors seeking financial contributions from their governments towards repairing the roof of the Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care Program Inc facility;

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

(F)        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

(G)       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.

Carried unanimously.

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