25-530: The City of Moonee Valley is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia, on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country. It comprises the inner north-western suburbs between 3 and 13 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre . In 2023, the City of Moonee Valley Estimated Resident Population was 126,486, with a population density of 2,935 persons per square km, based on
50-496: A community emissions reduction target of net zero emissions by 2040 and established the Moreland Zero Carbon 2040 Framework Strategy and the first 5-year action plan to achieve that target. Other key climate and sustainability policies and strategies driving climate action include: Climate Emergency Action Plan (2020 to 2025), Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy, Waste and Litter Strategy, Achieving zero Carbon in
75-418: A recommendation that the 10 single councillor wards be replaced by three multi-councillor wards. A consequence of the change from single-councillor to multi-councillor wards was a change in election method from Instant runoff voting to proportional representation via Single transferable vote . Elections are held every four years. In November 2021, it came to the council's attention that Moreland's namesake
100-576: Is a local government area in metropolitan Melbourne , Australia. It comprises the inner northern suburbs between 4 and 11 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD . The Merri-bek local government area covers 51 km (20 sq mi), and in June 2018, it had a population of 181,725. The local government area was created as the City of Moreland in 1994 during the amalgamations of local governments by
125-854: Is a list of former local government areas in Victoria. Many of these existed from the 19th century until the 1994 statewite local government amalgamations . This is a list of former Greater Melbourne local government areas. These local government areas were considered part of Greater Melbourne at the time of their dissolution. City of Merri-bek City of Darebin Shire of Nillumbik City of Darebin City of Hobsons Bay Shire of Mornington Peninsula City of Darebin City of Moonee Valley City of Hume City of Bayside City of Kingston City of Bayside City of Darebin City of Kingston City of Port Phillip City of Kingston City of Maribyrnong This
150-630: Is a list of former regional local government areas around Geelong and surrounding the Greater Melbourne area. These local government areas were not considered part of Greater Melbourne at the time of their dissolution. Surf Coast Shire City of Greater Dandenong City of Frankston City of Greater Dandenong Bass Coast Shire Shire of Mornington Peninsula Shire of Murrindindi City of Banyule Shire of Cardinia City of Knox Surf Coast Shire City of Merri-bek The City of Merri-bek ( / ˈ m ɛ r iː b ɛ k / )
175-410: Is called a city and is governed by a city council, while a rural LGA covering a larger rural area is usually called a shire and is governed by a shire council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures, regardless of their classification. Local elections are held in Victoria every four years with the most recent elections held in 2024. (2021) This
200-597: The 2023 Census . Moonee Valley was formed in December 1994 after the merger of the City of Essendon and eastern parts of the City of Keilor . The original council logo from 1994 was replaced in February 2010. Exchange prefixes in the city are 937x, 837x, 933x or 833x (the latter left over from the old City of Keilor ). The Moonee Valley is a culturally diverse region with a substantial residential population and various commercial set-ups and industries. It comprises
225-681: The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy , the Cities Power Partnership , Climate Emergency Australia (CEA), Climate Active, The Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (NAGA), and has declared pledges in the TAKE2 scheme with Sustainability Victoria. Council declared a climate emergency on 12 September 2018. For operational emissions, Moreland Council was certified as a ‘carbon neutral’ council in 2012. This required purchase of carbon offset credits. Moreland
250-965: The Moonee Valley Racecourse , Essendon Airport and has several shopping precincts, restaurants, parks and offices. It is well connected and easily accessible through trams and the Craigieburn train line. It is also a thriving business centre, with close to 10,000 businesses operating in the region. Prior to the 2024 Council Elections, The City of Moonee Valley had three wards: Buckley, Myrnong and Rose Hill. Buckley Ward comprises Essendon Fields, Essendon North, Strathmore, Aberfeldie, most of Essendon and Strathmore Heights, and parts of Moonee Ponds and Essendon West. Myrnong Ward comprises Ascot Vale, Flemington, Travancore, most of Moonee Ponds and part of Essendon. Rose Hill Ward comprises Avondale Heights, Keilor East, Airport West, Niddrie, most of Essendon West and part of Strathmore Heights. At
275-574: The state government , being created from the former local government areas of the City of Brunswick , the City of Coburg and the southern part of the City of Broadmeadows . It was renamed to Merri-bek in September 2022. In 2004 the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC), an independent authority created under Victorian state legislation, conducted a representation review of the council's electoral structure, resulting in
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#1732780988762300-523: The 2016 census. ^ - Territory divided with another LGA ^ = territory divided with another LGA 37°46′S 144°55′E / 37.767°S 144.917°E / -37.767; 144.917 Local government areas of Victoria This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria , sorted by region. Also referred to as municipalities, the 79 Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34), shires (38), rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). In general, an urban or suburban LGA
