City of Burnie
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| City of Burnie Tasmania |
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 City of Burnie |
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| Population: | 19,217 (est., June 05)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 618 km² | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Alvwyn Boyd | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Burnie | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Burnie and surrounds | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Braddon | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Braddon | ||||||||||||
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The City of Burnie is a Local Government Area of Tasmania. It covers the city of Burnie and surrounding areas, although it does not include the town of Somerset - usually classed as part of the Burnie metropolitan area.
The city's motto is "non nobis solum" (not for ourselves alone); for many years this was on the council seal but in 1992 a new, more colourful logo was created which did not include the motto. It did also not include the emu (which had been Burnie's unofficial animal emblem). Burnie's floral emblem is the rhododendron.
[edit] Government
The Burnie City Council consists of ten aldermen, who each serve a four year term of office; five aldermen are re-relected every two years. Ald. Alvwyn P. Boyd has been the Mayor of Burnie since 2000, with Ald. John D Munro the current Deputy Mayor. The other members are:
- Robert Bentley
- Anita Dow
- Sandra A French
- Steve Green
- Des Hodgetts
- Malcolm Ryan
- Colin B Winter
Ald. Jan Blizzard died in March 2007.[2]. Robert Bentley was elected on a recount after defeating former Mayor and Alderman Sam Samec.
[edit] References
- ^ Local Government Area populations and median ages - Tasmania.
- ^ [http://www.burnie.net/html/LateAldBlizzardmediarelease.pdf MAYOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LATE ALDERMAN JAN BLIZZARD] (2007-03-09). Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
