Minutes in a Second

City of Ballarat, 10 November 2025

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Decisions

  1. Elects Tracey Hargreaves as Mayor for 2025/26

    Cr Tracey Hargreaves was elected Mayor for 2025/26 after nomination and an absolute majority vote.

    p. 5 of the official minutes (opens the PDF)

  2. Elects Ben Taylor as Deputy Mayor for 2025/26

    Cr Ben Taylor was elected Deputy Mayor for 2025/26 after nomination and an absolute majority vote.

    p. 6 of the official minutes (opens the PDF)

  3. Sets mayoral term length to one year and creates Deputy Mayor role

    Council resolved the Mayoral term is 1 year and established the Deputy Mayor office with the same term.

    p. 4 of the official minutes (opens the PDF)

Other notable items

  • Outgoing Mayor Tracey Hargreaves and Deputy Mayor Ben Taylor received gifts for their service.
7 pages of minutesdecisions from pp. 4, 5, 6