Works & infrastructure · Cabonne Council
Conseth Solutions wins $671,975.90 Eugowra CBD upgrade contract, minutes say
Cabonne Council’s unconfirmed minutes record the award of Contract 1992227 to the company for Eugowra CBD activation and authority for the General Manager to sign the main-street upgrade agreement.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Cabonne Council’s supplied, unconfirmed minutes record a $671,975.90 contract award to Conseth Solutions Pty Ltd to activate and upgrade Eugowra’s central business area, excluding GST.
The award covers Contract 1992227, described in the minutes as the Eugowra CBD Activation and the Eugowra Main Street Upgrade. The minutes record that Council authorised the General Manager to execute the contract.
The recommendation was recorded in the confidential Committee of the Whole section of the council’s 22 September 2026 meeting. It was marked carried, and council subsequently adopted the committee’s report and recommendations. The supplied record is treated as unconfirmed because its confirmation wording refers to 27 October 2026, after the 25 October source check.
The public minutes do not state when construction will begin or finish, what works will be carried out, whether the project will be staged, or what traffic arrangements will apply. They record the contract award, not the start or completion of construction.
The minutes also do not identify local subcontractors or explain the funding allocation for the contract. Those details may become clearer through the executed contract or later project updates.
What deserves a closer look
The supplied minutes record a carried committee recommendation and Council's subsequent adoption of the committee report and recommendations, supporting the recorded award and delegation.
The record does not establish contract execution, construction commencement, completion or expenditure.
The supplied public record contains no delivery timetable or traffic plan for the contract.
Questions for follow-up reporting
Has the General Manager executed the contract, and when is construction scheduled to begin and finish?
What works and traffic arrangements are included in Contract 1992227?
What funding allocation supports the $671,975.90 contract value?
Will Conseth Solutions use local subcontractors?
What happens next
The minutes record authority for the General Manager to execute Contract 1992227, the Eugowra Main Street Upgrade contract; they do not establish that execution has occurred.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The recommendation to award Eugowra CBD Activation Contract 1992227 to Conseth Solutions Pty Ltd for $671,975.90 excluding GST was carried. The quoted contract recommendation and delegation do not specify construction timing, detailed works, traffic arrangements, local subcontractors or a funding allocation.
4. Carried ITEM - 3 CONTRACT 1992227 - CAP24-009 ACTIVATION OF THE EUGOWRA CBD RECOMMENDATION (Weaver/Nash) THAT: 1. The tender for Eugowra CBD Activation Contract No.1992227 is awarded to Conseth Solutions Pty Ltd in the amount of $671,975.90 (excl GST). 2. The General Manager is provided with delegation to execute Contract Eugowra Main Street Upgrade Contract No.1992227. 5. Carried ITEM - 4 AUDIT, RISK AND IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE - MEETING MINUTES RECOMMENDATION (Jones/Pearson) THAT council adopt the minutes from the meeting of the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee held on 18 August 2026.
Confidential Item 3, Contract 1992227 - CAP24-009 Activation of the Eugowra CBD; recommendation and carried result
Open original minutes ↗The quoted text states that the General Manager is to be provided with delegation to execute Eugowra Main Street Upgrade Contract No.1992227.
2. The General Manager is provided with delegation to execute Contract Eugowra Main Street Upgrade Contract No.1992227. 5. Carried ITEM - 4 AUDIT, RISK AND IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE - MEETING MINUTES RECOMMENDATION (Jones/Pearson) THAT council adopt the minutes from the meeting of the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee held on 18 August 2026.
Confidential Item 3, clause 2 and carried result, before Item 4
Open original minutes ↗Council subsequently adopted the report and recommendations of the Committee of the Whole meeting held on 22 September 2026.
6. Carried It was noted the time being 4.34pm, the Chair resumed the Ordinary meeting. REPORT & RESOLUTIONS OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MOTION (Pull/Rawson) THAT the Report and Recommendations of the Committee of the Whole Meeting held on Tuesday 22 September, 2026 be adopted. 26/09/37 Carried There being no further business, the meeting closed at 4.34pm. CHAIRMAN. Chairman of the Ordinary Meeting of Cabonne Council held on the 27 October, 2026 at which meeting the listed minutes were confirmed and the signature hereon was subscribed.
Report and Resolutions of Committee of the Whole; resolution 26/09/37
Open original minutes ↗The minutes contain a confidential-items section with a recommendation to discuss confidential matters in a Closed Committee of the Whole.
CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS ITEM - 1 CARRYING OF COUNCIL RESOLUTION INTO CLOSED COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE RECOMMENDATION (Pull/Jones) THAT the committee now hereby resolve into Closed Committee of the Whole for the purpose of discussing matters of a confidential nature relating to personnel or industrial matters, personal finances and matters which the publicity of which the Committee considers would be prejudicial to the Council or the individual concerned and that the press and the public be excluded from the meeting in accordance with the conditions of Council's Confidentiality Policy AND FURTHER that as reports to the Closed Committee of the Whole are
Confidential Items, Item 1
Open original minutes ↗The supplied record contains wording stating that the minutes were confirmed at a meeting dated 27 October 2026.
26/09/37 Carried There being no further business, the meeting closed at 4.34pm. CHAIRMAN. Chairman of the Ordinary Meeting of Cabonne Council held on the 27 October, 2026 at which meeting the listed minutes were confirmed and the signature hereon was subscribed.
Closing chairman confirmation wording
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from Cabonne Council’s supplied public minutes for the meeting held on 22 September 2026. The record is treated as unconfirmed: its confirmation wording refers to 27 October 2026, after the 25 October 2026 source check.
Key facts from the minutes
- The unconfirmed minutes record the award of Contract 1992227 for Eugowra CBD Activation to Conseth Solutions Pty Ltd.
- The recorded contract value is $671,975.90 excluding GST.
- The minutes record authority for the General Manager to execute the Eugowra Main Street Upgrade contract; they do not establish that it has been executed.
- The recommendation was carried in the confidential Committee of the Whole section of the 22 September 2026 meeting, and council subsequently adopted the committee’s report and recommendations.
- The minutes do not provide a construction timetable, detailed works or traffic arrangements.
Why it matters
- The minutes identify the supplier for Eugowra’s CBD and main-street project, but do not give businesses, residents and road users a timetable or details of the works and traffic arrangements.