Rates & spending · Cabonne Council
Five Cabonne Christmas events approved for $16,750 in council funding
Cumnock, Eugowra and Canowindra organisations were awarded support for Christmas celebrations, with separate donations approved for education, youth sport and school presentation prizes.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
Community groups in Cumnock, Eugowra and Canowindra were approved for a combined $16,750 for Christmas events after Cabonne Council recorded the funding motion as carried on 27 October, according to unconfirmed minutes.
The allocations include $3,000 for the Cumnock Christmas Tree event, $1,000 for Eugowra’s Christmas Shopping and Market Night, $5,000 for the Canowindra Christmas Night Markets, $3,750 for Canowindra Community Christmas Carols and $4,000 for the Canowindra Christmas Street Party. The street-party grant is listed separately as village-enhancement funding and is additional to the event sponsorship.
The approved uses include traffic management, musicians, face painting, refreshments, audio-visual and technical support, printing, advertising, toilet hire, tables and chairs, entertainment and event photography, according to the minutes.
A note in the minutes corrects the report’s item 1(c), the Canowindra Christmas Night Markets allocation, from $3,750 to $5,000 to match the motion. The separate carols allocation is $3,750. The five allocations total $16,750.
Council also authorised a $1,500 donation to the Country Education Foundation of Australia Ltd to assist local school leavers with vocational and tertiary opportunities, and $200 to Dax Clarke for costs associated with attending the Madrid soccer training academy. It endorsed 19 $75 book vouchers for annual presentation awards at Cabonne schools.
Separately, the Cumnock Show Society was approved for a donation equivalent to its annual standard water and sewer access charges, subject to annual budget provisions. Council also requested a policy review and a future report on ongoing Section 356 donations.
What deserves a closer look
The five amounts in the event sponsorship and village-enhancement motion total $16,750.
Item 9 contains one motion covering five allocations, not five separate funding motions.
The report correction concerns item 1(c), the $5,000 Canowindra Christmas Night Markets allocation. It does not conflict with the separate $3,750 carols allocation in item 1(d).
Questions for follow-up reporting
When will the approved event grants be paid?
What policy changes, if any, will follow the review of ongoing Section 356 donations?
What happens next
Council is to review the policy governing water and sewer donations so they are presented each year.
A future report is to detail current ongoing Section 356 donations.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The record identifies an 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 ......................................................................
Document title and meeting identification
Open original minutes ↗The council authorised donations of $1,500 to the Country Education Foundation of Australia Ltd to assist local school leavers with vocational and tertiary opportunities, and $200 to Dax Clarke for costs associated with attending the Madrid soccer training academy.
26/10/07 Carried ITEM - 7 REQUESTS FOR DONATIONS MOTION (Pull/Rawson) THAT council authorise: 1. A donation of $1,500 to the Country Education Foundation of Australia Ltd enabling financial assistance to local school leavers to pursue vocational and tertiary opportunities. 2. A donation of $200 to Dax Clarke to support costs for his attendance at the Madrid soccer training academy. 26/10/08 Carried ITEM - 8 SECTION 356 DONATION - ANNUAL SCHOOL PRESENTATION AWARDS MOTION (Pull/Batten) THAT: 1.
Item 7, Requests for Donations, motion and carried result
Open original minutes ↗The council endorsed 19 $75 book vouchers for Cabonne schools' annual presentation award events, a calculated face value of $1,425.
2. A donation of $200 to Dax Clarke to support costs for his attendance at the Madrid soccer training academy. 26/10/08 Carried ITEM - 8 SECTION 356 DONATION - ANNUAL SCHOOL PRESENTATION AWARDS MOTION (Pull/Batten) THAT: 1. Council endorses the donation of 19 x $75 book vouchers for Cabonne schools' annual presentation award events, and 2. Councillors are endorsed to attend the school award presentations throughout the LGA. 26/10/09 Carried ITEM - 9 EVENT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM Proceedings in Brief Clr O'Ryan noted a typographical error in 1. C) of the report. The amount stated as $3,750.00 is incorrect and should read $5,000.00, consistent with the amount contained in the motion.
Item 8, Section 356 Donation - Annual School Presentation Awards, motion and carried result
Open original minutes ↗The explanatory note corrects report item 1(c) from $3,750 to $5,000 to match the motion; item 1(c) in the motion is the Canowindra Christmas Night Markets allocation.
