Catherine Stewart Tauranga City Councillor

At a recent briefing, a decision was made by elected members to delegate responsibility to our CEO to deal with some requests from the Merivale Community Centre.

I would have expected the requests to come to council via our Annual Plan so due consideration and process could be followed.

Last year during deliberations, some sporting organisations requested funding. A template with background information on previous funding grants, financial accounts etc would be helpful for this year's Annual Plan deliberations.

We are currently listening to submitters to the Annual Plan. Decisions will be made by councillors at the end of May.