Money for maintenance
A total of about $20,000 may soon be spent on Peninsula community halls and facilities, if staff recommendations are adopted at Gosford Council on Tuesday, January 25.
Council staff have supported a number of Peninsula applications for grants from the Community Facility Support Program.
Ettalong Girl Guides management team has applied for a $3520 grant for tree loppers to undertake the removal of a tree from its grounds.
The tree is planned to be removed using a crane and appropriate machinery is needed to dispose of it safely.
Patonga Public Hall management has applied for a grant of $3000 for the installation of a roof over walkway connecting its hall to its toilets.
South Woy Woy Progress Association has requested $3000 for a new back door and security lock, air conditioning, a front garden, back door step and frame.
Empire Bay Progress Association has requested $1540 for the provision and installation of a new front entry doors, relative door gains and timber, paint, and the supply and fitting of new locks.
Pearl Beach Progress Association has asked for $3000 for the provision of ramp for disabled people and a toilet for disabled people.
Umina Beach Information and Referral Centre management has applied for a grant of $6380 for the removal of asbestos.
The Peninsula Women's Health Centre and Umina PCYC have both applied for air conditioning but the work has been classified by council staff as non-urgent.
Each year council provides maintenance for more than 90 council-owned community facilities run by non-profit community groups and by council.
Each facility is assessed by council's maintenance section and works are programmed to take place over a five-year period.
These are usually structural or major works.
Due to the vast number of requests for unplanned maintenance and upgrading of facilities from facility management groups throughout last year, the Community Facility Support program was introduced.
The program includes both council and non-council owned facilities.
Council agenda CS.4, January 25