Council Services

The following list is not exhaustive, but provides a general overview of the types of services and activities provided by Council:

  • Abandoned vehicles
  • Advertising signs
  • Aerodromes
  • After hours service
  • Animal management and pounds
  • Art galleries
  • Arts and cultural programs
  • Bike tracks
  • Building applications and approvals
  • Bushfire prevention
  • Business continuity
  • Business services
  • Caravan parks and camp grounds
  • Cemeteries
  • Children’s and youth services and support
  • Citizenship ceremonies
  • Communication and education
  • Community centres
  • Community development
  • Community engagement
  • Community leadership and advocacy
  • Control of nuisances
  • Cultural development
  • Customer services
  • Development assessments
  • Disaster management
  • Dog registration
  • Disability advocacy and advice
  • Economic development and business support
  • Emergency management
  • Employment and training programs, including apprenticeships and traineeships
  • Engineering services
  • Environmental services, including biosecurity and natural resource management
  • Facility maintenance and management
  • Festivals and events
  • Finance services
  • Fleet and plant
  • Food and health inspections
  • Footpaths
  • Free wifi
  • Graffiti control
  • Grants and bursaries
  • Hall and facility hire
  • Heritage protection
  • Information communication technology
  • Libraries
  • Local laws
  • Local roads
  • Media
  • Online services
  • On street parking
  • Parks,gardens and open spaces
  • Permits and approvals
  • Picnic areas
  • Planning scheme and applications
  • Playgrounds and exercise equipment
  • Plumbing certification
  • Public swimming pools
  • Public toilets
  • Rates
  • Record management
  • Recreation and sports facilities
  • Recycling
  • Road maintenance and construction
  • Skate parks
  • Social housing
  • Stormwater drainage
  • Street cleaning
  • Street lighting
  • Street signs
  • Surveying
  • Tourism and information centres
  • Trade waste
  • Traffic control
  • Transfer Stations
  • Waste management and collections
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Water supply and treatment
  • Weed and pest management
  • Youth support
  • Zoning – planning schemes