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Gold Coast City Council
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| Gold Coast City Queensland |
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 Gold Coast in South East Queensland |
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| Population: | 469,214 (June 30, 2004) | ||||||||||||
| • Density: | 334.6/km² (867/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1948 as Town of the South Coast (1994 amalgamated with Albert Shire) |
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| Area: | 1,402 km² (541.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Mayor Ron Clarke | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Surfers Paradise (Evandale) | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Gold Coast | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Albert, Broadwater, Burleigh, Currumbin, Gaven, Mudgeeraba, Robina, Southport, Surfers Paradise | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Fadden, Forde, McPherson, Moncrieff | ||||||||||||
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The Gold Coast City Council (or GCCC) is the local authority for the Gold Coast, Queensland and is the second largest local government in Australia based on the City’s resident population. It has a staff of over 2,500.
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The foundation of local government in the Gold Coast region commenced in the 1870s when the Queensland Colonial Government delegated the task of providing local services and raising revenue to a local authority. On 11 November 1879, the Divisional Board of Nerang was proclaimed. Southport was developed as both an administrative centre as well as a holiday destination with hotels and guesthouses to cater for visitors.
Town dwellers had different needs to the rural landholders so Southport ratepayers lobbied the colonial government to create a separate Divisional Board so that rates monies raised by Southport landholders could be spent on town improvements. This resulted in the Southport Divisional Board on 14 July 1883 which would later form the Southport Town Council. In December 1948, Southport and Coolangatta and the coastal strip between the two centres was incorporated into the Town of the South Coast. In October 1958, the Council adopted the name of Gold Coast Town Council and State Government approved the name of the City of Gold Coast on May 16, 1959.
In 1994, the Queensland Local Government Commissioner began to review the local government boundaries in the Gold Coast, Albert and Beaudesert areas. After much public debate, the Local Government Regulation 1994 amalgamated Gold Coast City Council and the Shire of Albert to create a new local authority called the City of Gold Coast Council.
In 2007 the Queensland Local Government Commissioner decided to reduce the number of local governments in Queensland. Ironicly for the Gold Coast, while many local governments will be bigger following this round of reform, the northern most division based on Beenleigh will leave Gold Coast City and become part of the adjacent Logan City shrinking the population and size of Gold Coast City. The changes will come into effect at the March 2008 local government elections.
Gold Coast City Council will aim to be carbon neutral by 2020 via emission reduction and carbon offsetting.
The Mayor of the Gold Coast is Cr Ron Clarke.
Divisional Councillors are:
Division 1 Cr Ray Hackwood - Beenleigh
Division 2 Cr Donna Gates - Coomera
Division 3 Cr Grant Pforr - Paradise Point
Division 4 Cr Rob Molhoek - Biggera Waters
Division 5 Cr Peter Young - Pacific Pines
Division 6 Cr Dawn Crichlow - Southport
Division 7 Cr Susie Douglas - Surfers Paradise
Division 8 Cr Robert La Castra - Ashmore
Division 9 Cr Ted Shepherd - Mudgeeraba
Division 10 Cr Eddy Sarroff - Broadbeach
Division 11 Cr Jan Grew - Robina
Division 12 Cr Greg Betts - Burleigh Heads
Division 13 Cr Daphne McDonald (Deputy Mayor) - Palm Beach
Division 14 Cr Chris Robbins - Coolangatta
The Chief Executive Officer is Dale Dickson. The management is divided into City Governance, Community Services, Economic Development and Major Projects, Engineering Services, Gold Coast Water, Organizational Services and Planning, Environment and Transport. These bureaucrats are answerable to the CEO who is answerable to the Council. The Councillors work under a committee system conducted under the control of the Local Government Act.
Accommodation for Council officers has been an issue of some controversy since amalgamation of Gold Coast City with Albert Shire in 1996. The largest office is at Nerang but Council itself meets at the Evandale Office. Discussions about where a new combined central office have been ongoing with sites including Southport, Robina, Nerang, Evandale and Beenleigh all being investigated. Growth in staff numbers has meant existing Council owned office space is no longer sufficient and so commercial offices have been rented at Waterside West (Bundall) and at Varsity Lakes. The Robina NRL stadium was touted as a location for a new office tower for Council.
The Council is responsible for ensuring local and state laws are observed. Local laws reflect the community need to ensure safety and harmony by governing parking, swimming pools, community halls, libraries, tourist parks, waste services, catchment management, traffic management, coastal management, roads, stormwater, economic development, parks and recreational services, community health and immunisation services, advertising, animal control, wastewater, recycled water and potable water supply. Council regulates permits and licenses for a range of activities and businesses. The planning scheme guides the growth and development of the city.
Gold Coast City Council has prepared a Priority Infrastructure Plan for the City in accordance with state legislative requirements. The plan identifies where growth is expected to occur and the nature, scale, timing and funding of this growth.
- Tugun Desalination Plant
- Raising of Hinze Dam
- Gold Coast Oceanway
- Gold Coast Rapid Transit System
- Gold Coast Ferry Service
- Rosser Park Regional Botanic Gardens
- Evandale Cultural Precinct
- Mermaid Waters Library
- Gold Coast Bold Future
- Gold Coast Shoreline Management Plan
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