Sparwood district council approved their list of organizations to get ReDi grant funding despite a tied vote in the previous council meeting.
The ReDi grant money is given by the Columbia Basin Trust and each community is given a portion to hand out as they wish.
Some of the Sparwood organizations set to receive money include $9,935.88 for the Sparwood Minor Ball Association, $8,686.88 to the Sparwood Golf Club and 7,214.29 to the Sparwood Secondary School.
However the motion was originally denied in a 3-3 vote.
Councilor Steve Kallies said there were too many non-Sparwood organizations getting money from Sparwood’s allocation.
“I would be much more inclined to favour anything that is directly Sparwood related,” he said.
“While we have some funds going to everybody on this list I only see a handful that are directly related to Sparwood.”
In total 20 of the 28 organizations were specific to other communities or were regional in scope.
Mayor David Wilks exercised his authority to reconsider the motion in the latest council meeting, explaining that by denying the motion no one would get the funding this year.
Council had a change of heart and it passed unanimously, although council is directing that next year’s ReDi grants be more focused on Sparwood.
A full list of recipients can be found here.
It will go to the RDEK for final approval and allocation.
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