Minutes

Council - Wednesday, 6th June, 2007 2.00 pm

Proposed venue: Town House, Broad Street, Aberdeen

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ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL

Town House,

ABERDEEN, 6^th June, 2007

MINUTE OF MEETING OF ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL

S e d e r u n t :

Lord Provost Peter Stephen, Chairperson

Deputy Provost, Depute Provost

COUNCILLORS

GEORGE ADAM

YVONNE ALLAN

MARIE BOULTON

SCOTT CASSIE

NORMAN COLLIE

NEIL COONEY

IRENE CORMACK

BILL CORMIE

KATE DEAN

JACKIE DUNBAR

JIM FARQUHARSON

NEIL FLETCHER

GORDON GRAHAM

MARTIN GREIG

JAMES HUNTER

LEONARD IRONSIDE

MURIEL JAFFREY

JAMES KIDDIE

JENNY LAING

AILEEN MALONE

CALLUM McCAIG

MARK McDONALD

ALAN MILNE

JIM NOBLE

GEORGE PENNY

RICHARD ROBERTSON

JENNIFER STEWART

KEVIN STEWART

WENDY STUART

JOHN WEST

KIRSTY WEST

WILLIE YOUNG and

IAN YUILL

Lord Provost Peter Stephen, in the Chair

GRANTS TO CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS

1. The Council had before it a report by the Head of Economic and Environmental Sustainability presenting applications from arts and cultural organisations for financial assistance from the Council.

The report detailed the five themes of the Cultural Strategy; provided details of the various funding streams within the Council to assist with the delivery of the strategy; and indicated that £65,978 was available for disbursement to cultural organisations in the financial year 2007/08, broken down between the three budgets as follows:-

Grants to Cultural Organisations £3,500

Small Grants Fund for Volunteer-led Cultural Organisations £12,270

City Growth Fund £50,208

The Council resolved:-

to award financial assistance as follows:-

Organisation	Purpose of Grant	Amount and Source
Dod Dow	Towards the costs of a local Aberdeen artist presenting his work at the Art Centre with that of a French artist Olivier Mome as part of a twinning exhibition with a painter from Clermont-Ferrand.	£250 (Arts and Creative Industries – Buzz)
Drum in a Boot	Towards the costs of drumming workshops for children and adults in community centres.	£1,575 (Arts and Creative Industries – Participation)
Granite City Records	Towards the cost of producing a collaborative CD recording of young Aberdeen bands to bring their work to the attention of record companies.	£2,000 (Arts and Creative Industries – Vibrancy)
The Lemon Tree	Towards the costs of a community arts festival, comprising a 10-day programme at community venues in October half-term.	£9,625 (Arts and Creative Industries – Vibrancy)
Squarefest 2008	Towards the costs of the 4^th Scottish International Square Dance Festival, being held in Aberdeen for the first time.	£375 (Arts and Creative Industries – Uniqueness)

APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE – SPORTS FUND

2. The Council had before it a report by the Head of Culture and Learning (North) presenting applications received from sports organisations for financial assistance from the Sports Fund.

The report indicated that the balance of the sports budget in 2007/08 would be £13,750 should the recommendations in the report be approved.

The Council resolved:-

to award financial assistance as follows:-

Organisation	Purpose of Grant	Award
Chris Anderson Trust	An annual grant in support of the Trust which supports young people in the North East under the age of 18 to develop their sporting talent, provides the opportunity for Schools of Excellence to be held ... view the full minutes text for item