19-575: The City of Wodonga is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria , Australia , located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 433 square kilometres (167 sq mi) and in August 2021, had a population of 43,253. It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Wodonga urban area, while other significant settlements within
38-458: A Shire of Tallangatta councillor from 1968 until 1994, and Mike Hansen, a retired army officer with management and logistics experience. The commissioners decided in 1995 that, to give the city a fresh image, the term "rural" be dropped from use except when legally required. It has since been officially renamed to the City of Wodonga. The elected council was reinstituted in 1997. The current council
57-628: 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
76-488: 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 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
95-701: 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
114-593: 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 Local government areas of Victoria This
133-410: 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
152-464: Is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. The current councillors were elected on 23 October 2020, and were announced 6 November 2020. On 23 November 2020, the councillors elected Kevin Poulton as Mayor for a one-year term, with a unanimous decision to have no Deputy Mayor. In March 2022, Kat Bennett announced that she would be resigning from council, the vacancy
171-633: Is governed and administered by the Wodonga City Council ; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Wodonga. The city is named after the main urban settlement located in the north-east of the LGA, that is Wodonga, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 16,487. It provides governance for the Victorian part of
190-621: The Albury-Wodonga urban area. Wodonga was first surveyed in 1852 and proclaimed the town of Belvoir in the same year. In 1876 the Victorian colonial government granted a request from the people of the area for their district to be severed from the Shire of Yackandandah to form a new municipality, and on 10 March 1876, the Shire of Wodonga was incorporated. On 12 April 1911 it annexed a further part of Yackandandah, and on 30 March 1973, Wodonga
209-494: The LGA include Bandiana and Bonegilla . Its floral and fauna emblems are pink heath and the Leadbeater's possum respectively—the same as those of the state of Victoria. It is one of only a few regional councils in Victoria to remain serving just one urban district after the amalgamation process of 1994, although through that process it did gained some portions of the former shires of Chiltern and Yackandandah . The city
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#1732797431594228-656: The Local Government Act 1989, an independent review of Wodonga's internal structure was commissioned and advertised on 13 May 2004 by the Victorian Government. The final report by the Victorian Electoral Commission , issued on 27 September 2004, recommended that the council be increased in size to seven elected members, noting that at the time of the report, Wodonga was the only city council with fewer than seven, and that
247-469: The city had a population of 43,253 up from 39,351 in the 2016 census ^ – Territory divided with another LGA * Estimate in 1958 Victorian Year Book. 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
266-399: 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 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
285-511: The sitting seven councillors losing their seats, and saw the City of Wodonga gain a new Mayor and Deputy-Mayor, Crs Mark Byatt and Angela Collins respectively. The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Wodonga Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Wodonga. The 2021 census,
304-411: The task of representing the diversity and issues of a growing regional city was complex. It recommended leaving the City unsubdivided as it had a single, dominant centre and a small area. The council was restructured accordingly and elections held on 26 November 2005 returned seven councillors with Rodney Wangman as mayor and Brian Wicks as deputy mayor. Elections in late November 2008 resulted in four of
323-492: Was composed of four wards and twelve councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each of the following wards: The council was replaced with three commissioners on 18 November 1994, and at the 1997 inaugural elections of the new council , five councillors were elected to an unsubdivided municipality. Following the enactment of the Local Government (Democratic Reform) Act 2003 (Vic.), which amended
342-414: Was filled by a countback from the 2020 election, and Danny Lowe was elected to fill the position. In October 2022, John Watson tendered his resignation after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. A countback from the 2020 election was once again conducted, and Danny Chamberlain was elected. In December 2022, mayoral elections took place and the council elected new mayor, Ron Mildren. Prior to 1994, Wodonga
361-632: Was proclaimed a Rural City by the Governor of Victoria , Sir Rohan Delacombe . The municipality survived widespread local government amalgamations in 1994, gaining the Baranduda and Barnawartha North districts from neighbouring shires. However, the councillors were dismissed on 18 November 1994, and replaced by commissioners Mel Read, a long-serving executive of the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation, Des Kelly,
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