General Information

Council Meetings are held on every third Wednesday of the month, commencing at 9.15am in the Council Chambers, Chanter Street, Berrigan

Council allocates 15 minutes for question time from residents to the Council or senior staff relating to Council activities which commences at 9.00am prior to the Council meeting. Ratepayers are encouraged to attend Council Meetings.

Council meeting dates for 2009 are as follows:

• 21st January
• 18th February
• 18th March
• 15th April
• 20th May
• 17th June
• 15th July
• 19th August
• 16th September
• 21st October
• 18th November
• 16th December

Council Meeting Minutes and Agendas are available here

Vision for the Shire

The Berrigan Shire Council has developed a vision and set of goals and objectives for the benefit of the entire community. Council encourages the active participation of the residents and members of the Berrigan Shire in realising these goals and objectives and welcomes positive and constructive interaction with the community.

The Berrigan Shire's vision for its community is - Leadership

The Council will recognise Federal and State Government policies in providing regional and local leadership - Advocacy

The Council will act as the community's advocate to help shape Federal and State and corporate policies to better reflect and service our community and to ensure that residents are fairly treated and serviced by Federal and State Governments and corporate policies - Partnership

The Council and the community will co-operate to enable people to have a sense of belonging and pride in the community - Quality of Life

A quality of life that provides a safe and clean environment where social and community values are paramount - Infrastructure

A properly planned and maintained infrastructure and service network is provided including:

• roads and transport systems drainage
• waste management
• water and sewer services
• recreation facilities
• parks and gardens
• buildings and properties
• libraries
• community and cultural services

Economic Development

An area which is economically prosperous through:

• Agriculture
• Tourism
• Human services
• Business support to existing and new businesses
• Fostering job creation
• Encouraging diversification/value adding
• Attraction of new businesses

Access to Services

To provide an environment where the community has a range of public and private services available that are appropriate to its diverse needs.

Demonstrated Quality and Value for Money

That the Council is an organisation which will be customer focused and will deliver demonstrated quality and value for money services by:-

• Market testing
• Benchmarking
• Using Best Practice