Ward Councillors
Port Adelaide Enfield Council comprises
a Mayor and 17 Councillors, distributed
around seven wards that take in the whole
of the City. These are your representatives,
your voice in Council on matters that
concern you in your area, and they are
the people who make the policy decisions
that guide the Council’s administration in
its daily work. If you have any concerns
that should be brought to the attention of
Council, please contact one of the Elected
Members in your Ward.
Mayor
Gary Johanson
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8405 6965
Northfield Ward
Cr Mark Basham JP •
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0418 809 364
Cr Anne-Marie Hubycz •
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0421 173 339
Cr Matt Osborn •
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0416 336 934
Klemzig Ward
Cr Tony Barca •
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0418 891 321
Cr Paul Russell •
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0407 500 881
Enfield Ward
Cr Michael Iammarrone JP
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0421 329 153
Cr Carol Martin JP
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0417 828 195
Cr Peter McKay JP
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8262 3387
Parks Ward
Cr John Croci
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0417 817 957
Cr Kim Dinh •
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0410 729 255
Cr Guy Wilcock
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0430 199 246
Port Adelaide Ward
Cr Claire Boan •
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0408 730 309
Cr Ray Guscott
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8449 5618
Semaphore Ward
Cr Michelle Hogan •
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0401 125 956
Cr Helen Wright
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0439 485 737
Outer Harbor Ward
Cr Peter Jamieson
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8248 3133
Cr Vanessa McCluskey
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0427 480 790
© City of Port Adelaide Enfield;
Journalist: Nigel Hopkins;
Photography: Council Staff,
Danica Gacesa McLean (cover)
and Chris Johnson (page 6)
Front cover:
‘Dr. D. Clutter’s Carnivalesque’
see page 16 for details
Key Decisions
Mayor’s Message
Meeting held 25 November:
• Approval of the Annual Financial
Statements 2013-2014.
• Setting of Council meeting
dates 2015-2018.
• Appointment of Cr Guscott as
Deputy Mayor for 12 months.
• Appointment of Crs Helen Wright,
Carol Martin and Mark Basham
as members of the Development
Assessment Panel.
• Confirmation of Council’s operating
hours over Christmas and New Year
2014-2015.
Meeting held 9 December:
• Appointment of Cr Vanessa
McCluskey to the DIVERT Art
Project Selection Panel.
• Nomination of Cr Jamieson as
Council’s representative on the
Western Region Waste Management
Authority Board.
• Adoption of updates to the Contracts
and Tendering Policy
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It was with great sadness that I joined
nearly 300 mourners in celebrating the
life and achievements of our former CEO
Harry Wierda.
Harry and I worked closely and most
cooperatively together over the past eight
years and I found him to be a true leader.
Just as it is for the captain of a ship, life
at the top can be a lonely place where,
at times, you may have to make hard
decisions that affect people close to you.
A true leader has to be both caring and
compassionate, as I found Harry to be,
but also capable of making decisions
in the best interests of Council and the
community, not clouded by emotions.
That’s why so few people manage to
do it successfully.
I also wish to thank Wally Iasiello who,
as acting CEO, took on the huge role of
leading our administration so capably.
It is a credit to him and our senior staff
for the way they stood up to be counted
and steered a straight course through
difficult times.
They, and our Elected Members, have
been united and determined as a very
effective local government team on
behalf of our City.
We have much to be grateful for as a
result of Harry’s leadership. He reduced
Council debt, kept rates at all-time lows
whilst improving and expanding Council
services, and in general he set up the
Council in such a strong way that it was
able to continue to advance without him
at the helm.
Obviously there will be changes in the
make-up of our Council as we move into
the next four-year term. We have a number
of talented new Councillors and there will
be new administration appointments,
not least of them a CEO.
I am confident that this will help to set
us up not just to meet the economic and
social challenges ahead, but for Port
Adelaide Enfield Council to be a force for
change and regeneration in our City.
Your Elected Members meet every month to discuss a range of matters related to
community life. Meetings are open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend.
Here are just some of the key decisions made at recent meetings.
One of South Australia’s longest-serving
council CEOs, Mr Harry Wierda, died
on Christmas Day at the age of 70 after a
career totalling just over 51 years in local
government – 49 of them as either CEO or
Deputy CEO. Mr Wierda had been CEO
of Port Adelaide Enfield Council for 18
years, following a 10-year period as CEO
of the City of Enfield. Mr Wierda began
his local government career in 1963 as a
mail clerk at Tea Tree Gully Council. After
working with other councils he joined the
City of Enfield in 1981, as Deputy Chief
Executive Officer.
In 1986 he became its
Chief Executive Officer,
an appointment he
held until the Council
amalgamation in 1996
when he took on his current role at the
City of Port Adelaide Enfield.
Mr Wierda had been a Board Member
of the Sailing Ship Trust of South Australia,
a Fellow of the Local Government
Managers’ Association of Australia,
and a Fellow of the Institute of
Municipal Management. He leaves a
wife and three daughters.
Passing of Council’s CEO
Harry Wierda
1944-2014
