SECA COMMISSION SIMPLE AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Review the CY27 SECA Grant Fund applications
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DEPARTMENT: Community Services
SUBMITTED BY: Jake Fiedler, Special Events Coordinator
The Commission will review and discuss applications requiring further consideration. This agenda item is intended to facilitate commissioner dialogue, address questions, and provide clarification on specific applications in preparation for the unified recommendations meeting on December 10, 2026, when funding recommendations will be made.
Discuss applications and related processes requiring Commission discussion, including but not limited to the following:
Clarify eligible payments to individuals (i.e: administrative fees):
- Academic Study/Stipends/Honorariums: expenses that directly support an individual's academic coursework, degree requirements, or compensation paid through an organization's payroll system (including wages or salaries for employees or student workers) constitute subsidization of academic study and are therefore ineligible for SECA funding.
- Stipends or honorariums paid to independent contractors, artists, performers, speakers, instructors, event management companies, or other vendors for event-specific services that directly support a public-facing event or program may be eligible. Such payments must not be used to compensate the applicant organization's regular employees or for services associated with academic coursework or degree requirements.
Recusal Process:
- Commissioners shall not allocate funding amount to any application or line item from which they have recused themselves.
- Any funding not allocated due to a recusal may be redistributed to other applications.
- When a recusal occurs, average funding recommendations will be calculated using only the recommendations of non-recused commissioners.
Clarify eligible event/project location:
- Project/event to be located within incorporated Naperville