Councillor Discretionary Funds

Section 202(2) Local Government Regulation 2012

The South Burnett Regional Council has established Councillor Discretionary Funds in support of community purposes and meeting requests for financial assistance from community organisations.

The following amounts have been allocated in the 2021/22 Budget for each Councillor's Discretionary Fund:

Updated 2 August 2022

Availability

Pursuant to Section 202 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, a Councillor may use any Councillor Discretionary Fund in the following ways:

• a) spend for a community purpose (i.e., not ongoing expenses such as annual insurance);
• b) allocate for capital works of the local government that are for a community purpose;
• c) allocate to a community organisation (a group or individual whose primary object is not to make a  profit) for a community purpose.

Council’s Councillor Discretionary Fund provides Council with the ability to provide small miscellaneous discretionary grants to eligible not-for-profit community organisations in response to requests which are received from time to time.

This fund recognises that small activities, projects and events, deserving of support from Council, come up in an ad hoc way throughout the year. Requests for assistance are assessed by the relevant Councillor with approval by the General Manager Community.

Grants are available for up to a total of $1,000 to eligible applicants.

Applications can be made throughout the financial year and must be received by Council a minimum of three (3) weeks prior to the activity/event.

Applicants must indicate on the request if they are seeking support from multiple Councillors Discretionary Funds for the same activity/project/event.

View the Councillor Discretionary Funds application form (PDF). 

Records

In accordance with Section 202(7) of the Local Government Regulation 2012, Council will as soon as practicable after an amount has been allocated and paid from a councillor's discretionary funds, publish a notice stating:

(a) the amount and purpose of the allocation; and

(b) where an amount has been allocated to a community organisation, the name of that community organisation.