2018/2019 Annual Report
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Following a change to the Local Government Act 1999,<br />
periodic reviews of Elector representation are now<br />
scheduled by the Electoral Commission of SA to confirm<br />
that governance arrangements are adequate within each<br />
Council and that they provide a fair representation for<br />
electors. The prescribed process (commonly known as<br />
a Representation Review) enables Councils to examine<br />
whether a change in elector representation arrangements is<br />
appropriate, and must include a review of Ward boundaries<br />
and the composition of Council.<br />
An essential step in the Representation Review process<br />
is the opportunity for electors and members of the public<br />
to make submissions to the review. Section 12 of the Act<br />
prescribes this process; a summary is described below:<br />
1. At the commencement of the Review, a suitably qualified<br />
person must prepare a Representations Options Paper<br />
on Council’s behalf. Interested members of the public<br />
then have a consultation period of at least 6 weeks in<br />
which to forward written submissions to Council.<br />
2. Council then prepares a report on the outcomes of<br />
the consultation period and tables its representation<br />
proposal. A similar opportunity must then be provided<br />
for interested persons to make written submissions on<br />
this report for a consultation period of at least 3 weeks.<br />
Any person who makes a written submission must also<br />
be given the opportunity to appear before the Council or<br />
a Council Committee and to be heard on the submission.<br />
In early 2017 Council concluded its Representation Review<br />
with Council resolving the following:<br />
»»<br />
The principal member of the elected Council be the<br />
Mayor, elected by the whole of the Community at City-wide<br />
elections<br />
»»<br />
The elected Council comprise ten (10) Ward Councillors<br />
»»<br />
The City be divided into five (5) Wards, as per the current<br />
Ward structure, with each Ward being represented by two<br />
(2) Ward Councillors<br />
»»<br />
The existing Ward names being Gorge Ward, Hectorville<br />
Ward, Newton Ward, River Ward and Woodforde Ward be<br />
retained.<br />
The review was certified by the Electoral Commissioner of<br />
South Australia on 1 May 2017 and was gazetted on 7 June<br />
2017. The next Representation Review is scheduled to be<br />
undertaken in 2024.<br />
Campbelltown City Council<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2018</strong> / <strong>2019</strong><br />
15
Change language