| Type: | lga |
| Adelaide Hills Council | |
| State: | SA |
| Caption: | Adelaide Hills Council |
| Coordinates: | -34.95°N 191°W |
| Density: | 50 |
| Area: | 795.08 |
| Established: | 1997 |
| Seat: | Stirling |
| Mayor: | Jan-Claire Wisdom [1] |
| Region: | Adelaide Hills[2] |
| Url: | https://www.ahc.sa.gov.au |
| Stategov: | Heysen, Morialta, Kavel, Schubert |
| Fedgov: | Mayo |
| Fedgov2: | Sturt |
| Near-Nw: | City of Tea Tree Gully |
| Near-N: | City of Playford |
| Near-Ne: | The Barossa Council |
| Near-E: | Mid Murray Council |
| Near-Se: | District Council of Mount Barker |
| Near-S: | District Council of Mount Barker |
| Near-Sw: | City of Onkaparinga |
| Near-W: | City of Burnside |
Adelaide Hills Council is a local government area in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It is in the hills east of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It extends from the South Para Reservoir in the north, to the Mount Bold Reservoir in the south.
The council was established in 1997 by the amalgamation of the District Council of East Torrens, the District Council of Gumeracha, the District Council of Onkaparinga and the District Council of Stirling.[3]
Council consists of 13 Elected Members comprising a Mayor, and 12 Ward Councillors. Valleys Ward is represented by five Council Members and the Ranges Ward is represented by seven.[4]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is appointed by the Council. The current CEO is Mr. Greg Georgopoulos who was appointed in July 2023.
The current council is:[5]
| Ward | Party Affiliation | style=width:12em | Councillor! | First Elected | style=width:20em | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Independent | Jan-Claire Wisdom | 2010 | Chief Executive Officer | Independent | Greg Georgopoulos | 2023 | |||||
| Ranges Ward | Independent | Kirrilee Boyd | 2014 | |||||||||
| Labor | Adrian Cheater | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Nathan Daniell | 2014 | ||||||||||
| Labor | Leigh Mudge | 2018 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Mark Osterstock | 2018 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Kirsty Parkin | 2018 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Louise Pascale | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Valley Ward | Independent | Pauline Gill | 2018 | |||||||||
| Independent | Chris Grant | 2018 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Malcolm Herrmann | 2010 | ||||||||||
| Liberal | Lucy Huxter | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Greens | Melanie Selwood | 2022 | Deputy Mayor | |||||||||
Since the establishment of the Council in 1997 there have been four Mayors.[6]
The Adelaide Hills Council contains the following suburbs and localities:[7]