Editing Wyong Shire (section)

===Establishment of Central Coast Council and abolition of Wyong Shire Council===
In 2015 a [[Local government areas of New South Wales#Reviews of local government areas|review of local government boundaries]] by the [[Government of New South Wales|NSW Government]] [[Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales|Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal]] recommended that Wyong Shire and Gosford City councils merge to form one single council with an area of {{convert|1681|km2}} and support a population of approximately 331,007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/8b58f3fc8164536b82053820c30c42b7/Gosford-Wyong.pdf |title=Merger Proposal: Gosford City Council, Wyong Shire Council |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=January 2016 |access-date=1 December 2020 |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201084151/https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/8b58f3fc8164536b82053820c30c42b7/Gosford-Wyong.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> This proposal was supported Wyong Shire and Gosford City councils, who had submitted the proposal to merge as part of the NSW Government's ''Fit for the Future'' reform process.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gosford and Wyong Councils agree to historic merger |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/gosford-and-wyong-councils-agree-to-historic-merge |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |date=16 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616101109/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/gosford-and-wyong-councils-agree-to-historic-merge |archive-date=16 June 2016 |format=Media Release}}</ref>

On 12 May 2016, with the release of the ''Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016'', the Central Coast Council was formed from Wyong Shire and Gosford City councils.<ref name=LGP>{{cite web|title=Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016 [NSW] - Schedule 3 - Provisions for Central Coast Council|url=http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/regulations/2016-242.pdf|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales|access-date=8 October 2016|page=15|date=12 May 2016}}</ref> The first meeting of the Central Coast Council was held at the Wyong Civic Centre on 25 May 2016, with meetings alternating between Gosford and Wyong.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Denice |title=Historic first meeting of the new Central Coast Council is short, sharp but not sweet for some |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/historic-first-meeting-of-the-new-central-coast-council-is-short-sharp-but-not-sweet-for-some/news-story/13f8eb0610c71f8a491378b71c8d7410 |access-date=1 December 2020 |agency=Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate |date=26 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Council meetings now reduced to once a month |url=https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2016/10/council-meetings-now-reduced-month/ |access-date=1 December 2020 |agency=Coast Community News |date=26 October 2016}}</ref>