{"id":225622,"date":"2018-12-15T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T02:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=225622"},"modified":"2020-07-25T12:46:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T02:46:13","slug":"council-revises-grant-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/12\/15\/council-revises-grant-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Revises Grant Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_225656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225656\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-225656\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181215dingos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181215dingos.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181215dingos-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLASHBACK: Wondai&#8217;s well-known dingo statues created by sculptor Kurt Kueng as they looked before a vandal removed one of the pair earlier this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128260\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128260\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/terryfleischfresser1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"294\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planning and Property portfolio chair Cr Terry Fleischfresser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 14, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The partial rejection of a Council grant application may turn out to be good news for fans of Wondai&#8217;s iconic dingo sculptures.<\/p>\n<p>At December&#8217;s monthly meeting, Councillors voted to revise an application to the Federal Government&#8217;s Drought Communities Program after receiving advice a proposed &#8216;on farm improvements&#8217; project did not meet the grant&#8217;s guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The Drought Communities Program is an initiative designed to provide councils in drought-stricken areas with funding for drought relief projects.<\/p>\n<p>It has allotted up to $1 million to the South Burnett for projects that meet its criteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last month, the Council voted to spend the grant in the following ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$500,000 on extra gravel resheeting of rural roads,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>$250,000 for on-farm improvements to help the region&#8217;s rural property owners minimise the impact of drought,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>$100,000 to upgrade the Durong truck parking area, and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>$150,000 to renovate the Wondai Showgrounds grandstand; upgrade the Maidenwell Sportsground&#8217;s toilets and power supply; and install a standpipe at Hivesville.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Council has now received advice that while most of its proposed projects meet the grant&#8217;s guidelines, the farm improvements project does not.<\/p>\n<p>To replace it, the Council will now ask the Federal Government to approve a $250,000 &#8216;Community Infrastructure Improvement Program&#8217; instead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The new program includes the following projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Replacing Wondai&#8217;s dingo statue, which was vandalised earlier this year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Re-roofing the Proston Showgrounds&#8217; pavilion\/hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Replacing and upgrading the toilet and shower in the Murgon SES building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Installing an hydraulic chairlift at Kingaroy Swimming Pool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Purchasing heat blankets for Nanango Swimming Pool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>An equipment shed for Wondai Swimming Pool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>External repainting of Nanango&#8217;s aged care units in Appin Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The proposal was moved by Cr Fleischfresser, seconded by Cr Potter and carried unanimously.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/11\/22\/council-seeks-1m-federal-grant\/\">Council Seeks $1m Federal Grant<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The partial rejection of a Council grant application may turn out to be good news for fans of Wondai&#8217;s iconic dingo sculptures <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":225656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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