The Lord Mayor is Chair of meetings of the Melbourne City Council and represents the City of Melbourne on the following advisory committees and external organisations:
1200 Buildings: Melbourne’s Building Retrofit Project Steering Committee
Melbourne City Council Audit Committee
Australian Council of Local Government Steering Committee
Business Partner City Network
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Cancer Council of Victoria
Council of Capital City Lord Mayors
Enterprise Melbourne Advisory Forum
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) Australasian Mayors Council for Climate Protection
Coordination Committee (Councillor Oke represents the Lord Mayor as proxy)
Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation
Melbourne Arts Trust
Shrine of Remembrance.
Deputy Lord Mayor Susan Riley
Served as Deputy Lord Mayor, 2001–04. Re-elected in 2008.
The Deputy Lord Mayor represents the City of Melbourne on the following advisory committees and external organisations:
Melbourne City Council Audit Committee
Inner South Metropolitan Mayors’ Forum
Lord Mayor's Commendations Advisory Group 2009–11
Melbourne Awards Advisory Board
Melbourne Arts Trust
Melbourne Day Committee
Melbourne Retail Advisory Board 2009–12
Melbourne Spring Fashion Week Advisory Board
Moomba Waterfest Working Group
Police Community Consultative Committee – Central Activities District
Shine of Remembrance – Remembrance Day Dinner, 75th Anniversary Committee
Tourism Promotion Organisation for Asia-Pacific Cities.
Cr Peter Clarke
First elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2008.
Cr Clarke is Chair of the Melbourne City Council’s Planning Committee and represents the City of Melbourne on the following advisory committees and external organisations:
City Licensing Approvals Forum
Inner Melbourne Action Plan Implementation Committee
Inner South Metropolitan Mayors’ Forum.
Before the November 2008 election, Cr Clarke was Co-Chair of the Melbourne City Council’s Docklands Coordination Committee and represented the City of Melbourne on the following advisory committees and external organisations:
Community Services Grants Program Selection Panel
Subcommittee (Convention Centre Plans and Reports).
Cr Carl Jetter
First elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2008.
Cr Jetter is Chair of the Melbourne City Council’s Economic Development and Knowledge City Committee and currently represents the City of Melbourne on the following advisory committees and external organisations:
City Licensing Approvals Forum
Melbourne Day Committee
Melbourne Hospitality Advisory Board 2009–12
Moomba Waterfest Working Group.
Before the November 2008 election, Cr Jetter was Chair of the Melbourne City Council’s Marketing and Events Committee and represented the City of Melbourne on the following advisory committees and external organisations:
Cultural Precincts Steering Committee
District Precinct Program 2007–10
Melbourne Awards Committee
Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show Event Advisory Group
Melbourne Marketing Advisory Body
New Year’s Eve Event Partners
Osaka Cup Executive Group
Strategic Purchasing (MAPS Group Ltd)
Tourism Task Force
Victorian Local Governance Association.
Cr Jennifer Kanis
First elected in 2008.
Cr Kanis is Chair of the Melbourne City Council’s People and Creative City Committee, Deputy Chair of the Planning Committee and represents the City of Melbourne on the following advisory committees and external organisations:
City of Melbourne Parks and Gardens Advisory Committee
Disability Advisory Committee
Family and Children’s Advisory Committee
Housing Choices Australia
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Cr Kevin Louey
First elected in 2008.
Cr Louey is Chair of the Melbourne City Council’s Connected City Committee and represents the City of Melbourne on the following:
Docklands Coordination Committee (Co-Chair) which is jointly operated by the council and VicUrban
Metropolitan Transport Forum.
Cr Cathy Oke
First elected in 2008.
Cr Oke is Chair of the Melbourne City Council’s Eco-City Committee, Deputy Chair of the Connected City Committee, Deputy Co-Chair of the Docklands Coordination Committee and represents the City of Melbourne on the following advisory committees and external organisations:
Bicycle Reference Group
City of Melbourne Parks and Gardens Advisory Committee
City of Melbourne Water Reference Group
ICLEI Executive Committee
ICLEI Management Committee
ICLEI Australasian Mayors Council for Climate Protection Coordination Committee (represents the Lord Mayor as proxy)
Metropolitan Waste Management Group
Moonee Ponds Creek Coordination Committee
Victorian Road Based Public Transport Advisory Council.
Cr Ken Ong
First elected in 2008.
Cr Ong is Deputy Chair of the Melbourne City Council’s Economic Development and Knowledge City Committee, Deputy Chair of the Finance and Governance Committee and Deputy Chair of the People and Creative City Committee. Cr Ong also represents the City of Melbourne on the following advisory committees and external organisations:
Committee for Melbourne
District Precinct Program 2007–10
Moomba Waterfest Working Group.
Cr Brian Shanahan
First elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2008.
Cr Shanahan is Chair of the Melbourne City Council’s Finance and Governance Committee, Deputy Chair of the Eco-City Committee and currently represents the City of Melbourne on the following advisory committees and external organisations:
Audit Committee
Melbourne Arts Trust
North Melbourne Recreation Reserve Landscape Plan Advisory Committee
Police Community Consultative Committee – Melbourne West
Victorian Local Governance Association.
Before the November 2008 election, Cr Shanahan was Chair of the Melbourne City Council’s Finance and Governance Committee and represented the City of Melbourne on the following advisory committees and external organisations:
Audit Committee
Community Infrastructure Implementation Subcommittee
Environmental Impact of Commercial Waste Collection Subcommittee
Inner South Metropolitan Mayors’ Forum
Kensington North Melbourne Boundary Transition Advisory Committee
Municipal Association of Victoria
North Melbourne Recreation Reserve Landscape Plan Advisory Committee.
Outgoing council
On 1 July 2008 the Melbourne City Council comprised:
Lord Mayor John So
Deputy Lord Mayor Gary Singer
Councillor Fraser Brindley
Councillor Peter Clarke
Councillor Carl Jetter
Councillor Catherine Ng
Councillor Brian Shanahan
Councillor Fiona Snedden
Councillor David Wilson.
Following an election in November 2008, a new council took office on 4 December with councillors Peter Clarke, Carl Jetter and Brian Shanahan re-elected.
The City of Melbourne acknowledges the contributions and leadership of the previous council.
