Community Planning Council Services Under Scrutiny

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 09:00 PM

The Community Planning Council's has been guaranteed enough funding to get it through till the end of March, but it's services are being given a good going over by City Administration and Council before any additional funding will be approved.

The CPC has in the past received an anual grant of $35 thousand dollars. This year, the budget request is for $108 thousand dollars. The Planning Council has run into funding challenges in the past, when it didn't receive funding it had planned on, from other parties.

Funding sources are drying up says the Planning Council, meaning they spend too much time trying to apply for grants and not enough on making plans for the future.

Council has instructed Administration to go over the Planning Council's services and identify those which are crucial, and funding based on those specific services will then be considered.

In 2005 the Community Planning Council has completed a variety of projects including:
developing the youth civic/social responsibility network
organized and hosted a varitey of public forums including the crystal meth forum
worked with city staff to develop a social impact assessment model
provided information and data to City staff and Mayor and Council on issues such as gambling, AIDS, crystal meth, homlessness etc
provided research and input to city on the issue of Community gaming centres

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Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 09:00 PM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Gofaster on February 16 2006 8:56 AM

Did you ever think that if the funding is drying up that something might be wrong somewhere? So now youexpect the city to pay up instead..... get real

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on February 17 2006 7:56 AM

This article kind of follows what the CPC wants to view it's self as.
What the CPC really does is provide employment for social activists anda way to raise money for themselves.
I still remember years ago when I first became concerned about some of the funny projects and demands that were coming out of this group. So I applied to join and sent in my membership money. My money was returned, and a note that said I was not welcome as they doubted I would fit in.

Naturally this brunch should not be taxpayer funded, nor should any other right or left fringe group with an elite membership.