Northern Beaches Council New South Wales |
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Location in Metropolitan Sydney
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Population | 263,413 (2015) (10th) | ||||||||||||
• Density | 1,037/km2 (2,690/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Established | 12 May 2016 | ||||||||||||
Area | 254 km2 (98.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Administrator | Dick Persson | ||||||||||||
Council seat |
Manly Town Hall Mona Vale Memorial Hall Warringah Civic Centre |
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Region | Metropolitan Sydney | ||||||||||||
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Website | Northern Beaches Council | ||||||||||||
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The Northern Beaches Council is a local government area located in the northern beaches region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Council was formed on 12 May 2016 replacing Manly, Pittwater and Warringah Councils.
The Council comprises an area of 254 square kilometres (98 sq mi) and, at the time of its establishment, had an estimated population of 263,413.
The Administrator of the Northern Beaches Council is Dick Persson AM, until the elections for councillors to take place on 9 September 2017.
The following suburbs are located within Northern Beaches Council:
The following localities are located within Northern Beaches Council:
The Northern Beaches Council is under the management of Administrator Dick Persson and Interim General Manager Mark Ferguson until elections are held on 9 September 2017. The Code of meeting practice for Manly Council will be used as the provisional code for the new council. The first meeting of the Northern Beaches Council was held at Manly Town Hall on 19 May 2016.
Several committees were established at the council's first meeting to advise the Administrator and the Council on implementation matters and are composed of former councillors and mayors of the three former councils:
The Local Government Proclamation announced that the next council elections for the newly formed area would occur on or about 9 September 2017. That election will be for fifteen Councillors elected proportionally in five wards, with three councillors elected in each ward. The mayor will be elected annually by the councillors; a process that continues the practice of Pittwater, but not Manly or Warringah, whose mayors were formerly directly elected since 1995 and 2008 respectively.