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New Central Coast fees proposed for cricket wicket support and memorial trees
The Governance and Finance Committee has recommended public exhibition of charges for cricket wicket support outside standard working hours and public memorial trees, but no amounts have been disclosed in the minutes.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Cricket wicket support outside Central Coast Council’s standard working hours and public memorial trees could attract new charges under proposals recommended for public exhibition by the Governance and Finance Committee.
The committee’s motion, GFC-26/63, covers a Cricket Wicket Support Outside Council’s Standard Working Hours Fee and a Public Memorial Tree Fee. It does not state the proposed amounts.
The committee recommended that Council place the proposed fees on public exhibition under the requirements for amendments to Council’s 2026-27 Fees and Charges. Under the recommendation, a further report would return to Council after the exhibition period, detailing submissions and seeking consideration of whether the charges should be adopted.
The motion was carried, with Councillors Jared Wright, Mayor McNamara and Doug Eaton OAM recorded as voting for it. Councillors Helen Crowley and Jane Smith voted against it.
The minutes do not give exhibition dates, submission details or a timetable for the follow-up report. They record a committee recommendation for public exhibition, not Council approval of exhibition or adoption of the fees.
What deserves a closer look
The recorded decision recommends public exhibition; it does not establish that Council has approved exhibition or adopted the charges.
The practical cost of the proposed charges cannot be assessed from the minutes because no fee amounts are given.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What amounts will be proposed for each fee?
Will Council approve public exhibition and, if so, when would it open and close and how would submissions be made?
If exhibition proceeds, when would Council consider the report on submissions and whether to adopt the fees?
What happens next
If Council accepts the recommendation, the proposed fees would be placed on public exhibition under the applicable requirements for amendments to Council's 2026-27 Fees and Charges.
Under the recommendation, Council would receive a further report after exhibition detailing submissions and seeking its consideration of adoption.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The committee carried motion GFC-26/63 recommending that Council endorse and publicly exhibit a Cricket Wicket Support Outside Council's Standard Working Hours Fee and a Public Memorial Tree Fee.
CARRIED FOR: Cr Wright, Mayor McNamara and Cr Eaton OAM AGAINST: Cr Crowley and Cr Smith 2.10 Proposed New Open Space and Recreation Fees and Charges 2026-27 - for Public Exhibition 8:49pm A MOTION was MOVED by Cr Eaton OAM and SECONDED by Mayor McNamara: GFC-26/63 That the Committee recommends that Council: a. Endorses the following proposed new fees and charges for public exhibition: i. Cricket Wicket Support Outside Council's Standard Working Hours Fee, ii. Public Memorial Tree Fee. b. Places the proposed new fees and charges on public exhibition in accordance with the applicable requirements for amendments to Council's 2026-27 Fees and Charges. c. Receives a further report back to Council following the public exhibition period detailing submissions received and seeking Council's consideration of the proposed fees and charges for adoption. Central Coast Council Governance and Finance Committee Minutes 10 November 2026 Page 13 OFFICIAL CARRIED FOR: Cr Wright, Mayor McNamara and Cr Eaton OAM AGAINST: Cr Crowley and Cr Smith 2.11 Financial Reports Improvements - for Information RESOLVED by EXCEPTION on the MOTION as MOVED by Cr Wright and SECONDED by Cr Eaton OAM: GFC-26/65 That the Committee receives the information in the 'Financial Reports Improvements - for Information' report.
Item 2.10, GFC-26/63, recommendation and result
Open original minutes ↗The proposed process calls for public exhibition under the applicable requirements for amendments to Council's 2026-27 Fees and Charges, followed by a report detailing submissions and seeking Council's consideration of adoption.
Places the proposed new fees and charges on public exhibition in accordance with the applicable requirements for amendments to Council's 2026-27 Fees and Charges. c. Receives a further report back to Council following the public exhibition period detailing submissions received and seeking Council's consideration of the proposed fees and charges for adoption.
GFC-26/63, clauses b–c
Open original minutes ↗The motion was recorded as carried, with three votes for—Wright, Mayor McNamara and Eaton OAM—and two against—Crowley and Smith.
Central Coast Council Governance and Finance Committee Minutes 10 November 2026 Page 13 OFFICIAL CARRIED FOR: Cr Wright, Mayor McNamara and Cr Eaton OAM AGAINST: Cr Crowley and Cr Smith 2.11 Financial Reports Improvements - for Information RESOLVED by EXCEPTION on the MOTION as MOVED by Cr Wright and SECONDED by Cr Eaton OAM: GFC-26/65 That the Committee receives the information in the 'Financial Reports Improvements - for Information' report.
Item 2.10 result immediately before item 2.11
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the public minutes of Central Coast Council’s Governance and Finance Committee meeting held on 10 November 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The committee recommended public exhibition of a Cricket Wicket Support Outside Council’s Standard Working Hours Fee and a Public Memorial Tree Fee.
- The proposals relate to amendments to Council’s 2026-27 Fees and Charges.
- Under the recommendation, a further report would detail submissions and seek Council’s consideration of adoption after the exhibition period.
- The motion was recorded as carried, with three votes listed for and two against.
- The minutes do not state the proposed amounts or the exhibition timetable.
Why it matters
- The proposals could introduce charges for after-hours cricket wicket support and public memorial trees if Council proceeds with exhibition and subsequently adopts them. The minutes do not state the amounts or when submissions would be invited.