The festival wants to become a separate, incorporated organization so it can have more control over its financial process and assets.
Councillor Kenneth Craig says it’s always the goal to spin off events under municipal control into independent organizations once they become successful.
12 thousand people attended last year’s festival, compared to three thousand when it started in 1999.
Craig, who sits on the Community, Heritage, Arts and Tourism Committee congratulates the Scottish Festival for being able to achieve self-sufficiency.
The festival does want to have a contract with the municipality to cover things like the use of Victoria Park, security, and traffic control.
Craig says it’s wise for the municipality to continue that relationship because events like the Scottish Festival make Kincardine better known.
Chair Dave MacFarlane says the Scottish Festival won’t be independent when it celebrates its tenth anniversary this July because the incorporation process will take a while, along with other administrative items like GST certification and becoming a registered charitable organization.
However, the municipality is planning to get a transfer agreement ready over the month ahead detailing the path to independence for the Kincardine Scottish Festival and Highland Games.
