Shire of Williams

Business View Oceania named as it is a working regional or- ganisation of councils made up of the Shires of Williams, Wagin, West Arthur, Woodanilling (4 W’s), Dumbleyung (D) and Lake Grace (L). The Shire of Kent was part of the project for the delivery of one component of the project but is not a formal member of the collabora- tive group. Despite the Shire of Williams being relatively speaking, one of the small- er local governments of the seven in terms of size and administrative staff, it volunteered itself to manage the pro- ject on behalf of the regional group. Williams has worked tirelessly on be- half of the seven local governments to secure and then manage the funding that is being used to construct dedi- cated aged persons accommodation across the region. Indeed, so success- ful has been the model that it has been implemented in other regional projects across the state for the deliv- ery of aged housing in other regional towns and communities. The success of the project and the model of the de- livery of it is a credit to the Shire of Wil- liams and their ability tomanage such a large scale project with a comparative- ly small administrative workforce. The Shire of Williams has been responsible for the overall financial management of the funding and the project report- ing and acquittal requirements, where- as the individual partner local govern- ments have been responsible for the management and delivery of the lo- cal construction of the units, designed and constructed to meet the needs of the respective communities. This en- sures a greater sense of ownership of the project locally, as well as the deliv- ery of units that meet the uniqueness and individualism of each community. The collaborative partnership model of the 4WDL regional group has worked hard together to ensure that the pro- ject continued to meet the identified needs and delivery equitable distribu- tion of funding across the region.