The Rural City of Ararat is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 4,211 square kilometres (1,626 sq mi) and in the 2021 had a population of 11,880.[4]
The Rural City is governed and administered by the Ararat Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ararat. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Ararat, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 8,076.[6]
The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[8] Composition as of September 2022:
Ward
Councillor
Notes
Unsubdivided
Cr Gwenda Allgood
Cr Jo Armstrong
Mayor
Cr Peter Beales
Cr William Waterston
Cr Bob Sanders
Deputy Mayor
Cr Henry Burridge
Cr Rob Armstrong
Administration and governance
The Ararat Rural City Council meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 6pm in the Council Chamber at the Ararat Shire Hall, 239 Barkly Street, Ararat. The Ararat Municipal Offices, 59 Vincent Street, Ararat, is the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at this location and is open from 8.15am to 5.15pm on week days.
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