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Council approves three-year licence for Waratah Minerals at former Cargo baby health clinic
Cabonne Council agreed to accept about $30,000 in refurbishment works in lieu of rent for the licence term.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Cabonne Council has approved entering into a three-year licence agreement with Waratah Minerals to use the former Cargo Baby Health Clinic, with refurbishment works valued at approximately $30,000 accepted instead of rent for the licence term.
The resolution authorises the company to undertake refurbishment works, directs Council to enter into the licence agreement and accepts the works in lieu of rent. The public minutes do not specify what work is required, when it must be completed or how the approximate valuation was calculated.
The arrangement was recorded as carried at Cabonne Council’s ordinary meeting on 27 October 2026. The minutes are treated here as unconfirmed: their closing certification refers to confirmation on 17 November 2026, after the record was checked on 30 October.
What deserves a closer look
The resolution links use of the building with refurbishment works accepted in lieu of rent, but the public minutes do not give the works' scope, timing or valuation method.
The record does not establish whether the licence agreement has been executed or whether the refurbishment has started or been completed.
The closing certification refers to 17 November 2026, after the supplied source-check date of 30 October 2026. Confirmation is therefore not established, and the article treats the minutes as unconfirmed.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What refurbishment works are required, and when must they be completed?
How was the approximately $30,000 value assessed?
What additional conditions, if any, apply to Waratah Minerals' use of the building during the three-year licence?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The source identifies the ordinary meeting of Cabonne Council held on 27 October 2026.
MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS MOLONG ON TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER, 2026 COMMENCING AT 2:00 PM Page 1 THIS IS PAGE NO 1 OF THE MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF CABONNE COUNCIL HELD ON 27 OCTOBER, 2026 TABLE OF CONTENTS ITEMS FOR DETERMINATION ......................................................................
Meeting heading
Open original minutes ↗Council authorised Waratah Minerals to undertake refurbishment works at the former Cargo Baby Health Clinic. The Item 12 motion was recorded as carried under resolution number 26/10/13.
26/10/12 Carried ITEM - 12 FUTURE USE OF THE FORMER CARGO BABY HEALTH CLINIC MOTION (Weaver/Nash) THAT council: 1. Authorise Waratah Minerals to undertake refurbishment works to the former Cargo Baby Health Clinic building. 2. Enter into a three-year licence agreement with Waratah Minerals for use of the building. 3. Accept the refurbishment works, valued at approximately $30,000, in lieu of rent for the term of the licence. 26/10/13 Carried ITEM - 13 REBUILD MOLONG CONTRIBUTION TO COUNCIL PROJECTS MOTION (Batten/Pearson) THAT council approves acceptance of the donation from Rebuild Molong of $225,000, being $75,000 to each the following Council projects: 1.
Item 12, motion and following carried notation
Open original minutes ↗Council approved entering into a three-year licence agreement with Waratah Minerals for use of the building and accepting refurbishment works valued at approximately $30,000 in lieu of rent for the licence term.
2. Enter into a three-year licence agreement with Waratah Minerals for use of the building. 3. Accept the refurbishment works, valued at approximately $30,000, in lieu of rent for the term of the licence. 26/10/13 Carried ITEM - 13 REBUILD MOLONG CONTRIBUTION TO COUNCIL PROJECTS MOTION (Batten/Pearson) THAT council approves acceptance of the donation from Rebuild Molong of $225,000, being $75,000 to each the following Council projects: 1.
Item 12, motion points 2 and 3 and following carried notation
Open original minutes ↗The closing certification refers to confirmation of the listed minutes at a meeting dated 17 November 2026.
26/10/23 Carried There being no further business, the meeting closed at 3.26pm. CHAIRMAN. Chairman of the Ordinary Meeting of Cabonne Council held on the 17 November, 2026 at which meeting the listed minutes were confirmed and the signature hereon was subscribed.
Closing certification
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from Cabonne Council’s minutes for its ordinary meeting held on 27 October 2026, treated here as unconfirmed.
Key facts from the minutes
- Cabonne Council authorised Waratah Minerals to carry out refurbishment works at the former Cargo Baby Health Clinic.
- Council approved entering into a three-year licence agreement with Waratah Minerals to use the building.
- The resolution accepts refurbishment works valued at approximately $30,000 in lieu of rent for the licence term; it does not establish that the works have been completed.
- The Item 12 resolution was recorded as carried under resolution number 26/10/13.
- The minutes are treated as unconfirmed because their closing certification refers to a date after the source check.
Why it matters
- Council approved Waratah Minerals’ use of a former community health facility in Cargo under a licence whose stated consideration is refurbishment work rather than rent. The public record does not detail the work or its timing.