Rates & spending · Waverley Council
Waverley Council records audited 2025 - 26 accounts, with any public submissions to go to auditor
The unanimous resolution covered the financial statements, special schedules and auditor’s report, but the unconfirmed minutes do not disclose the figures or whether any submissions were received.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
According to its unconfirmed minutes, Waverley Council formally noted its audited 2025 - 26 financial statements, special schedules and auditor’s report, while directing any public submissions about them to the auditor under sections 419 and 420 of the Local Government Act.
The resolution was recorded as unanimous at the 20 October council meeting. It was moved by Mayor Steven Lewis and seconded by Councillor Ludovico Fabiano.
The minutes do not include the statements’ financial figures or the auditor’s detailed findings. They also do not say whether any public submissions were received, so the record does not establish what issues, if any, were raised.
What deserves a closer look
The recorded action is to note the audited documents and refer any public submissions to the auditor, rather than approve new spending or a financial allocation.
The supplied minutes record the process but do not reproduce the financial statements or auditor's detailed report.
The closing confirmation line is dated 17 November 2026, after the 26 October 2026 source check. It does not establish that the minutes were already signed or confirmed.
Questions for follow-up reporting
Were any public submissions made on the audited statements?
What financial results and audit findings appear in the attached statements and auditor's report?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
Council noted the audited 2025–26 financial statements, including general and special purpose statements and special schedules, as well as the auditor's report, under section 419 of the Local Government Act.
CM/7.4/26.10 Audited Financial Statements 2025-2026 (A25/1782) MOTION / UNANIMOUS DECISION Mover: Cr Lewis Seconder: Cr Fabiano That Council: 1. In accordance with section 419 of the Local Government Act, notes: (a) The audited 2025-26 Financial Statements (including General and Special Purpose Financial Statements and Special Schedules) attached to the report. (b) The auditor's report on the 2025-26 Financial Statements (including General and Special Purpose Financial Statements and Special Schedules) included in the attachment to the report.
CM/7.4/26.10 Audited Financial Statements 2025-2026
Open original minutes ↗Any public submissions on the audited statements are to be referred to the auditor under section 420 of the Local Government Act.
2. In accordance with section 420 of the Local Government Act, refers any public submissions on the audited 2025-26 Financial Statements (including General and Special Purpose Financial Statements and Special Schedules) to the auditor.
CM/7.4/26.10 Audited Financial Statements 2025-2026
Open original minutes ↗The item was recorded as a unanimous decision moved by Cr Lewis and seconded by Cr Fabiano.
CM/7.4/26.10 Audited Financial Statements 2025-2026 (A25/1782) MOTION / UNANIMOUS DECISION Mover: Cr Lewis Seconder: Cr Fabiano That Council: 1. In accordance with section 419 of the Local Government Act, notes: (a) The audited 2025-26 Financial Statements (including General and Special Purpose Financial Statements and Special Schedules) attached to the report.
CM/7.4/26.10 Audited Financial Statements 2025-2026
Open original minutes ↗The financial-statements item refers to attachments for the statements and auditor's report. It does not reproduce their financial figures or detailed audit findings, or state whether any public submissions were received.
CM/7.4/26.10 Audited Financial Statements 2025-2026 (A25/1782) MOTION / UNANIMOUS DECISION Mover: Cr Lewis Seconder: Cr Fabiano That Council: 1. In accordance with section 419 of the Local Government Act, notes: (a) The audited 2025-26 Financial Statements (including General and Special Purpose Financial Statements and Special Schedules) attached to the report. (b) The auditor's report on the 2025-26 Financial Statements (including General and Special Purpose Financial Statements and Special Schedules) included in the attachment to the report. 2. In accordance with section 420 of the Local Government Act, refers any public submissions on the audited 2025-26 Financial Statements (including General and Special Purpose Financial Statements and Special Schedules) to the auditor.
CM/7.4/26.10 Audited Financial Statements 2025-2026
Open original minutes ↗The minutes end with a mayoral signature-and-confirmation line dated 17 November 2026.
13. Meeting Closure THE MEETING CLOSED AT 11.47 PM. ............................................................. SIGNED AND CONFIRMED MAYOR 17 NOVEMBER 2026
Meeting closure and confirmation line
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the supplied, unconfirmed minutes of Waverley Council’s Council meeting held on 20 October 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The unconfirmed minutes record Council noting the audited 2025 - 26 Financial Statements, including general and special purpose financial statements and special schedules.
- Council noted the auditor’s report on those statements.
- The decision was recorded as unanimous, moved by Cr Steven Lewis and seconded by Cr Ludovico Fabiano.
- Any public submissions on the statements are to be referred to the auditor under section 420 of the Local Government Act.
- The minutes do not provide the statements’ financial figures or identify any public submissions.
Why it matters
- The resolution records the formal handling of Council’s audited financial statements and provides a process for public submissions to be considered by the auditor. The minutes alone do not show Council’s financial results or any audit issues.