Finance, Operations and Community Services Committee - 03/11/2026

Topics

• Council backs on-demand strata parking enforcement across Waverley
  Waverley Council will develop a new enforcement service for eligible owners corporations after adopting strata parking guidelines.
  The decision could give strata communities a new way to address parking issues, but the service will depend on future viability work and may involve fees.
• Future strata parking service must prove financially viable before launch
  Council requires officers to work out the charges and participation levels needed to make a proposed strata parking enforcement service economically viable.
  Owners corporations may face new charges, and the viability test could determine whether the proposed service proceeds and how widely it is available.
• Strata parking enforcement
  The committee approved guidelines and supported development of an on-demand enforcement service for eligible owners corporations. An amendment seeking to delete the service-development clauses and require an explicit viability assessment before proceeding was lost; the carried motion nevertheless requires a viability report before implementation.
  The decision may create a new council service for strata communities and could introduce fees for participating owners corporations.

Decisions

• Strata parking enforcement model
  Council adopted the Strata Parking Management Guidelines and resolved to develop an on-demand strata parking enforcement model open to eligible owners corporations in the Waverley local government area. Officers must report on what is required to make the scheme economically viable before implementation, including appropriate charges and the minimum number of participating owners corporations.
  Owners corporations may eventually request council-supported enforcement for strata parking, but the service will not be implemented until further viability work is completed.
• Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee terms of reference
  Council adopted the attached terms of reference for its Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee.
  The terms govern an important council oversight and accountability committee.
• Status of outstanding council resolutions
  Council noted the status of outstanding resolutions from September 2021 to September 2026.
  This provides a progress update on previously approved council actions, although no individual project outcomes were detailed in the extracted minutes.

Discussion

• Strata parking enforcement
  The committee approved guidelines and supported development of an on-demand enforcement service for eligible owners corporations. An amendment seeking to delete the service-development clauses and require an explicit viability assessment before proceeding was lost; the carried motion nevertheless requires a viability report before implementation.
  The decision may create a new council service for strata communities and could introduce fees for participating owners corporations.
• Financial viability and service charges
  Before the strata enforcement model is implemented, officers must report on the fee structure and minimum participation needed for the service to be economically viable for Council.
  Future charges and eligibility requirements may affect owners corporations that want to use the service.

Impacts

• Eligible owners corporations across the Waverley local government area may be able to request on-demand strata parking enforcement in future.
• No implementation date or final fee structure was set; further officer reporting is required first.
• The Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee will operate under newly adopted terms of reference.

Places

• Waverley local government area (local government area)
  Area in which the proposed on-demand strata parking enforcement model would be available to eligible owners corporations.
• Bondi Junction (suburb)
  Location of the meeting at the Boot Factory, Spring Street.
• Spring Street (road)
  Meeting venue location.
• Boot Factory (facility)
  Venue where the committee meeting was held.

Next

• Council officers to report on the requirements for an economically viable on-demand strata parking enforcement scheme, including the fee structure and minimum number of participating owners corporations.
  Before implementation of the scheme
• Council to apply the adopted Strata Parking Management Guidelines while further work is undertaken on the proposed service.
  Following the 3 November 2026 decision

Extract

This is of the minutes of the Finance, Operations and Community Services Committee meeting held on 3 November 2026 MINUTES OF THE FINANCE, OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AT THE BOOT FACTORY, SPRING STREET, BONDI JUNCTION ON TUESDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 2026 Present: Councillor Ludovico Fabiano (Chair) Waverley Ward Councillor Steven Lewis (Mayor) Hunter Ward Councillor Dov Frazer Hunter Ward Councillor Paula Masselos Lawson Ward Councillor Margaret Merten Bondi Ward Councillor Will Nemesh Hunter Ward Councillor Joshua Spicer Waverley Ward Councillor Keri Spooner Waverley Ward Councillor Michelle Stephenson Bondi Ward Councillor Lauren Townsend Lawson Ward Councillor Katheri...