Rates & spending · Ipswich City Council
Committee recommends council consider Bill Paterson Oval options 2 or 3
The carried recommendation proposes further investigation and design to inform future capital-program funding deliberations.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Ipswich City Council’s Infrastructure, Planning and Assets Committee has carried a recommendation that council consider support for options 2 or 3 for rectifying Bill Paterson Oval, rather than the original proposal for an immediate Option One response in the current financial year.
The amended recommendation, moved by Councillor Marnie Doyle and seconded by Councillor Andrew Antoniolli, calls for further investigation and design to determine the best-value outcome and inform funding allocations for either option during the next capital-program budget deliberations. The motion was carried, according to the 15 October committee report.
The report concerns work to bring the oval towards grass athletics-track standards required by Ipswich District Athletics and Ipswich Little Athletics, as well as other users and the general public. The committee also recommended that council continue consultation about access to and closure of Bill Paterson Oval to complete any rectification works.
The carried recommendation does not approve construction funding or set a works timetable. The public report identifies the attachments as confidential and does not disclose the scope or costings for options 2 and 3.
What deserves a closer look
The committee carried a recommendation for council consideration; this does not establish that council subsequently adopted it or that investigation, design or consultation occurred.
The carried recommendation refers to future funding deliberations and does not approve construction funding or set a works timetable.
The public report identifies the attachments as confidential and does not provide the underlying scope or costings for options 2 and 3.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What are the estimated costs and detailed scopes of options 2 and 3?
Has council subsequently adopted the committee's recommendation?
What access and closure arrangements would be proposed for Bill Paterson Oval users if works proceed?
What happens next
If council adopts the recommendation, further investigation and design would determine the best-value outcome and inform funding allocations for Option 2 or 3 during the next capital-program budget deliberations.
If council adopts the recommendation, consultation with relevant stakeholders about access to and closure of Bill Paterson Oval would continue.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The report addresses a request for costings for works to improve Bill Paterson Oval to grass athletics-track standards required by Ipswich District Athletics, Ipswich Little Athletics, other users and the general public.
This report addresses recommendation B and C from the Notice of Motion, which in part were: 'detailing costings for a scope of works to improve Bill Paterson Oval to the Grass Athletics Track standards required by Ipswich District Athletics, Ipswich Little Athletics, other users and the general public'.
Item 2, report description and notice-of-motion context
Open original minutes ↗The recommendation proposed that council consider support for Option One as an immediate response for Bill Paterson Oval rectification within the current financial year.
That Council consider support of Option One to be undertaken as the immediate response for rectification of Bill Paterson Oval within the current financial year. B. That Council consider supporting further investigation and design activities to determine the best value outcome for further rectification works to inform future years funding allocation during the next capital program budget deliberations.
Item 2, original recommendation A
Open original minutes ↗Councillor Marnie Doyle proposed an amendment to the original motion, moving the amended recommendation with Councillor Andrew Antoniolli as seconder.
C. That Council continue consultation with the relevant stakeholders regarding access to and closure of Bill Paterson Oval to complete any rectification works. Councillor Marnie Doyle proposed the following amendment to the original motion: RECOMMENDATION Moved by Councillor Marnie Doyle: Seconded by Councillor Andrew Antoniolli: A.
Item 2, introduction to amended recommendation
Open original minutes ↗The recommendation asks council to consider support for Option 2 or 3, with further investigation and design to determine the best-value outcome and inform funding allocations for either option in the next capital program during budget deliberations.
That Council consider support of Option 2 or 3 with further investigation and design activities to determine the best value outcome for rectification works. This will inform funding allocations required to complete either Option 2 or 3 to be incorporated in the next capital program during budget deliberations.
Item 2, amended recommendation A
Open original minutes ↗The recommendation asks council to continue consultation with relevant stakeholders about access to and closure of Bill Paterson Oval to complete any rectification works.
15 OCTOBER 2026 INFRASTRUCTURE, PLANNING AND ASSETS COMMITTEE NO. 2026(08)] Page 5 of 11 B. That Council continue consultation with the relevant stakeholders regarding access to and closure of Bill Paterson Oval to complete any rectification works.
Item 2, amended recommendation B
Open original minutes ↗The voting record declares the motion carried.
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE Councillors: Councillors: Antoniolli Nil Tully Harding Augustine Doyle Martin Madden The motion was put and carried. ADJOURN MEETING RECOMMENDATION Moved by Councillor Andrew Antoniolli: Seconded by Councillor Marnie Doyle: That the meeting be adjourned at 10.19 am to reconvene at 10.50 am.
Item 2, vote and carried declaration before the adjournment motion
Open original minutes ↗The report attachments were identified as confidential.
'relevant council officers conduct engagement with Ipswich District Athletics and Ipswich Little Athletics for their knowledge and information'. "The attachment/s to this report are confidential in accordance with section 254J(3)(i) of the Local Government Regulation 2012." RECOMMENDATION A.
Item 2, confidentiality statement
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the public report of the Ipswich City Council Infrastructure, Planning and Assets Committee meeting held on 15 October 2026. Confirmation of this meeting’s record is not established by the supplied material.
Key facts from the minutes
- The committee carried an amended recommendation asking council to consider support for Bill Paterson Oval rectification options 2 or 3, with further investigation and design.
- Under the recommendation, funding allocations for either option would be considered during the next capital-program budget deliberations.
- The committee also recommended that council continue consultation about access to and closure of the oval.
- The report concerned grass athletics-track standards required by Ipswich District Athletics, Ipswich Little Athletics, other users and the general public.
- The report attachments were identified as confidential.
Why it matters
- The recommendation does not approve construction funding or set a works timetable, while proposing continued consultation on access and closures for oval users.