Council Meeting Wrap Up - 19 June 2025

Published on 27 June 2025

Welcome to our Council Meeting wrap up for Lane Cove Council's Ordinary Meeting - 19 June 2025. 

Council’s June meeting provided the opportunity to finalise a number of important strategic and operational plans ahead of the 2025/26 financial year.

A summary of the meeting includes:

• Our future plans: Council adopted the revised Liveable Lane Cove 2035 Community Strategic Plan. This plan outlines a 10-year vision for Lane Cove as a connected, inclusive, sustainable community. It reflects extensive community feedback gathered through a range of community consultation processes in recent months and will now be delivered through Council’s supporting plans. This includes the 2025/26 Budget, Fees and Charges, Delivery Program and Operational Plan, Resourcing Strategy and Associated Resource Plans; all of which were adopted at the Council meeting.

• Lane Cove Sport & Recreation Centre Tenders: The results of the Lane Cove Sport and Recreation Centre Tender processes were presented to Council. Council resolved to accept the Tender Evaluation Panel recommendation of Sydney Sports Management Group Pty Ltd (SSMG) for Facility Operation and Management (excluding food, beverage, and events) with additional actions to be undertaken in relation to finalisation of the contract. This includes a future report to the July Council workshop followed by the July Council meeting. Council resolved to decline to accept all tender submissions to the Selective Request for Tender for the Operation and Management for Food, Beverage, and Events at the Lane Cove Sport and Recreation Centre with a further report to come to the 21 August 2025 meeting of Council (or at an extraordinary meeting of Council before that date) outlining the options explored for operation and management of the Food, Beverage, and Events services at the Centre.

• Community feedback: Council received reports on the outcome of a number of recent consultations and as a result adopted Council’s first ever Social Inclusion Strategy, first Gambling Harm Minimisation Policy and first Policy related to Councillor Meetings with Registered Lobbyists and Property Developers. There will also be the opportunity for the community to have their say on a number of items following their endorsement for public exhibition including the St Leonards South - Review of Section 7.11 Contributions as well as the revised Event Management Policy and Car Share Policy.

Full list of topics featured in the June 2025 Ordinary Council meeting:

• Orders of the Day - the Mayor congratulated the following Lane Cove community members on receiving King’s Birthday honour awards:
  • Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - Dr Michael David Steiner for significant service to medicine in the field of ophthalmology as a surgeon, and to professional associations.
  • Awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM) - Ms Fiona Towers for outstanding public service to economic regulatory reform in NSW.

• Mayoral Minute - Appointment of General Manager – Grant of Power of Attorney to General Manager
• Notice of Motion - Electoral Campaign Reform for Local Governments: Review and Response to the Conduct of the 2025 Federal Election
• Lane Cove Sport and Recreation Centre - Request for Tender - Facility Operation and Management (excluding food, beverage, and events)
• Lane Cove Sport and Recreation Centre - Request for Tender - Operation and Management of Food, Beverage, and Events
• St Leonards South - Review of Section 7.11 Contributions
• Community Consultation Results - Revised Draft Community Strategic Plan 2035
• Community Consultation Results - Draft 2025/26 Budget, Draft Fees and Charges, Draft Delivery Program and Operational Plan, Draft Resourcing Strategy and Associated Resource Plans
• Community Consultation Results - Draft Social Inclusion Strategy
• Community Consultation Results - Draft Gambling Harm Minimisation Policy
• Community Consultation Results - Councillor Meetings with Registered Lobbyists and Property Developers Policy
• Proposed Notification Process for Removal of Trees and Significant Vegetation on Council Land
• Local Planning Panel Expert Panel Member
• Policy Update - Councillor and Staff Interaction Policy
• Policy Review - Car Share Policy 2025
• Policy Review - Events Management Policy
• Traffic Committee - Tuesday, 20 May 2025
• Council Snapshot May 2025

To view the full Agenda and the current Minutes for the above meeting, visit our Business Papers and Minutes page.

You can also view a webcast of this meeting and view the full schedule of dates for upcoming Council meetings.