Recreation groups around town will likely be getting more than $41,000 after the coming Monday when city council votes on its fall recreation grants.

The city hands out the grants from the community lottery fund each spring and fall, with $129,038 available for the entire year. The recreation grant task force makes recommendations to council on what should be funded.

Last spring $63,130 was spent on recreation grants, with council holding off on a decision for a grant to the Great Northern Ski Society.

It eventually opted to put $25,000 of the grant toward the ski society, which operates the Mount Sima ski and snowboard area.

That left $41,179 in the fund for the fall, with the recreation grant task force recommending the city spend all but $2 of that. All but two of the proposals which came in would receive funding.

The task force recommended the Whitehorse Poetry Collective wait until the spring to apply for a grant to fund its poetry festival.

Meanwhile, the National Addictions Awareness Committee's proposal for $1,000 to go toward the National Addictions Awareness week didn't fit the grant criteria.

The applications to receive funding include:

• The Arctic Edge Skating Club, at $5,980 for honouraria and travel. Its request for further funding for rental fees, uniforms and badges isn't eligible for the

fund;

• Big Brothers and Sisters at $1,740 for a summer barbecue, camp and a Christmas party;

• Interclub Skating Committee at $1,500 for the Gold Nugget Championships and and Test Day;

• Learning Disabilities Association of the Yukon at $6,000 for its camps;

• Longest Night Society at $2,000 for the True Stories Youth Show;

• Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services Society at $1,000 for National Family Week;

• Romp 'n Run Playgroup at $477.95 for its Romp 'n Run Turtle Hollow;

• Tai Chi Association of Yukon at $300 for a seminar;

• Whitehorse Concerts at $1,500 for the 2008/2009 concert series honouraria costs;

• Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club at $5,000 for operations, the administration of its Jackrabbit program and trail grooming coordination;

• Whitehorse Glacier Bears Swim Club at $5,000 for an administrator's wages, though there is a condition attached that outstanding debts to the city must be paid before the funds are released;

• Whitehorse Rapids Speed Skating Club at $3,000 for its winter camp and coaching development;

• Yukon Curling Association at $1,680 for a junior curling bonspiel and junior curling camp; and

• Yukon Music Camp Society at $6,000 for honouraria and travel costs with its summer camp.