Water & environment · Ballina Shire Council
Ballina council awards $518,062.59 waste contract to Richmond Waste Services
The five-year contract covers waste collection and disposal at council facilities, with the General Manager authorised to sign the documents.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Ballina Shire Council has awarded a five-year waste collection and disposal contract worth $518,062.59 excluding GST to Eljo Pty Ltd and The Trustee for Rico Family Trust, trading as Richmond Waste Services.
The contract covers waste services at council facilities. Councillors accepted the tender under section 178(1)(a) of the Local Government (General) Regulation 2021 at the 24 September 2026 meeting and authorised the General Manager to sign the contract documents.
The minutes record unanimous support for the resolution. Cr Therese Crollick was absent and did not vote.
The recorded value is the total for the five-year term, not evidence that the full amount has already been paid. The minutes do not state when the contract will begin, how payments will be scheduled or which individual facilities are covered.
What deserves a closer look
The source establishes the contract term, value, tenderer, service description and signing authority, but does not give a commencement date, payment schedule or facility-by-facility scope.
The source records council approval and authority to sign, but does not independently establish that the contract documents had already been executed.
Questions for follow-up reporting
When will the five-year contract commence?
Which council facilities are included in the service scope?
What payment schedule applies to the $518,062.59 contract value?
What happens next
The General Manager is authorised to sign the contract documents.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The General Manager was authorised to sign the contract documents, and the minutes record unanimous support with Cr Therese Crollick absent and not voting.
2. That Council authorises the General Manager to sign the contract documents. FOR VOTE - All Councillors voted unanimously. ABSENT. DID NOT VOTE - Cr Therese Crollick MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF BALLINA SHIRE COUNCIL HELD IN THE BALLINA SHIRE COUNCIL CHAMBERS 40 CHERRY STREET BALLINA ON 24/09/26 AT 9:00 AM Page 12 of 16 of the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Ballina Shire Council – 24/09/26 .................................................
Resolution 240926/17, point 2 and voting record
Open original minutes ↗The contract resolution was part of the ordinary meeting held on 24 September 2026.
FOR VOTE - All Councillors voted unanimously. ABSENT. DID NOT VOTE - Cr Therese Crollick 9.10 Tender - Waste Collection and Disposal Services for Council Facilities 240926/17 RESOLVED (Cr Erin Karsten/Cr Simon Chate) 1. That Council in accordance with the Local Government (General) Regulation 2021 Section 178(1)(a), accepts the tender and awards the contract to Eljo Pty Ltd & The Trustee for Rico Family Trust t/a Richmond Waste Services for the Tender - Waste Collection and Disposal Services for Council Facilities for the total amount of $518,062.59 (excluding GST) for a five year period. 2. That Council authorises the General Manager to sign the contract documents. FOR VOTE - All Councillors voted unanimously. ABSENT. DID NOT VOTE - Cr Therese Crollick MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF BALLINA SHIRE COUNCIL HELD IN THE BALLINA SHIRE COUNCIL CHAMBERS 40 CHERRY STREET BALLINA ON 24/09/26 AT 9:00 AM Page 12 of 16 of the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Ballina Shire Council – 24/09/26 .................................................
Item 9.10, resolution 240926/17, minutes pages 11–12
Open original minutes ↗The minutes state that they were submitted for confirmation on 22 October 2026 and signed by the Mayor at that meeting.
DID NOT VOTE - Cr Therese Crollick MEETING CLOSURE 1.37pm The Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on 24/09/26 were submitted for confirmation by council on 22 October 2026 and amendments (if any) are contained in the confirming resolution. Such Minutes were signed by the Mayor at the meeting on 22 October 2026.
Minutes page 16, closing certification
Open original minutes ↗Source record
This article reports from the confirmed public minutes of Ballina Shire Council’s ordinary meeting held on 24 September 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The contract term is five years and the recorded value is $518,062.59 excluding GST.
- The successful tenderer is Eljo Pty Ltd and The Trustee for Rico Family Trust, trading as Richmond Waste Services.
- The service covers waste collection and disposal for Ballina Shire Council facilities.
- Council authorised the General Manager to sign the contract documents.
- The minutes record unanimous approval, with Cr Therese Crollick absent and not voting.
Why it matters
- The resolution commits Ballina Shire Council to a five-year waste-services contract valued at $518,062.59 excluding GST and names the operator responsible for collection and disposal at council facilities.