| Warrnambool City Council has an annual budget of around $57 million and employs 485 equivalent full-time staff who deliver a broad range of services to the community.
Services include children, youth, aged, disability; recreation, leisure, major events, arts, cultural activities; health and local laws; Council information and publications; citizenship; building and planning services; environmental programs; waste services; maintenance of roads; drains, gardens, parks and other physical assets; support to business and industry; and many more.
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| Local self-governance in Warrnambool effectively began on 16 August 1854, when a Road Board for the District of Warrnambool was elected.
Less than two years later, Warrnambool declared a municipality, with the first council meeting held in the courthouse on 9 January 1956. Seven councillors had been elected the week before, from a field of 12 candidates.
Warrnambool was declared a borough in 1863, a town in 1883 and a city in 1918.
More than 150 years later, the electoral structure has only recently moved from the previous seven elected Councillors, who each represent one ward to seven elected Councillors representing an unsubdivided municipality.
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| The Victorian Government proclaimed the City’s current municipal boundaries on 15 December 1994. The existing City boundaries include sections of the former Shire of Warrnambool and Shire of Belfast and Shire of Koroit – Local Government areas that were abolished under amalgamations of the State’s shires and councils.
The Council’s ordinary meetings are held every 3 weeks at the Warrnambool Civic Centre, 25 Liebig Street Warrnambool. For further information about the meetings and Council agendas contact Customer Service on (03) 5559 4800.
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