LAST year Albury saw the ascent of its new mayor Henk van de Ven.
He took over the reins from former mayor Cr Kevin Mack who served for two terms from September 2013 to September 2015.
Cr van de Ven’s main goal coming into his new posting was to preserve the future of local government.
Cr van de Ven, who had been on Albury Council for 11 years and served as deputy mayor four times strongly believed that the biggest issue was the future of council.
“We’ve lost indexation on FAG grants, we’ve had to put up the money for Fit for the Future submissions, and there’s rumours and innuendo around about what’s going to happen to councils – that they’re all going to be sacked, they’re all going to be forced to merge, and I think that’s the real hub of the whole issue at the moment,” Cr van de Ven said at that time.
During his term as mayor, Cr van de Ven said he wanted to ensure that the council was well engaged with the community and listened to what it wants for the future progress of the city.
“I think the people of Albury deserve democracy at a local level,” he said.
“I think we’ve got some tough times with the Fit for the Future and possible amalgamations so my aim really is to continue the good work this council has done in the past three years.”
The City of Albury is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The area covers 305.9 square kilometres (118.1 sq mi) to the north of the Murray River. The area extends around 10–12 km east and west along the river from the centre of Albury and up to 20 km north.
Albury is located 460 kilometres (290 mi) to the south–west of Sydney and 260 kilometres (160 mi) to the north–east of Melbourne. The national Hume Highway passes through the area. Other major road transport links include the Riverina Highway that commences east of Albury and runs west to Deniliquin; and north of Albury, the Olympic Highway connects Albury with Cowra. The city forms a major crossing point of the Murray River and also the railway junction of the Main Southern line with the North East line.
Albury was declared a municipality in 1859 and proclaimed a city in 1946.
The Mayor of the City of Albury is Cr. Henk van de Ven.
He took over the reins from former mayor Cr Kevin Mack who served for two terms from September 2013 to September 2015.
Cr van de Ven’s main goal coming into his new posting was to preserve the future of local government.
Cr van de Ven, who had been on Albury Council for 11 years and served as deputy mayor four times strongly believed that the biggest issue was the future of council.
“We’ve lost indexation on FAG grants, we’ve had to put up the money for Fit for the Future submissions, and there’s rumours and innuendo around about what’s going to happen to councils – that they’re all going to be sacked, they’re all going to be forced to merge, and I think that’s the real hub of the whole issue at the moment,” Cr van de Ven said at that time.
During his term as mayor, Cr van de Ven said he wanted to ensure that the council was well engaged with the community and listened to what it wants for the future progress of the city.
“I think the people of Albury deserve democracy at a local level,” he said.
“I think we’ve got some tough times with the Fit for the Future and possible amalgamations so my aim really is to continue the good work this council has done in the past three years.”
The City of Albury is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The area covers 305.9 square kilometres (118.1 sq mi) to the north of the Murray River. The area extends around 10–12 km east and west along the river from the centre of Albury and up to 20 km north.
Albury is located 460 kilometres (290 mi) to the south–west of Sydney and 260 kilometres (160 mi) to the north–east of Melbourne. The national Hume Highway passes through the area. Other major road transport links include the Riverina Highway that commences east of Albury and runs west to Deniliquin; and north of Albury, the Olympic Highway connects Albury with Cowra. The city forms a major crossing point of the Murray River and also the railway junction of the Main Southern line with the North East line.
Albury was declared a municipality in 1859 and proclaimed a city in 1946.
The Mayor of the City of Albury is Cr. Henk van de Ven.
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