Published on Monday, 10 May 2021 at 3:00:59 PM
Council will conduct its meetings from Albany Town Hall during May in a nostalgic move to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Albany as an independent Local Government.
Albany was among the first local government areas established outside of Perth and has had 465 residents serve as elected members on the municipality’s councils over that time.
In recognition of the role they have played in the development of Albany, all surviving elected members have been invited to the Ordinary Council Meeting in the Town Hall on May 25 which will include a performance by the City of Albany Band and a small civic reception.
The Hall’s upstairs gallery will be transformed into a temporary Council Chamber and also host the Council’s committee meetings on May 11 and 12.
Albany Mayor Dennis Wellington said this anniversary marks 150 years of important decisions that had advanced the City to the thriving, regional community it is today.
“There have been a lot of decisions made within Council Chambers that have had a huge influence on where we are today, like merging the Town and Shire of Albany to form a City back in 1998 and even the decision to build the Town Hall in the first place,” he said.
“We have been fortunate enough to have a brilliant cohort of Mayors and Elected Members through the Council Chamber and it is a great exercise to invite them all back to Albany to be part of the 150-year anniversary and acknowledge the history that they were very much involved in.”
Chief Executive Officer Andrew Sharpe invited the community to attend the meeting at the Town Hall and experience the special occasion.
“The Town Hall played host to many Council meetings of yesteryear, so it’s the perfect opportunity to recreate a chamber and acknowledge this important anniversary of Albany as a local government with our community,” he said.
The City is also making the temporary Town Hall chamber available to schools to run self-guided mock council meetings, with four classes currently scheduled to learn more about how a Council works.
The City of Albany would like to acknowledge and thank everyone that has made a contribution to our amazing community over the last 150 years of Local Government.
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