The City of Greater Geraldton council will next week vote on a recommendation to reduce the number of its councillors by a third after completing a representation review.
The move follows advice from the local government minister of legislative reforms that will see the introduction of option preferential voting, and determination of councillor numbers based on population levels.
For Greater Geraldton, its population means it will be able to have no more than nine elected members, inclusive of the Mayor.
63 submissions were received during a public submission period, with two thirds supporting a reduction to eight councillors plus a directly elected mayor. There was considerably less support for reducing councillor numbers further.
The council will consider an officer report and recommendation at its meeting on 31st January. Read more here.