Welcome to the Shire of Williams Website
Our Town:
Williams is situated approximately 160kms south of Perth (the capital city of Western Australia), on the Albany Highway and is the "Gateway to the Great Southern Region".
Williams is notable for its magnificent display of "400 roses in 500m" in the main street over the summer and well into the cooler months. Much more than a pit stop for travellers, this friendly farming community has much to offer.
Our Contact Details:
We hope you enjoy browsing this site; if you can't find the information you are looking for, please don't hesitate to contact us on the details below:
The Shire office is located at 9 Brooking Street.
Our postal address is: PO Box 96, Williams, WA, 6391
Phone: 08 9885 1005, Fax: 08 9885 1020
E-mail: shire@williams.wa.gov.au
Purchase and Removal of Sheds
Expressions of interest are sought from persons wishing to purchase and remove sheds from the Emergency Services precinct in Brooking St, Williams.
The entire shed is to be removed from the site excluding the concrete floor. When submitting an EOI you should list the following:
1. Price offered to purchase sheds
2. Cost to remove sheds
3. Estimated completion date
EOIs should be submitted in writing to the CEO by 4pm 17th June 2009.
Community Survey
Surveys have been mailed out, if you did not receive a survey please contact the Shire office.
As you may be aware the Minister for Local Government, the Hon John Castrilli, on Thursday 5 February 2009, issued a media release stating that each of the 139 local governments in Western Australia is being given a time frame of six (6) months to advise him of its intentions to amalgamate with another or other local governments. Should the local governments not take suitable action within the 6 month time frame the State Government may legislate to force structural reform.
As part of Council’s continuing work on the submission to the Minister for Local Government community feedback is sought on the issue of structural reform and Council performance.
RabbitScan
Keep a look out for rabbits!
The Chairman of the national Rabbit Management Advisory Group (RMAG) has announced the RabbitScan initiative, operational from May 2009.
Most Local Government areas across Australia are facing increased pest rabbit damage to biodiversity and agriculture, to special areas and assets. The aim is to raise awareness of the growing threat of rabbits, through this new community-based initiative. RMAG has State and Australian Government members as well as key rabbit researchers, industry, community and landholder representatives.
The evidence base that we build together through this unique ‘rabbit census’ will help all of us to manage the emerging threats and keep our communities aware and acting to limit damage, on our properties and the shared places of our community.
The community access website is www.rabbitscan.net.au.
Already there are over 1500 users registered from across Australia, who are out looking, with over 500 actual sites on the map. But we need to have more surveys translated into sites on the maps, to meet our target of mapping at least 5,000 sites with rabbits. RMAG will continue to build a national Google Map of the RabbitScan surveys collected, by the community, agencies, travellers, Councils and schools at this time.
The rabbit may be either a high, medium or low threat in your local area, but one pair of breeding rabbits can breed up to 184 in just 18 months. Every pair of rabbits sighted is an indicator of the problem a community will face within a short time.
Kidney Health Alert
Did you know that approximately 2 million Australians may be affected by early-stage kidney disease and don't know it? Our major problem in creating awareness about Chronic Kidney Disease is that people can lose up to 90% of the use of the Kidneys without even knowing it, making it ‘The Silent Killer.
Adult Australians are at risk of Chronic Kidney Disease if they:
• Have high blood pressure (hypertension)
• Have diabetes
• Smoke cigarettes
• Are obese
• Have a family history of chronic kidney disease
• Are over 50 years of age
• Are of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent
For more information please visit www.kidney.org.au
Landcorp Subdivision Now for Sale
The first stage of the Landcorp subdivision (18 lots near Fry Street in Williams) is now complete and the lots, fully serviced and about 1/4 acre in size, are now for sale. Contact Elders Real Estate (Narrogin) on 9881 9877.
Yay! Williams wins Tidy Towns Award
Williams is the 2008 winner of the Great Southern Regional Tidy Towns Award. Williams also received the Community Action Award, General Appearance Award and the Natural Heritage Conservation Award. Well done to all involved!
Local Planning Scheme
For more information on the Local Planning Scheme 2 regarding proposed land development in Williams, please click on the links below: