Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup
state = wa
region = Great Southern
area = 2609.1
seat = Tambellup
pop = 1,121 (2006 census)
est = 2008
density =


imagesize = 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
logo =
logosize =
url =http://www.broomehill.wa.gov.au
mayor =Jan Grimoldby (Commissioner)
fedgov =O'Connor
stategov =Wagin
near-nw = Katanning
near-n = Katanning
near-ne = Kent
near-w = Kojonup
near-e = Gnowangerup
near-sw = Cranbrook
near-s = Cranbrook
near-se = Gnowangerup

The Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup is a new Local Government Area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, convert|320|km|mi|0 south-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of convert|2609.1|km2|sqmi|1, and its seat of government is the town of Tambellup. It came into existence in 2008 through the amalgamation of the former Shire of Broomehill and Shire of Tambellup.

History

hire of Broomehill

The Broomehill Road Board was gazetted on 19 May 1892. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

hire of Tambellup

The Tambellup Road Board was gazetted in 1905 upon a petition by local residents to separate from the Broomehill Road District. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act.

Amalgamation

On 3 September 2007, the Local Government Advisory Board confirmed that the Shires of Broomehill and Tambellup were looking to merge. A proposal put forward by the Shire of Katanning to absorb Woodanilling, Broomehill and Tambellup was rejected by the other councils. A six week public submission period was conducted in November and December 2007

On 8 February 2008, the two Shires held a combined special meeting and resolved to recommend to the Board, who had originally proposed a system without wards, that the new Shire have two wards—North Ward, with four councillors, representing Broomehill, and South Ward, with five councillors, representing Tambellup. [cite web|url=http://www.dlgrd.wa.gov.au/Publications%5CDocs%5CTambellupBroomehillAmalgamationReportFinal.pdf|title=Assessment of the proposal to amalgamate the Shire of Tambellup and the Shire of Broomehill|author=Local Government Advisory Board|date=March 2008|accessdate=2008-09-29] The Minister accepted the proposal on 17 April 2008, and the Broomehill-Tambellup District Order 2008 was approved by the Governor in Council on 27 May 2008. [Gazette WA|url=http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/gazette/gazette.nsf/searchgazette/951D5015B06833E5C82574550010A010/$file/gg080.pdf| title = Local Government Act 1995 - Broomehill-Tambellup District Order 2008 | file = LG301 | page = 2043-2045 | date = 27 May 2008]

The councillors of both local government authorities resigned at the end of June 2008, and elections for the new local government are expected to take place on 18 October 2008. The entity is being managed in the interim by Commissioner Ms Jan Grimoldby, who had previously been Chief Executive Officer of the Town of Cottesloe in 1993–1998, and had been one of the Commissioners of the amalgamated City of Geraldton-Greenough during 2007, amongst other roles in local government administration. [cite web|url=http://www.zerowastewa.com.au/whoswho/authority/members/|title=Waste Authority Members |author=Department of Environment and Conservation| year=2008|accessdate=2008-09-29]

Wards

The Shire is divided into two wards—North Ward, with four councillors, representing Broomehill, and South Ward, with five councillors, representing Tambellup.

Towns and Localities

* Broomehill
* Tambellup
* Lake Toolbrunup
* Peringillup
* Tunney

References

External links

* [http://www.broomehill.wa.gov.au Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup]