The state’s oldest bowling club is eagerly waiting on a council decision that would provide long-sought certainty and will provide essential funding.
The Perth Bowling and Recreation Club has been operating on a month-to-month peppercorn arrangement for years, which club president Peter French said had created uncertainty.
The City of Perth council is set to consider this month granting a five-year lease with two additional one-year extensions at the City of Perth’s discretion, and approve up to $300,000 in co-contribution capital works funding over the life of the lease.
The funding would support essential upgrades to the club’s 1962 building that a council report said was “past its design life and does not meet modern standards for a bowling club facility”.
The club would continue to cover utilities and variable outgoings estimated at more than $52,000 annually.