FOGO Facility Business Case council records

Related issues and areas

Issue Community services and facilities Issue Roads, traffic and parking Issue Planning, development and housing Issue Projects and capital works Issue Budget, rates and governance Issue Waste, water and environment Issue Funding and grants Area Buttonderry Waste Management Facility Area Wyong Area Wyong Administration Building Area Mannering Park Area Davistown Road, Saratoga Area Mangrove Mountain Area MacMasters Beach

Mentions in the minutes

Accepted as final and used to support procurement steps.
Key waste infrastructure proposal recommended to proceed toward EOI and approvals.
Key waste infrastructure proposal considered but not advanced.
This is a major waste and organics processing decision that could affect future waste services, infrastructure, and local environmental outcomes.
May shape future food and garden organics processing, waste services, and infrastructure investment on the Central Coast.
Delays any immediate progression of the proposed FOGO processing facility and keeps current waste collection settings unchanged in this meeting.

Related decisions

Central Coast Council · 22 July 2025

FOGO facility business case endorsed and EOI approved

Council accepted the final FOGO Facility Business Case and agreed that a proposed at least 100,000 tonne per annum in-vessel composting FOGO facility at Buttonderry Waste Management Facility should proceed to an Expression of Interest process, subject to Office of Local Government requirements for a PPP/BOOT procurement pathway.

This is a major waste and organics processing decision that could affect future waste services, infrastructure, and local environmental outcomes.

Central Coast Council · 1 July 2025

FOGO facility project backed to move toward market testing

The committee recommended Council accept the final FOGO Facility Business Case, support progressing a 100,000 tonne per annum in-vessel composting facility at Buttonderry Waste Management Facility, seek Office of Local Government assessment for the proposed PPP/BOOT model, and release an expression of interest subject to approvals.

May shape future food and garden organics processing, waste services, and infrastructure investment on the Central Coast.

Central Coast Council · 10 June 2025

FOGO facility EOI proposal lost

A motion to accept the FOGO business case and move to an Expression of Interest process for a 100,000 tonne per year in-vessel composting facility at Buttonderry Waste Management Facility under a PPP/BOOT model was lost. An alternative motion carried recommending Council circulate the May 2024 feasibility report and Administrator decision to all councillors.

Delays any immediate progression of the proposed FOGO processing facility and keeps current waste collection settings unchanged in this meeting.

Gosford Regional Library

Council noted progress on the Gosford Regional Library project.

Signals ongoing progress on a major civic facility.

Central Coast Council · 10 June 2025

FOGO waste processing project

The committee considered a confidential business case for a FOGO facility at Buttonderry, including procurement and PPP arrangements, but did not support proceeding to EOI at this meeting.

Important for future organics waste processing and long-term waste infrastructure planning on the Central Coast.

Meetings mentioning this project or entity

Central Coast Council · 22 July 2025

Council Meeting - 22 Jul 2025 6:30 PM

Council adopted key water and sewer, borrowing and investment, and public toilet policies; approved land acquisitions for pathway and road projects; advanced flood, asbestos, animal and squirrel glider policies to exhibition; and endorsed next steps for a major FOGO processing facility at Buttonderry.

Central Coast Council · 1 July 2025

Environment and Planning Committee - 1 Jul 2025 7:00 PM

The committee advanced several environment and planning matters, including public exhibition of animal and species plans, adoption of sub-committee terms of reference, fire safety follow-up actions, and support for progressing a FOGO facility project to an expression of interest stage.

Central Coast Council · 10 June 2025

Extraordinary Environment and Planning Committee - 10 Jun 2025 7:00 PM

The committee backed MacMasters Beach coastal management actions, sent a draft flood policy to public exhibition, narrowed a planning proposal report to noting statistics only, and rejected a proposal to advance a FOGO facility expression of interest.