26/10/09 Carried ITEM - 9 EVENT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM Proceedings in Brief Clr O'Ryan noted a typographical error in 1. C) of the report. The amount stated as $3,750.00 is incorrect and should read $5,000.00, consistent with the amount contained in the motion. MOTION (Weaver/Pull) THAT council: 1. Council approve the following Event Sponsorship funding applications: a) $3,000 to the Cumnock Christmas Tree Committee for the Cumnock Christmas Tree event supporting face painting and the purchase of ice blocks, lollies, soft drinks and meat for the BBQ. b) $1,000 to the Eugowra Promotion and Progress Association for the Eugowra Christmas Shopping and Market Night used to hire a solo artist, to provide music. c) $5,000 to the Canowindra Progress Association for the Canowindra Christmas Night Markets for traffic management and a musician.
Item 9, Event Sponsorship Program, Proceedings in Brief and motion clauses 1(a)–1(c)
Open original minutes ↗The Item 9 motion lists $3,000 for the Cumnock Christmas Tree event, $1,000 for Eugowra Christmas Shopping and Market Night, $5,000 for Canowindra Christmas Night Markets, $3,750 for Canowindra Community Christmas Carols and $4,000 for the Canowindra Christmas Street Party. These allocations total $16,750, with the street-party funding additional to event funding.
MOTION (Weaver/Pull) THAT council: 1. Council approve the following Event Sponsorship funding applications: a) $3,000 to the Cumnock Christmas Tree Committee for the Cumnock Christmas Tree event supporting face painting and the purchase of ice blocks, lollies, soft drinks and meat for the BBQ. b) $1,000 to the Eugowra Promotion and Progress Association for the Eugowra Christmas Shopping and Market Night used to hire a solo artist, to provide music. c) $5,000 to the Canowindra Progress Association for the Canowindra Christmas Night Markets for traffic management and a musician. d) $3,750 to Harvest Community Church Canowindra for the Canowindra Community Christmas Carols for AV lighting and technical support, printing, advertising and hire of toilets. 2. Council approve the following Village Enhancement Funding application: a) $4,000 to the Canowindra Progress Association to support the delivery of the Christmas Street Party including table and chair hire, entertainment, advertising/promotion and event photography, this is in addition to the event funding.
Item 9, Event Sponsorship Program, event sponsorship and village-enhancement allocations
Open original minutes ↗Resolution 26/10/10 is recorded as carried.
26/10/10 Carried ITEM - 10 YEOVAL SHOW 2027 MOTION (Batten/Rawson) THAT council: 1. Apply for a part-day public holiday from 8:30am to 7:00pm on Tuesday, 27 April 2027 for the Yeoval Annual Show, covering the portion of Yeoval within the Cabonne Council local government area;
Item 9 carried result, immediately before Item 10
Open original minutes ↗The council approved a Cumnock Show Society donation equivalent to annual standard water and sewer access charges, subject to annual budget provisions, together with a policy review to ensure water and sewer donations are presented each year and a future report on ongoing Section 356 donations.
26/10/11 Carried ITEM - 11 REQUEST FOR DONATION OF WATER & SEWER CHARGES MOTION (Nash/Batten) THAT: 1. Council grant a donation to the Cumnock Show Society equivalent to the annual standard water and sewer access charges pursuant to Section 356 of the Local Government Act 1993 and that, subject to Council's annual budget provisions. 2. Review of policy to ensure that water/sewer donations are presented to council each year; 3. Request a report to a future meeting detailing current S356 donations that are ongoing. 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.
Item 11, Request for Donation of Water & Sewer Charges, motion and carried result
Open original minutes ↗The closing confirmation wording refers to a meeting on 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 confirmation wording
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the unconfirmed minutes of Cabonne Council’s ordinary meeting held on 27 October 2026. The relevant motions are recorded as carried. The document includes confirmation wording referring to 17 November 2026, later than the 30 October 2026 source check; confirmation is not established by the supplied record.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council approved $3,000 for Cumnock, $1,000 for Eugowra, $5,000 for Canowindra Christmas Night Markets, $3,750 for Canowindra Community Christmas Carols and $4,000 for the Canowindra Christmas Street Party.
- The five Christmas event and village-enhancement allocations total $16,750.
- Council authorised $1,500 for the Country Education Foundation of Australia Ltd and $200 for Dax Clarke.
- Nineteen $75 school presentation book vouchers were endorsed, with a face value of $1,425.
- The report correction concerns item 1(c), the Canowindra Christmas Night Markets allocation of $5,000, not the separate $3,750 carols allocation.
- The Cumnock Show Society was approved for a donation equivalent to annual standard water and sewer access charges, subject to annual budget provisions.
Why it matters
- The grants provide recorded council support for Christmas activities in three Cabonne towns, while separate donations assist local school leavers, a young soccer participant, Cabonne schools and the Cumnock Show Society.