Published on Friday, 17 October 2014 at 12:00:00 AM
Shire of Ashburton councillors have agreed on an innovative way to help overcome the challenges of providing good governance in a large and remote Shire like ours.
Most councillors – and key staff – regularly travel vast distances to attend monthly council meetings held throughout the Shire’s four towns of Tom Price, Paraburdoo, Pannawonica and Onslow.
Shire President Kerry White said that in 2015 councillors will be trialling a new method of meeting more regularly than one full day per month; they will connect via tele or video conference to discuss matters of strategic importance.
“For some subjects, like strategic planning or policy reviews, these take several hours to complete and cannot always be finalised on the one day per month we meet for the Council Meeting itself. This new method will be a way to workshop these topics in a timely but considered” Cr White said. “Our council meeting days are already very full in any case and this is an exciting way to use technology to help us provide even better governance for our community whilst overcoming the tyranny of distance."
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