Who We Are
MEETINGS
The WMRC holds Ordinary Meetings bi-monthly on the first Thursday of the month. The meeting venue rotates amongst the five participant Councils, please refer to the Schedule below for specific details of date and venue. All meetings are advertised as required by the Local Government Act 1995.
As a general rule the WMRC holds Ordinary Meetings in February, April, June, August, October and December of each year. In addition, Special Meetings are held on an as required basis. All meeting are open to the public, unless specifically closed for confidentiality reasons.
Meeting Schedule
| Date | Venue | Time |
| 2 April 2009 | Town of Claremont | 5.30pm |
| 4 June 2009 | City of Subiaco | 5.30pm |
| 6 August 2009 | Town of Cottesloe | 5.30pm |
| 1 October 2009 | Town of Mosman Park | 5.30pm |
| 3 December 2009 | Shire of Peppermint Grove | 5.30pm |
Minutes of Meetings
The unconfirmed minutes of WMRC meetings are available from the website within 10 working days of the meeting date, along with the confirmed minutes of all meetings held for the immediate past year. See Public Documents.
Principal Office Bearers:
WMRC Chairman- Ron Norris
WMRC Chief Executive Officer – Peter Pikor
History
In the mid 1980’s the western suburbs’ local governments operated the Brockway landfill site off Brockway Road, Shenton Park. With the closure of the landfill in sight (early 1991) and limited opportunity to establish any further landfills in the western suburbs the member councils needed to plan for an alternative method or methods of disposing of their municipal solid waste (MSW).
In 1989 the member councils of Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove and Subiaco with the consent of the Minister for Local Government established the Western Metropolitan Regional Council (WMRC). The WMRC is a regional local government with perpetual succession under Section 3.62 of The Local Government Act and is empowered to act in accordance with its “Establishment Agreement”. In short the WMRC’s establishment agreement empowers it to undertake waste management functions on behalf of the member councils.
After consideration of a number of waste disposal options the WMRC let a contract in 1990 to construct a waste transfer station whereat rubbish collection trucks from member councils and others would deposit their MSW and there be aggregated into larger loads and transported to distant landfills using heavy haulage vehicles. In February 1991 the Brockway Waste Transfer Station situated on the corner of Brockway Road and Lemnos Street, Shenton Park was officially opened. Currently the transfer station receives over 33,000 tonnes of MSW per annum, the bulk of which is transported to the Red Hill landfill site in Toodyay Road, Red Hill.
The Brockway landfill was capped to enable methane gas collection which is used at the adjacent Challenge Stadium to heat the swimming pool.
In more recent times the WMRC has branched out into environmental initiatives. In a conscious effort to divert waste away from landfill (this not only saves valuable landfill space but also reduces the amount and cost of waste transported to landfill) the WMRC established a greenwaste recycling operation in the mid 1990’s. From very modest beginnings that enterprise now diverts some 8,000 tonnes annually of mulch (ground and composted greenwaste) into the landscaping industry.
