Works & infrastructure · Inner West Council
Kane Constructions endorsed for Leichhardt Oval refurbishment, subject to final terms
Inner West Council backed the tender recommendation for works including a new amenities building, an additional lift, upgraded lighting and a rebuilt oval surface.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
Inner West Council endorsed the evaluation panel’s recommendation to appoint Kane Constructions Pty Ltd to deliver Leichhardt Oval’s refurbishment, according to unconfirmed minutes. The endorsement was conditional on finalising the contractual terms.
The resolution, recorded as passed during the closed session of the council’s 15 September 2026 extraordinary meeting, gives the General Manager authority to execute the tender contract. The General Manager or a nominee may also approve variations, provided total project expenditure does not exceed council-approved funding.
The recorded project scope includes a new amenities building, an additional lift, upgraded lighting and rebuilding the oval surface. The minutes say project funding was updated to cover those additional items.
The supplied public minutes do not disclose the project sum. They also give no construction start or completion date, so it is not possible to establish the financial scale or delivery timetable for the works from the minutes alone.
The motion was carried with all 14 listed councillors voting for it and none against. The council’s minutes describe the resolution as an endorsement of the evaluation panel’s recommendation, rather than confirmation that the contract has been signed or construction has begun.
What deserves a closer look
The recorded endorsement is expressly subject to finalising contractual terms; the minutes also give the General Manager authority to execute the contract.
The supplied minutes identify a project sum as being contained in the report, but do not state the amount.
The resolution records an endorsement of a tender recommendation and delegated authority, not confirmation that the contract has been executed or that construction has started.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What is the project sum referred to in the confidential report?
When are the contractual terms expected to be finalised?
What construction start and completion dates will apply?
How will oval access be managed during the works?
What happens next
For the endorsed appointment to proceed, contractual terms would need to be finalised.
Subject to finalising contractual terms, the General Manager may execute the tender contract under the delegated authority.
The General Manager or nominee may approve variations provided overall project expenditure does not exceed funding approved by council.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The evaluation panel recommended appointing Kane Constructions Pty Ltd to deliver the Leichhardt Oval Refurbishment Project, subject to finalising contractual terms.
Council entered into Confidential Session at 10:00 pm. Extraordinary Council Meeting 15 September 2026 10 RESOLUTIONS PASSED DURING CLOSED SESSION C0926(2) Item 2 Leichhardt Oval Refurbishment - Design and Construction Tender Outcome Motion: (Byrne /Scott) That Council: 1. Endorses the recommendation of the evaluation panel to appoint Kane Constructions Pty Ltd to deliver the Leichhardt Oval Refurbishment Project for the Project Sum outlined in this report, subject to the finalisation of the contractual terms.
Resolutions passed during closed session — C0926(2) Item 2 Leichhardt Oval Refurbishment - Design and Construction Tender Outcome
Open original minutes ↗Project funding was updated to cover a new amenities building, an additional lift, upgraded lighting and rebuilding the oval surface.
4. Notes the Project Funding outlined in this report which has been updated to cater for additional scope items including a new amenities building, an additional lift, upgraded lighting and to rebuild the oval surface.
C0926(2) Item 2 Leichhardt Oval Refurbishment - Design and Construction Tender Outcome
Open original minutes ↗The motion carried with 14 councillors recorded for it and none against.
Motion Carried For Motion: Crs Antoniou, Atkins, Barlow, Blake, Byrne, Carlisle, Clay, D'Arienzo, Fergusson, Howard, Macri, Scott, Smith and Tastan Against Motion: Nil Procedural Motion: (D'Arienzo/Carlisle) That Council move back into the Open Session of the Council Meeting.
C0926(2) Item 2 — vote immediately following the tender resolution
Open original minutes ↗The Leichhardt Oval Refurbishment design-and-construction tender outcome was considered in closed session under commercial-confidentiality provisions.
returned to the Meeting at 10:00 pm. Procedural Motion: (Smith/Carlisle) That Council enter into Confidential session. Motion Carried For Motion: Crs Antoniou, Atkins, Barlow, Blake, Byrne, Carlisle, Clay, D'Arienzo, Fergusson, Howard, Macri, Scott, Smith and Tastan Against Motion: Nil Confidential Session That in accordance with Section 10A(1) of the Local Government Act 1993, the following matters be considered in Closed Session of Council for the reasons provided: C0926(2) Item 2 Leichhardt Oval Refurbishment - Design and Construction Tender Outcome (Section 10A(2)(c) of the Local Government Act 1993) that would, if disclosed, confer a commercial advantage on a person with whom the council is conducting (or proposes to conduct) business; AND commercial information of a confidential nature (Section 10A(2)(d)(i) of the Local Government Act 1993) that would, if disclosed prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied it. Council entered into Confidential Session at 10:00 pm. Extraordinary Council Meeting 15 September 2026 10 RESOLUTIONS PASSED DURING CLOSED SESSION C0926(2) Item 2 Leichhardt Oval Refurbishment - Design and Construction Tender Outcome Motion: (Byrne /Scott) That Council: 1.
Confidential session provisions and resolutions passed during closed session — C0926(2) Item 2
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from Inner West Council’s public, unconfirmed minutes of the Extraordinary Council Meeting held on 15 September 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council’s recorded resolution endorsed the evaluation panel’s recommendation to appoint Kane Constructions Pty Ltd for the Leichhardt Oval Refurbishment Project, subject to finalising contractual terms.
- The General Manager was authorised to execute the contract.
- The General Manager or a nominee may approve contract variations provided total project expenditure remains within council-approved funding.
- The scope includes a new amenities building, an additional lift, upgraded lighting and rebuilding the oval surface.
- The minutes record the motion as carried with 14 votes for and none against.
- The public minutes do not state the project sum or construction timetable.
Why it matters
- The refurbishment could add amenities, accessibility infrastructure, lighting and playing-surface works at Leichhardt Oval, but the public minutes do not disclose the project sum or when work will start.