After the third election campaign in as many years, your new City of Perth Council was sworn in on Tuesday evening by Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas.
We welcome newly elected councillors Bruce Reynolds, Raj Doshi, David Gonsalves and Catherine Lezer. They will serve four year terms ending in October 2027.
Incumbent councillors Liam Gobbert, Clyde Bevan, Viktor Ko and myself still have two years to serve ending in October 2025.
There is a lot of work that happens behind the scenes each month away from Instagram and outside the Council Chamber that often goes unnoticed, but is vital to the good governance of our City.
Deputy Lord Mayor:
Clyde Bevan
Audit & Risk Committee:
Basil Zempilas
Catherine Lezer
Liam Gobbert
Raj Doshi
CEO Performance Review Committee:
Basil Zempilas
Clyde Bevan
Raj Doshi
David Gonsalves
Bruce Reynolds
Catalina Regional Council (primarily managing our land investment - previously known as Tamala Park Regional Council):
Brent Fleeton
Mindarie Regional Council (primarily managing waste/recycling):
Liam Gobbert
Metropolitan Regional Roads Group:
Bruce Reynolds
WALGA Central Metro Zone:
Liam Gobbert
David Gonsalves
Perth Local Development Assessment Panel:
Liam Gobbert
Viktor Ko
(Deputy members: Bruce Reynolds and Raj Doshi)
The next two years:
One of the most important roles of a Councillor is to act as a communications link between our community and the administration. So, as I have done for the past three years, I will continue to send an update after each Council meeting and on matters of particular importance as they come up throughout the term. These updates are never the official position of the City, my colleagues as individuals or the Council as a whole. This is simply my effort to keep you informed and it's just my opinion as one councillor.
My focus throughout each month will continue to be on the basics:
- Delivering local services and infrastructure as efficiently as possible,
- Finishing our new town planning scheme ASAP,
- Utilising our $850 million property portfolio to improve financial outcomes for ratepayers,
- Investing in our $77 million/year parking business to improve profitability for ratepayers through lower costs and improved technology for customers, and
- Whenever necessary, take the fight to the State Government on matters critical to ratepayers.
Meeting schedule:
Our next meeting will be the Agenda Briefing Session on 14 November, with committees meeting to elect individual chairs and setting agendas for their term. You can find more information on our meeting schedule by clicking here.
As usual, if there's anything I can help you with please get in touch by emailing brent.fleeton@cityofperth.wa.gov.au or calling 0406 681 432.
Yours sincerely,
Cr Brent Fleeton