Connecting Local Governments - Recipients and Reports

Department Restructure
From 1 July 2009, the Department of Local Government and Regional Development became the Department of Local Government and the Department of Regional Development and Lands.

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Connecting Local Governments - Recipients and Reports

Connecting Local Governments

Recipients and Reports

Successful CLG Applicants
Successful Applicants 2008 / 2009 (as at December 16, 2008) SuccessfulApplicants 2008PDF 32.42Kb Successful Applicants 2007 / 2008 (as at April 30, 2008) SuccessfulApplicants 2007PDF 38.95Kb Successful Applicants 2006 / 2007 (as at June 30, 2007) SuccessfulApplicants 2006PDF 39.54Kb

Reports
Mergers Shire of Northam and Town of Northam Merger Study View the reportPDF 2.14Mb Shire of Broomehill and Tambellup Feasibility Merger Study View the reportPDF 284.58Kb Regional Local Governments Executive Summary Options for the Formation of a Regional Local Government for the Shires of Carnamah, Coorow, Mingenew, Morawa, Mullewa, Perenjori and Three Springs View the reportPDF 53.38Kb CEO Perspective on implementation of a Regional Local Government for the Mid West Regional Council View the reportPDF 46.85Kb Feasibility Study of Regional Collaborative Models for SEAVROC Local Governments. View the reportPDF 261.50Kb Shared Services Executive Summary Goldfields-Esperance Country Zone Shared Services Project View the reportPDF 204.96Kb Resource Sharing Agreements Executive Summary Kellerberrin Tammin Resource Sharing Agreement View the reportPDF 53.05Kb Shire of Broomehill and Tambellup Resource Sharing Agreement View the reportPDF 1.13Mb South East Avon Voluntary Regional Organisation of Councils Memorandum of Understanding View the reportPDF 175.18Kb Executive Summary Mingenew and Three Springs Resource Sharing Opportunities View the reportPDF 318.88Kb Executive Summary 4WD resource Sharing Opportunities View the reportPDF 122.31Kb

Amalgamation Update

Shires of Broomehill and Tambellup to Amalgamate
The Minister for Local Government accepted the Western Australian Local Government Advisory Board’s recommendation to amalgamate the Shires of Broomehill and Tambellup in order to establish the new Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup from July 1, 2008.

The State Government will provide $433,000 under the Department’s Connecting Local Governments and Structural Reform (CLGSR) program to support a number of change management and infrastructure programs to make a seamless transition to a new local government. Principally funded areas include:

project management and coordination;
change management;
records management upgrade and storage;
IT and communications;
office redesign; and
logo, stationary and public signage.

Both councils have been working towards the creation of a new local government over a number of years, initiated in 2005 through the appointment of a joint Chief Executive Officer and a subsequent Resource Sharing Agreement which saw both Shires enter into a number of other partnership arrangements.

In 2007 the Shires received $30,000 from the CLGSR program to undertake a feasibility study into the amalgamation of the two Shires. This study recommended that ‘a merger between the two councils is supported as an investment in the long term future of the communities they serve’.

The spirit of cooperation and professionalism that has underpinned the processes taken by both councils to form a new local government reflects a focus on the future of these communities, thereby ensuring that sustainable governance mechanisms are in place to support them.

The Department is currently putting in place the necessary arrangements to ensure the creation of a new local government by the required date, including the appointment of a Commissioner oversee the new local government until a council is elected.