HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRPS-08-007 - Request to Hold Bingos on an Ongoing Basis - New Quarterly Literary Society & Wat Reg Matmen Wrestling ClubILREPORT
Report To: Councillor B. Vrbanovic, Chair and Members of the Finance
and Corporate Services Committee
Date of Meeting: January 28, 2008
Submitted By: R. Gosse, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk
Prepared By: Patricia Harris, Manager of Licensing
Ward(s) Involved:
illlll�eport: January 14, 2008
Report No.: CRPS-08-007
Subject: REQUEST TO HOLD BINGOS ON AN ON-GOING BASIS
RECOMMENDATION:
That the requests of the New Quarterly Literary Society Inc. and the Waterloo Regional Matmen
Wrestling Club to hold bingos in the City of Kitchener be approved, providing that the funds
being raised are used for charitable purposes as mandated in the Provincial Regulations.
BACKGROUND:
Council Policy 1-875, as amended June, 2007 permits qualified organizations operating within
the Region to operate bingos in the City of Kitchener, provided that their home base city does
not have a bingo hall. The Policy also requires that Council must approve non-profit
organizations prior to a lottery licence being issued to them.
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The Lottery Licensing Office has received requests from the New Quarterly Literary Society Inc.
and the Waterloo Regional Matmen Wrestling Club for permission to hold bingos at the K-W
Gaming Centre in Kitchener. Both organization's have presented their qualifications and are
eligible to operate bingos.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
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FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
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