325-439: The 2023/24 year. The City of Moonee Valley has five libraries: The libraries offer uncommon services such as a seed library, where customers can take home seeds to grow plants or flowers. In 2024, Moonee Valley Libraries removed overdue fines for late return of items. The change was made to remove a potential barrier of people using the library services. At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 121,851 up from 116,671 at
350-518: The 2024 Council Elections, nine wards were established with each ward electing once councillor each. The following wards were established; Councillors are elected from nine single member wards. The current council was elected in October 2024, its composition is: The current mayor is Pierce Tyson and the Deputy Mayor is Narelle Sharpe. They were elected by council in October 2023 and will serve
375-768: The Minister's decision to alter the name was gazetted on 13 September 2022 and came into operation on 26 September. Merri-bek Council runs the Counihan Gallery at the Brunswick Town Hall , a free public art gallery named after the local artist, Noel Counihan . Other art events supported by Council include the MoreArt event, an art in public spaces show located along the Upfield transport corridor. The council also sponsors various street festivals around
400-667: The Planning Scheme, Sustainable Buildings Policy, Urban Heat Island Effect Action Plan, Urban Forest Strategy, Watermap, Procurement policy, Cooling the Upfield Corridor Action Plan, Food Systems Strategy, Fossil Fuel Divestment Strategy, Moreland Nature Plan. During 2021 City of Moreland supported a climate disaster levy on coal exports, and endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative ,
425-409: The area's first colonial sale. McCrae gave the land the name Moreland. Some suggest he may have taken this name from a Jamaican sugar plantation that his paternal grandfather Alexander McCrae worked at from the late 1760s to the early 1790s, which was involved in slave trading , and kept up to 500 to 700 enslaved people in the operation in any one year. Greens Mayor Mark Riley said "The history behind
450-522: The first government jurisdiction in Australia to do so. Councillors are elected from three multi-member wards, two electing four members, and one electing three, for a total of eleven councillors. The council's most recent election took place in October 2020. Its current composition is: The current mayor is Helen Davidson Cr. These wards will come into effect at the October 2024 election . At
475-444: The leading municipal councils in Australia in adopting policies on climate action and sustainability. A January 2020 ClimateWorks Australia local government report identified City of Moreland as one of 3 out of 57 municipal jurisdictions in Australia to have a "fully aligned net zero by 2050 target that addresses both operational and community emissions." City of Merri-bek is a member of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability,
500-850: The municipality which are powered by 100% zero emissions renewable energy from the Crowlands Wind Farm, near Ararat. In 2014, City of Moreland joined with the City of Melbourne and several other institutions and established the Melbourne Renewable Energy Project (MREP). This project developed and funded the construction of a purpose-built 39 turbine, 80 MW Crowlands windfarm, which started supplying 100% renewables power to Council facilities and buildings in 2019. Moreland's community wide municipal emissions in 2019 were 1,609,000 tonnes CO2e, composed of sectoral emissions of: Waste (3%), Transport (17%), Gas (21%), Electricity (59%). The City of Merri-bek has set
525-507: The municipality, the best known being the Sydney Road Street Party . One of the highlights of Merri-bek is its public library. Merri-bek City Libraries has five branches. Other Merri-bek local government services include maternal and child health service, waste and recycling collection, parks and open space, a youth space called Oxygen, services for children, and aged services. Merri-bek/Moreland Council has been one of
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#1732780988762550-732: The naming of this area is painful, uncomfortable and very wrong. It needs to be addressed". In May 2022 a choice of three proposed names from the Woi-wurrung language was announced by Riley and Uncle Andrew Gardiner, deputy chair of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation: Wa-dam-buk, meaning “renew”; Merri-bek, meaning “rocky country”; and Jerrang, meaning “leaf of tree”. The names were scheduled to be decided by July 2022 following community consultation. The community consultation for
575-558: The renaming commenced in May 2022 and ended June 2022. Some residents expressed dissatisfaction with the process resulting in a petition to council. On 3 July 2022 (coinciding with the start of NAIDOC Week ) the Council voted at a Special Council Meeting to officially endorse Merri-bek as the preferred name. The name was submitted to the Minister for Local Government for consideration and
600-454: Was indirectly associated with a Jamaican plantation site that had traded slaves up to the 1800s. This historical information was contained in the 2010 Moreland Council publication Thematic History , and published in books and articles as far back as 1944. In October 1839, Scottish surgeon and settler Dr Farquhar McCrae was sold land between Moonee Ponds Creek and Sydney Road by the Crown in
625-448: Was the second council in Victoria, and the third in Australia, to receive this certification. A target of 30% less emissions than 2011, with a stretch goal of 40% by 2020, was over-achieved with an emissions cut of 69% by 2020, which will reduce the carbon offsets required to be purchased. Moreland City Council installed Victoria's first EV fast charge station in 2013. This has now grown to a network of 16 public EV charging stations around
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