February Council meeting brief

20 February, 2023

Financial Assistance

At a Gunnedah Shire Council meeting last week, Council resolved to provide financial assistance to a number of community events and groups, pending feedback from public exhibitions.

Council endorsed the following recommendations:

$2,256 of in-kind support for the Gunnedah Show Society’s Country Music Muster on March 21-26; In-kind support for the hire fee for Gunnedah Multiple Sclerosis’s recent annual Christmas Fair; and A contribution of $5,000 for operational costs and servicing of the Gunnedah Rural Museum for the next three years, and a contribution of $3,000 for the museum towards insurance costs for the next three years.

The above contributions are on public exhibition until Friday, 17 March and can be viewed in full here: https://www.gunnedah.nsw.gov.au/index.php/council/the-future-of-gunnedah/draft-documents-exhibition.

A co-contribution of up to $30,000 for the Gunnedah Jockey Club towards a grant application for a kitchen and dining upgrade project at Gunnedah Racecourse was also approved at the meeting.

ENDS

For more information, contact Gunnedah Shire Council’s Communications team on (02) 6740 2100.