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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. 1014 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: r 1! 11 FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: I'* L 161N UTH Z I Njatuolt6l