Local Government Reform

On Thursday, 5 February 2009 Minister for Local Government, Hon John Castrilli MLA, announced a package of wide-ranging local government reform strategies. The media statement  outlines the Ministers intention to invite "each of the 139 councils within Western Australia to embrace this opportunity to voluntarily amalgamate and to voluntarily reduce the total number of elected members for each council.”

A time period of six months given was to Council's to consider its position and develop a submission to the Department of Local Government and Regional Development by 31 August 2009.

Further Information can be accessed on the Department's website, in its Structural Reform Section.

Key Documents

Key Documents in the Structural Reform Process include:

• The Town of Cottesloe’s Discussion Paper – Local Government Reform.
• The Town of Cottesloe's Council Report on Structural Reform – April 2009.
• Structural Reform Checklist.
• The Town of Cottesloe's Council Report on the number of Elected Members – May 2009.

• The Structural Reform Guidelines - issued by the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, February 2009.

• The Dollery Report  - Rising to the challenge: Reform Options for the Western Suburbs.  
• The Anne Banks-McAllister Community Report  - A model for regional co-operation resource sharing in the Western Suburbs.
• The Price Water House Coopers Report – Western Suburbs Structural Reform Options.

   

Cottesloe's Timeline

The Town of Cottesloe's next step toward its reform submission to the Minister is Community Consultation. This will be carried out via a questionnaire that will be delivered to each resident in Cottesloe by mid August. This same questionnaire will also be available to complete on the website.

Following Community Consultation, a report will be prepared for Council consideration in September 2009 including a finalised reform submission.

Community Consultation

The community consultation period ends on the 31 August 2009.

Further Information

Further information is available from the Department of Local Government and Regional Development website.