The way community organizations obtain grants from the District of Squamish may look very different next year.
During council’s Dec. 10 meeting, Mayor Karen Elliott put a motion on the floor asking staff to come up with a way to revamp the community enhancement grant process.
All councillors voted in favour of the motion.
Elliott floated the idea of partnering with a non-profit that could handle the process itself. She also noted that guidelines could be implemented so District staff could know when to waive fees to organizations.
That way, she said, council won’t have to spend so much time and resources in making decisions about grants each year.
Coun. Doug Race said he was open to hearing other options for the process, but cautioned that some transparency could be lost, as deliberations in council meetings are public.
District staff will come back to council to present alternatives to the current grant process before the municipality opens itself up for grant applications
in 2020.
