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Four Vincent grant applicants withdrew; $7,273.51 remained payable for unfinished projects
The City of Vincent approved 16 applications in its 2025/26 Business Enhancement Grant program, but only 12 recipients had completed or partly completed projects by the end of the funding round.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Four approved applicants withdrew from the City of Vincent’s 2025/26 Business Enhancement Grant program, while $7,273.51 remained payable for partly delivered projects, according to briefing notes for 10 November.
The program received 29 applications and approved 16, creating a total grant budget allocation of $65,700.66. Twelve recipients had completed or partly completed their projects by the end of the funding round and had been paid $48,506.49.
The notes say the outstanding payments were payable upon completion of the partly delivered projects. They do not give a completion date or say whether the money has since been paid.
The figures were clarified after the briefing discussion identified a discrepancy between a Council Report, which referred to 13 successful applicants and $55,780, and an attachment that was described in the question as recording 16 successful applicants and $65,700. Administration then stated that 16 applications had been approved with a total allocation of $65,700.66.
The $55,780 figure represented funding committed to approved and progressed projects. It comprised the $48,506.49 already paid and the $7,273.51 still payable. The four other approved applicants withdrew and did not proceed with their projects.
The briefing notes record the grant reconciliation but do not record a separate vote on these figures.
What deserves a closer look
The source distinguishes the total approved allocation from the amount paid and the amount still payable.
The source records the four withdrawals as projects that did not proceed, but does not state whether the associated funds were reallocated or returned.
The item contains a recommendation to receive annual reviews, not a recorded resolution adopting the grant figures.
Questions for follow-up reporting
When will the partly delivered projects be completed and the remaining $7,273.51 paid?
Were any funds associated with the four withdrawn applications reallocated or returned to the program budget?
What happens next
Under the payment arrangement described in the notes, the remaining $7,273.51 would be payable upon completion of the partly delivered projects.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The City of Vincent Council Briefing was held on 10 November 2026.
36 COUNCIL BRIEFING NOTES 10 NOVEMBER 2026 Page 3 NOTES OF CITY OF VINCENT COUNCIL BRIEFING HELD AT THE E-MEETING AND AT THE ADMINISTRATION AND CIVIC CENTRE, 244 VINCENT STREET, LEEDERVILLE ON TUESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2026 AT 6:00 PM PRESENT: Mayor Alison Xamon Presiding Member Cr Alex Castle North Ward Cr Suzanne Worner North Ward Cr Nicole Woolf North Ward Cr Con Poulios North Ward Cr Ashley Wallace South Ward Cr Sophie Greer South Ward Cr Reece Wheadon South Ward IN ATTENDANCE: David MacLennan Chief Executive Officer Rhys Taylor A/Executive Director Infrastructure & Environment Jay Naidoo Executive Director Strategy & Development Lisa Williams
Council Briefing Notes, page 3
Open original minutes ↗The 2025/26 Business Enhancement Grant program received 29 applications, approved 16 and had a total grant budget allocation of $65,700.66.
A total of 29 applications were received through the 2025/26 Business Enhancement Grant program. Of these, 16 applications were approved, resulting in a total grant budget allocation of $65,700.66.
Item 5.5, Business Enhancement Grant discussion
Open original minutes ↗At the conclusion of the 2025/26 funding round, twelve recipients had completed or partly completed projects and were paid $48,506.49, with $7,273.51 remaining payable upon completion of the partly delivered projects.
At the conclusion of the 2025/26 funding round, 12 recipients had completed or partially completed their projects and were paid a total of $48,506.49. A further $7,273.51 remains payable upon completion of the partially delivered projects.
Item 5.5, Business Enhancement Grant discussion
Open original minutes ↗The $55,780 figure represented funding committed to approved and progressed projects, and the remaining four approved applicants withdrew without proceeding with their projects.
This brings the total grant funding committed to approved and progressed projects to $55,780, which is the figure referenced in the Council Report. The remaining four approved applicants withdrew from the program and did not proceed with their projects.
Item 5.5, Business Enhancement Grant discussion
Open original minutes ↗Cr Worner identified a discrepancy between a report stating 13 successful applicants and $55,780 and an attachment described as stating 16 successful applicants and $65,700; administration said the discrepancy had been reviewed.
CR WORNER: In relation to the Business Enhancement Grant's, the report says that there were 29 applicants, 13 were successful for a total of $55,780. But the attachment says that there were 16 successful for $65,700. Clarify which is correct. EXECUTIVE MANAGER CORPORATE STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE: The discrepancy between the Council Report and Attachment 3 (Thriving Places Strategy 25/26 Update) regarding the figures of the Business Enhancement Grant funding has been reviewed.
Item 5.5, Business Enhancement Grant discussion
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the City of Vincent Council Briefing Notes for 10 November 2026, a public council record.
Key facts from the minutes
- The 2025/26 Business Enhancement Grant program received 29 applications and approved 16.
- The approved grant budget allocation was $65,700.66.
- At the end of the funding round, twelve recipients had completed or partly completed projects and were paid $48,506.49.
- A further $7,273.51 remained payable upon completion of partly delivered projects.
- Four approved applicants withdrew and did not proceed with their projects.
Why it matters
- The figures show the difference between the program’s total approved allocation, payments already made and money payable upon completion of partly delivered business projects. Four approved projects did not proceed.