Rates & spending · Burwood Council
Burwood retires library, noticeboard and fees policies without naming replacements
Draft minutes record resolution 114/26 revoking three redundant policies, without specifying replacement arrangements or changes to individual charges.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
Burwood Council revoked three policies concerning information access at the Burwood Library and Community Hub, library community noticeboards and user fees for Council services, according to draft minutes of its 22 September 2026 meeting. The recorded vote was five in favour and none against.
Resolution 114/26 followed a review that identified policies and other governance instruments described in the report as no longer in use but not formally revoked. Deputy Mayor Pascale Esber moved the resolution and Councillor David Hull seconded it.
The listed documents were the Burwood Library and Community Hub Statement on Access to Information, the Burwood Library Community Noticeboards Policy and the User Fees for Council Services Policy.
The draft minutes do not record a replacement policy, procedure or fee schedule. They also do not identify any particular charge as increasing, decreasing or being removed.
That leaves the effect of the revocation on the affected services unclear from the 22 September draft minutes. The record documents the retirement of the policies, but not any change to library access, noticeboard use or fees.
What deserves a closer look
The draft minutes record the retirement of the three policy documents but do not identify replacement documents, procedures or a new fee schedule.
The revocation of the User Fees for Council Services Policy does not, by itself, establish that any individual fee changed.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What document or procedure now governs information access at the Burwood Library and Community Hub and the use of library community noticeboards?
What fee schedule currently applies to Council services, and have any individual charges changed?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The policy review identified instruments described as no longer in use and sought their formal retirement.
2. That the Certificate of the Responsible Accounting Officer be received and noted. For: Cr Faker, Cr Esber, Cr Hull, Cr Wu-Coshott, Cr Yang Against: Nil (Moved Councillor De Yi Wu-Coshott/Seconded Councillor David Hull) Minutes of Burwood Council Meeting 22 September 2026 This is page 12 of the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Burwood Council Meeting held on 22 September 2026 (Item 71/26) Policy Housekeeping File No: 26/43681 Summary A review of active Council policies has found that there are some policies and other governance instruments that are no longer in use but have not yet been formally revoked by Council. The purpose of this report is to officially retire those policies. Operational Plan Objective A.80 Maintain, enhance and embed Council's governance, risk and compliance frameworks to support compliance and good governance.
Item 71/26, Policy Housekeeping, summary
Open original minutes ↗Resolution 114/26 formally revoked the Burwood Library and Community Hub Statement on Access to Information, the Burwood Library Community Noticeboards Policy and the User Fees for Council Services Policy.
114/26 RESOLVED That Council formally revoke the following redundant policies: 1. Burwood Library and Community Hub Statement on Access to Information 2. Burwood Library Community Noticeboards Policy 3. User Fees for Council Services Policy For: Cr Faker, Cr Esber, Cr Hull, Cr Wu-Coshott, Cr Yang Against: Nil (Moved Deputy Mayor Pascale Esber/Seconded Councillor David Hull) (Item 72/26) Provisions for enabling temporary appointments to the Chair, Delegate and Alternate on the Sustainability and Environment Advisory Committee File No: 26/45229 Summary This report seeks Council's approval to make an amendment to the Sustainability and Environment Advisory Committee (SEAC) Terms of Reference to enable the Chair, Cr John Faker, to make temporary appointments when necessary to the following roles: • Chair • Delegate • Alternate The Terms of Reference
Item 71/26, Resolution 114/26
Open original minutes ↗The recorded vote was five in favour and none against; Deputy Mayor Pascale Esber moved the resolution and Councillor David Hull seconded it.
User Fees for Council Services Policy For: Cr Faker, Cr Esber, Cr Hull, Cr Wu-Coshott, Cr Yang Against: Nil (Moved Deputy Mayor Pascale Esber/Seconded Councillor David Hull) (Item 72/26) Provisions for enabling temporary appointments to the Chair, Delegate and Alternate on the Sustainability and Environment Advisory Committee File No: 26/45229 Summary This report seeks Council's approval to make an amendment to the Sustainability and Environment Advisory Committee (SEAC) Terms of Reference to enable the Chair, Cr John Faker, to make temporary appointments when necessary to the following roles: • Chair • Delegate • Alternate The Terms of Reference
Resolution 114/26, voting list and mover/seconder
Open original minutes ↗The minutes state they will be submitted for confirmation at Council's next meeting on 27 October 2026.
The Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on 22 September 2026 will be submitted for confirmation by Council at its next meeting on 27 October 2026.
Closing statement on confirmation of the minutes
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the draft, unconfirmed minutes of Burwood Council's meeting held on 22 September 2026. The minutes state they will be submitted for confirmation at the 27 October 2026 meeting.
Key facts from the minutes
- Draft minutes record that Council resolution 114/26 formally revoked three policies on 22 September 2026.
- The policies concerned library and Community Hub access to information, library community noticeboards, and user fees for Council services.
- The draft minutes describe the policies as redundant after a review of active Council policies.
- The recorded vote was five in favour and none against.
- The resolution does not specify replacement arrangements or changes to individual fees.
- The minutes state they will be submitted for confirmation on 27 October 2026.
Why it matters
- The resolution formally retires policy documents concerning library information access, community noticeboards and Council service fees, although the draft minutes do not record a change to any particular service or charge.