Members of Strathmore Town Council will meet on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. to discuss funding requests from local organizations.
"The meeting will allow council to hear the requests from the community and to allocate funds that will fit within the Town of Strathmore's budget and align with council's strategic priorities," wrote the town on its website.
According to the town, the meeting requests will be looked over by administration and council to find an exact number of funds that can be allocated in the upcoming 2025 budget.
Council will meet three times on November 19, 21, and 27 for budget deliberations, while the operating and capital budgets are scheduled to be approved on December 4.
Staff with the town mentioned that in 2023 there were 10 community groups that attended the presentation and asked for funding from council.
This time around there will be 16 organizations making funding requests for 2025 including:
- $14,339: Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS).
- $65,000: Badlands Search and Rescue Association.
- $15,000: Kakato'si Kristian Ayoungman Foundation.
- $5,000: Communities in Bloom Society.
- $40,000: Strathmore Overnight Shelter Society.
- $10,000: Strathmore & District Agricultural Society.
- $14,000: True North Society.
- $40,000: Wheatland Society of Arts.
- $5,000: Strathmore Youth Theatre Company.
- $5,000: Strathmore Performing Arts Festival.
- $5,000: Mainsprings Pregnancy and Family Support Association.
- $5,000: Strathmore & Wheatland County Christmas Hamper Society.
- $425,698: Strathmore Municipal Library Board.
- $45,000: Community Mediation Calgary Society.
- $28,600: Royal Canadian Legion Strathmore Branch #10.
- $50,000: Happy Cat Sanctuary Society of Alberta.
A total of $772,637 is being requested.
A decision will be made on funding once budget deliberations have finished.