Tag Archives: City of Swan

By Claire Ottaviano THE decision to change the City of Swan mayor’s method of election from Council elected to publicly elected will have to wait until the City’s next ward review after a motion to hold a referendum on the ...

By Claire Ottaviano THE City of Swan is bucking the trend by keeping residential rates at a zero per cent increase in 2021/22. Most metropolitan local government areas, including the City of Kalamunda and Shire of Mundaring, opted not to ...

By Claire Ottaviano LOCAL wildlife carers and activists say a draft policy to protect native fauna in urban growth corridors in the City of Swan needs more work. The Native Fauna Management Policy, now open for public comment, relates only ...

By Claire Ottaviano THE City of Swan’s first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) is out for public comment. The long-term project was guided by an advisory group made up of City of Swan councillors, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members ...

By Melissa Sheil AS many Perth business owners and families faced the difficulties of navigating a third COVID-19 lockdown for the year, local governments in the eastern hills region were preparing to adopt their annual budgets and rates charges. In ...

By Claire Ottaviano A MOTION to change the method of electing the City of Swan mayor will come before Council next week. The motion, by Cr Claire Scanlan, asks for a report on the process and implications of changing the ...

By Claire Ottaviano A MOTION to amend an approval for modifications to a Guildford home was deferred by City of Swan Council this month to give neighbours and the landowner more time to work out their grievances. Cr Bryce Parry ...

By Claire Ottaviano A NEW residents and ratepayers group has emerged out of Caversham as a result of an unwanted proposal to split the suburb into two localities. The group was created in response to a proposed motion by Cr ...

By Claire Ottaviano THE City of Swan will go back to the drawing board to refine a proposed policy outlining how the City collects its overdue rates and fees. In March, Council resolved to review the current process for collecting ...

By Claire Ottaviano IT takes a bit more than brasso to clean century-old Mayoral chains, with the historical assets getting special treatment ahead of the City of Swan’s Mayoral dinner in April. This year the City of Swan spent $1500 ...