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State Council & representatives

State Council is our governing body. It is made up of representatives from each member council.

The State Council’s powers include:

State Council meets twice a year, or more if needed. Members can submit business to be considered by the State Council in accordance with the MAV Rules.  The next meeting will be held on Thursday 17 May 2012.

Resolutions are assessed by the Board to determine how they will be progressed. Updates on the progress made against each resolution are sent to members before the next meeting.

Members must appoint a representative to attend State Council meetings, exercise their council’s vote and provide regular reports to their council on our activities. The MAV Representatives protocol explains this role in more detail.

​Current MAV Representatives
Alpine Shire Council Cr Peter Roper
Ararat Rural City Council Cr Colin McKenzie
Ballarat City Council Cr Cheryl Bromfield
​Banyule City Council Cr Jenny Mulholland
Bass Coast Shire Council ​Cr John Duscher
Baw Baw Shire Council Cr Diane Blackwood
Bayside City Council Cr James Long
Benalla Rural City Council Cr Peter Dunn
Boroondara City Council Cr Coral Ross
Brimbank City Council Ms Joanne Anderson
Buloke Shire Council Cr Reid Mather
Campaspe Shire Council Cr Kevin Simpson
Cardinia Shire Council Cr Ed Chatwin
Casey City Council Cr Beverley Hastie
Central Goldfields Shire Council Cr John Smith
Colac Otway Shire Council Cr Stephen Hart
Corangamite Shire Council Cr Matt Makin
​Darebin City Council Cr Steven Tsitas
East Gippsland Shire Council Cr Jane Rowe
Frankston City Council Cr Brad Hill
Gannawarra Shire Council Cr Max Fehring
Glen Eira City Council ​Cr Margaret Esakoff
​​Glenelg Shire Council ​Cr Gilbert Wilson
Golden Plains Shire Council ​Cr David Cotsell
Greater Bendigo City Council ​Cr Rod Fyffe
​Greater Dandenong City Council ​Cr Peter Brown
​​Greater Geelong City Council ​Cr Andy Richards
Greater Shepparton City Council ​Cr Geoff Dobson
Hepburn Shire Council ​Cr Bill McClenaghan
​​Hindmarsh Shire Council ​Cr Michael Gawith
Hobsons Bay City Council ​Cr Tony Briffa
​​Horsham Rural City Council ​Cr Mandi Stewart
​​Hume City Council ​Cr Helen Patsikatheodorou
​​Indigo Shire Council ​Cr Larry Goldsworthy
Kingston City Council ​Cr John Ronke
​​​Knox City Council ​Cr Joe Cossari
​Latrobe City Council ​Cr Bruce Lougheed
Loddon Shire Council ​Cr Allen Brownbill
Macedon Ranges Shire Council ​Cr John Letchford
Manningham City Council Cr Stephen Mayne
Mansfield Shire Council Cr Jeff Whyte
​​​Maribyrnong City Council Cr Michael Clarke
​Maroondah City Council Cr Rob Steane
Melton Shire Council Cr Broden Borg
​​​Mildura Rural City Council Cr John Arnold
​​​Mitchell Shire Council ​​Cr Sue Marstaeller
​Moira Shire Council Cr Alex Monk
Monash City Council Cr Geoff Lake
Moonee Valley City Council Cr John Sipek
​​Moorabool Shire Council Cr Tom Sullivan
Moreland City Council Cr Oscar Yildiz
​Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Cr Bev Colomb
Mount Alexander Shire Council ​​Cr Michael Redden
Moyne Shire Council Cr Jim Doukas
Murrindindi Shire Council ​​Cr John Walsh
Nillumbik Shire Council Cr Helen Coleman
​​Northern Grampians Shire Council Cr Dorothy Patton
Port Philip City Council Cr John Middleton
Pyrenees Shire Council Cr David Clark
​​​​Queenscliffe Borough Council ​Cr Bob Merriman
​​​South Gippsland Shire Council ​Cr Warren Raabe
​Southern Grampians Shire Council ​Cr Bob Penny
​Stonnington City Council ​Cr Claude Ullin
​Strathbogie Shire Council ​Cr Graeme Williams
​​​Surf Coast Shire Council ​Cr Libby Coker
​​​Swan Hill Rural City Council ​Cr Gary Norton
Towong Shire Council Cr Mary Fraser
​Wangaratta Rural City Council ​Cr Roberto Paino
​​Warrnambool City Council ​Cr Jacinta Ermacora
Wellington Shire Council ​Cr Jeff Amos
​West Wimmera Shire Council Cr Evaline van Breugel
Whitehorse City Council Cr Mark Lane
​​Whittlesea City Council ​Cr Mary Lalios
​Wodonga City Council ​Cr Lisa Mahood
​​Wyndham City Council ​Cr Bob Fairclough
​Yarra City Council ​Cr Alison Clark
​​Yarra Ranges Shire Council ​Cr Graham Warren
​​Yarriambiack Shire Council ​Cr Andrew McLean