Roosters to receive Waverley Key to the City as Bondi Beach mural backed A carried resolution provides the club with a civic honour and calls for a temporary sea wall mural, while leaving any partnership extension and live viewing site to future reports. Council: Waverley Council Meeting: 20 October 2026 Recorded status: approved BRIEF Waverley Council’s unconfirmed minutes record a carried resolution providing the Sydney Roosters with a Key to the City and backing a temporary sea wall mural at Bondi Beach after the club’s 2026 NRL and NRLW premierships. Officers must report on a possible two-year partnership extension, banner infrastructure and future celebrations, including a possible live viewing site. The recorded division lists nine councillors for the motion and three against. KEY FACTS - Council’s recorded resolution provides a Key to the City to the Roosters for their 2026 premiership wins. - Council is to facilitate a temporary sea wall mural at Bondi Beach. - Officers must report on a possible two-year partnership extension, banner infrastructure and enhanced celebrations, including a possible Bondi Beach live viewing site. - The minutes record the resolution as carried, with nine councillors listed for it and three against it. - The minutes do not state the mural’s cost, installation timing or removal timing. - The supplied minutes are treated as unconfirmed. ANALYSIS OF THE RECORD - The resolution distinguishes between approved recognition and mural activity and future reporting on the partnership, banners and celebrations. - The minutes do not state the mural's cost, timing, removal arrangements or funding source. - The vote records opposition but gives no reasons for individual councillors' votes. QUESTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP REPORTING - When will the report on the partnership, banner infrastructure and possible live viewing site return to Council? - What will the temporary mural cost, who will fund it and how long will it remain at Bondi Beach? - Which additional banner-pole locations will officers assess? - What arrangements will apply to installing and removing the mural? RECORDED NEXT STEPS - Officers are to prepare a report on extending the Roosters partnership for another two years on the same terms as the existing agreement; the extension itself is not approved. - The report is to cover an audit of current banner-pole locations and options for expanding banner infrastructure across the local government area. - The report is to review Council's contribution to the Roosters celebrations and include a plan for further celebrations next year, including a possible live viewing site at Bondi Beach; establishing that site is not approved. SOURCE PASSAGES The text calls for providing a Key to the City to the Roosters in recognition of their historic 2026 premiership wins and facilitating a temporary sea wall mural at Bondi Beach to celebrate those wins. "5. Provides a Key to the City to the Roosters in recognition of their historic 2026 premiership wins. 6. Facilitates a temporary sea wall mural at Bondi Beach to celebrate the Roosters' premiership wins." (CM/8.5/26.10 Sydney Roosters - Grand Final Premiers, decision clauses 5–6) The text calls for officers to report to Council on extending the partnership for another two years on the existing terms, auditing banner-pole locations and considering expansion options, and reviewing and planning celebrations, including a Bondi Beach live viewing site. "4. Officers prepare a report to Council on: (a) Extending the partnership for another two years on the same terms as the existing agreement. (b) An audit of all current banner pole locations and considering options for expanding banner pole infrastructure to other locations across the local government area so that such events can be more widely celebrated. (c) A review of Council's contribution to celebrating the Roosters' win and a plan for further enhancing community celebration of Roosters' success next year, including provision of a live viewing site at Bondi Beach." (CM/8.5/26.10 Sydney Roosters - Grand Final Premiers, decision clause 4) The text notes that Council installed banners through Bondi Junction, projected images onto Bondi Pavilion and assisted with street closures on Bronte Road and Spring Street for after-match celebrations. "2. Notes that Council installed banners through Bondi Junction, projected images onto the Bondi Pavilion and assisted with the street closures of Bronte Road and Spring Street for after-match celebrations." (CM/8.5/26.10 Sydney Roosters - Grand Final Premiers, decision clause 2) The text notes that the Roosters' partnership with Council has included youth community football clinics, free match tickets for local community groups and support for local charity causes. "3. Notes the successful community partnership between the Roosters and Council, which has included youth community football clinics, free match tickets for local community groups and Roosters support for important local charity causes." (CM/8.5/26.10 Sydney Roosters - Grand Final Premiers, decision clause 3) The motion was put and declared carried. "(d) A review of Council's contribution to celebrating the Roosters' win and a plan for further enhancing community celebration of Roosters' success next year, including provision of a live viewing site at Bondi Beach.' THE MOTION WAS THEN PUT AND DECLARED CARRIED." (CM/8.5/26.10 Sydney Roosters - Grand Final Premiers, motion outcome) The division lists nine councillors for the motion and three against it. "7. Writes to Roosters Chairman Nick Politis AM and CEO Joe Kelly informing them of this resolution. Division For the Motion: Crs Frazer, Lewis, Merten, Nemesh, Spicer, Spooner, Stephenson, Townsend and Westwood. Against the Motion: Crs Fabiano, Masselos and Wy Kanak. CM/8.6/26.10 Sydney Roosters - Recognition (A03/0416) MOTION (WITHDRAWN BY CR SPOONER) That Council: 1. Congratulates the Roosters NRL and NRLW teams on being 2026 Premiers." (CM/8.5/26.10 Sydney Roosters - Grand Final Premiers, division) A Sydney Roosters recognition motion was withdrawn by Cr Spooner. "Against the Motion: Crs Fabiano, Masselos and Wy Kanak. CM/8.6/26.10 Sydney Roosters - Recognition (A03/0416) MOTION (WITHDRAWN BY CR SPOONER) That Council: 1. Congratulates the Roosters NRL and NRLW teams on being 2026 Premiers." (CM/8.6/26.10 Sydney Roosters - Recognition, motion status) The text calls for congratulating the Roosters for being NRL and NRLW premiers. "DECISION Minutes of Council Meeting 20 October 2026 This is page 26 of the minutes of the Council meeting held on 20 October 2026 That Council: 1. Congratulates the Roosters for being NRL and NRLW premiers and winning their respective seasons." (CM/8.5/26.10 Sydney Roosters - Grand Final Premiers, decision clause 1) SOURCES https://waverley.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/CM_20261020_MIN_880_AT.PDF https://minutesradar.com/news/waverley-infocouncil-council-20-10-2026-20-10-2026-minutes-roosters-to-receive-waverley-key-to-the-city-as-bondi-beach-mural-backed/ Prepared from public council minutes using automated drafting and checks. No meeting attendance or interviews are implied. Check the original record and seek comment before republishing claims or analysis. Illustrations are generic, not depictions of actual projects.